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Jun 17, 2023 · At the Calfornia Institute of the Arts, Sohn met Anna Chambers, an Italian American illustrator. Sohn says their appreciation of their differences helped them push through the initial culture...
Anna Chambers. Children. 2. Peter Sohn (born October 18, 1977) is an American filmmaker, animator, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is best known for directing the Pixar animated films The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Elemental (2023), the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Jun 15, 2023 · Sohn met Anna Chambers, a white woman from Southern California, at CalArts. After school, they both moved to the Bay Area and worked at an internet company creating e-cards. Somewhere around...
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- Elemental is loosely based on director Peter Sohn's life and his family's immigration story to the United States.
- His parents are Korean immigrants. They moved to the Bronx, which is where Peter was born and raised. The film is set in Element City, which emulates New York City with its melting pot of cultures.
- The diversity seen in NYC is explored through the four elements that reside in Element City — water, air, earth, and the newest to arrive, fire.
- Ember (fire element) and Wade's (water element) love story finds them discovering ways to learn and blend their cultures. This was also inspired by Peter's real-life relationship with his wife, artist Anna Chambers, who is white.
Jun 16, 2023 · Jun 16, 2023 4:16pm PT. ‘Elemental’ Director Peter Sohn on How the Periodic Table and His Parents’ Immigration Story Inspired Pixar’s Latest Feature. By Jazz Tangcay. PIXAR. The story behind...
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Jun 14, 2023 · His wife, American animator Anna Chambers, is half Italian, and they had two children during the making of the Pixar film The Good Dinosaur (2015), which he directed. Like Ember’s grandmother,...
Drawing inspiration from his personal life, he started layering in elements of his relationship with his wife Anna Chambers, whom he met while studying at the California Institute of the Arts....
