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Lee Unkrich

American Director

Born: Aug 8, 1967

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I looked long and hard at third films in series to see if there were any good ones that I could learn from. And there weren't any that hadn't just gone off the train tracks by their third film. Until, that is, I got to the third 'Lord of the Rings' film. Lee Unkrich

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It wasn't the first film to show a kind of alternate vision of suburbia, but it left an indelible impression, I think, on everybody, and all films like that will forever be measured against 'Blue Velvet.' Lee Unkrich

Do you ever achieve total forgiveness after screwing up? Lee Unkrich

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I guess it's the fear of failure and not knowing how the films are going to do that just drives us to work really hard to make them the best they can possibly be. Lee Unkrich

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For anyone who's had a transition in their life - heading off to college, parents sending their kids off to college, people getting out of college and heading off into the workforce. Those are major transitions. Lee Unkrich

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It is shocking how much a day-care center is like a prison. They both have security cameras with walled exercise yards. Prisons are permanent day cares for people permanently in time-out - convicts. Lee Unkrich

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The best way to bring people in and have them empathize with others is through storytelling. Lee Unkrich

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The walls between live-action and animation are becoming really porous, and it's interesting. Lee Unkrich

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I really personalized the pressure to make a good 'Toy Story' film. It made me physically sick at the beginning. Literally, I wanted to throw up in the morning because I was just so racked with stress. Lee Unkrich

I ended up being exposed to cinema that a lot of other kids wouldn't have been exposed to. Lee Unkrich

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When I was around 12 or so, I saw 'The Shining.' I just remember that being a turning point for me, where I started to think about the fact that there was a hand behind the film. That it wasn't just this magical story being told - there were actual people crafting these films, and they were works of art. Lee Unkrich

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We know that families and kids are going to be an important part of our audience, so we've always made sure that we've picked subject matter that was appropriate for kids. But I think if you try to target a movie to kids, you're going to fail. Lee Unkrich

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I didn't want to be the guy who screwed up 'Toy Story.' Lee Unkrich

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I grew up loving watching movies, and at a certain point, I started to become fascinated with making movies. Then I went to film school, and I got to dabble with different aspects of moviemaking, and I ended up settling heavily into editing - editing was what I was really adept at, had a passion for. Lee Unkrich

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I had worked for a lot of directors whose work I didn't respect, and as I was editing material, I was thinking about how I would have shot the scenes and what I would have done to make the scenes better. After several years of that, I got to the point that I was pretty confident I could sit in the director's chair. Lee Unkrich

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I'd really love to watch David Lynch work, to be a fly on the wall. Lee Unkrich

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I love Giuseppe Tornatore, the guy that did 'Cinema Paradiso.' Lee Unkrich

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It's a strange business, and unfortunately, what we do in animation is a mystery, especially the directors. Lee Unkrich

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The question I get more than any other is, 'What does it mean to direct an animated film?' And the reality is that it's not a whole lot different from what you do in live action. Lee Unkrich

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I was disappointed that 'Tangled' didn't get nominated for Best Animated Film. Lee Unkrich

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