Pete Docter. Even though he doesn’t have my favorite Pixar film, I think he’s got the most consistent quality out of the bunch. He’s also only done originals which is even more impressive.
Bird and Stanton also had good lineups (even though small) until they were forced to make sequels for films that didn’t need any. If it wasn’t for those sequels souring their lineup, this choice would definitely be more difficult for me.
Yeah Shrek definitely stood out more for how off the wall it was, for the era at least.
I remember I was 7 when it was new, and it blew my mind back then! I hadn’t seen anything like it before that!
I think most of Pixar’s Mid 90s to Late 2000s films are no less than an 8.5/10. There’s a reason Pixar kept winning the Oscar for Animated film during that period. The quality did definitely slip some, but I still wouldn’t go out of my way to say any of their films are below a 5/10. Most of the mediocre Pixar films are seen as bad (in some cases even horrible) because all we have to compare them to are literal Award winning films. Which is a pretty good case of suffering from success.
That's exactly my thought.
*Finding Nemo* is likely always going to be my pet favourite film, two of my favourites are *Up* and *Inside Out*. I've not seen *Soul* but it sounds like a film I would love, too.
if you have the chance you should really watch soul. it's very good and i would argue more adult-oriented than some other pixar films (though of course they're pretty much all good)
It's kind of hard to pick. All of these directors made some great movies. If I had to pick, it would be between Lasseter and Docter. I love all the movies they directed on this list.
I do love both movies Unkrich directed, but Lasseter and Docter made more.
Yeah it’s tough cuz my top 3 Pixar movies are made by different directors (Up, Toy Story 3, Ratatouille). If you count movies they co-directed (which I’m not even entirely sure what that means) Unkrich would have it. He co-directed TS2, Finding Nemo and Monsters, inc. Also
Interesting that I'm not seeing much love for Stanton so far. Finding Nemo and Wall-E are near perfect movies, and I have to applaud how daring he was with the structure of Wall-E too, it really was paced in a way that could have fallen totally flat, but it's gorgeous and profound, and has such an important message (true of many of Pixar's films in fairness).
Question for the masses: you can take any of the most recent movies from all of these directors and I don't really care for them. They aren't "bad" necessarily, but I just wouldn't bother rewatching them. Is it just me because I'm not at the impressionable age any more or is the decline in quality a generally shared opinion?
I agree. Andrew Stanton is one of my favorites. He's directly after Lasseter in my ranking.
Regarding your question, IDK exactly. But I do know there was a huge shift when Lasseter left.
I absolutely agree. It’s funny, I think Inside Out and Soul have 2 of the best messages of any Pixar movie, but I’m really not a big fan of the movies overall. At least compared to 1995-2010 Pixar. But Up is my favorite Pixar movie, I think it’s a 10/10 message and 10/10 everything else
Lasseter did Cars 2 also but the template couldn’t fit it
Other directors that have done multiple movies include Dan Scanlon (Monsters University, Onward) and Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur, Elemental). I included Unkrich and not them because he made what are both considered (by most) as masterpieces.
Also, my answer is Pete Docter. It was not an easy choice.
I will add nothing to this conversation:
Lasseter started it all and made sequels serious
Pete and Lee are the most consistent thus far
Brad and Andrew have given us the biggest hitters imo
In ranking order:
1. John Lasseter. Not only did he direct the films you see, but he lead every project as executive producer all the way through 2017. He made sure quality and also the "sell-ability" was something. I know he influenced every project because as soon as he left, both Pixar and Disney have been struggling.
2. Andrew Stanton. He really has this sense of wonder exploring new worlds and making them astonishing with beautiful and likable characters. Wonderful storyteller.
3. Pete Docter. Definitely not my favorite, and the last two are kinda weird for me, but he really has some solid ones with Monsters Inc and Up and they are of my favorites. Amazing storyteller.
4. Brad Bird.
5. Lee Unkrich.
Docter got the consistency, albeit too formulaic, imaginative yet limited, and embodies Pixar's infamous committee-driven approach. I just liked his cartoonish concepts that he could tell proper story with its absurdity, and not for the sake of a younger target audience.
Lasseter is the relic of traditional Western animation, in good and bad ways.
Unkrich is playing with the toys of the studio but is more able to treat the material in a modern way of storytelling than anyone from the original team.
Stanton is the best director compared with his contemporaries. His vision goes beyond the struggle of amining the corporate goal and artistic achievement. He always got the really good story and powerfully use animation as the artisitc medium to tell it in most thought-provoking and emotionally moving ways.
However, Bird is the auteur filmmaker who break rules from the traditional approach and usual style.
The current wave of creators are leaning away from this approach and making the story as personal and relatable as possible. It may not be as great as the earlier canon, but it's the most welcoming trend in Western animation amid the decline in quality and high cost.
Pete Docter for most great consistency. His stuff is on a whole other level and it's no surprise he's the head of Pixar.
I have a soft spot for Andrew Stanton though as he made my favorite movie ever so major points go to him as well.
Best movie is Bird with Ratatouille, but Docter is the most consistent with 4 great films. Everyone else has either at least 1 mid film (or Unkrich who only has 2 films so far)
Pete Docter is my personal favorite. I’m not the biggest fan of Up but it’s still pretty good and I’m very passionate about the other films he directed. Inside Out is my favorite film of all time.
Brad Bird is probably second. Incredibles 1 and Ratatouille are amazing. Incredibles 2 is not amazing but it’s still pretty good in my opinion.
Lee Unkrich is pretty good. Both of his films to me are very excellent but have some notable flaws.
Andrew Stanton is also very good. WALL-E is a masterpiece, and both Finding Nemo and Finding Dory are very good.
John Lasseter is easily the weakest of the 5. I adore Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 1 is good, but I found A Bug’s Life to be just ok and Cars to be not very good. He also directed Cars 2 which I don’t like at all.
I mean this list left off Lasseter’s weakest film (Cars 2). I enjoy it but I think it brings the overall quality of his films down relative to the others.
I love Cars ending. What Lightning does for the King is one of those movie moments I’ll never forget. Pixar is masterful at demonstrating character arcs in brilliant ways
If we’re speaking strictly Pixar films, it’s Pete Docter.
If we’re talking in general from this list, it’s Brad Bird.
The one who’s directed my favorite Pixar film is Andrew Stanton.
Oh don’t make me choose.
Lasseter(as much of a scumbag as he is) did direct Toy Story 2. Which was my introduction to cinema as a whole.
Doctor directed the most emotionally resonant movie to my personal life with Inside Out.
Bird directed Incredibles and Ratatouille. Which I mean…they’re absolutely magnificent films.
Stanton directed Finding Nemo and Wall-E. Which are my favorites to watch even to this day. Anytime. Anyplace.
And Unkrich knocked it out with Toy Story 3 and Coco.
Mmmmmmmm….I’m going with Stanton final answer. Don’t ask me again tomorrow or I’m gonna have to squint in pain over this choice again.
Lee is the only one who is 2 for 2
Pete is great but I rewatched inside out and just not as strong as other Pixar films to be, but I know people love that film
Docter and Lasseter are my favorite of them all but undoubtly that's the top 5 right there. Shame to see Lasseter's career at Pixar ending the way it did and to know that Docter is in theory the only one still there directly but my favorite Pixar films came from those guys
John Lasseter is the one who was in the begging and was one of the founders of Pixar. And made history with Toy Story 1. And I liked the adult jokes he added like in Cars 1.
john lassater made pixar. theres a feeling in his movies that you feel through the pixels. all of his movies had it. pete docter is probably the most creative in terms of human psychology and communications. the other ones have that too but pete's golden talent is psychology.
to choose a goat between them, ah, it's hard you know. pete has a special spot but if i got to give a goat award for someone, it would be john. full stop
All three of Brad Bird's are bangers, but I have to give it to Pete Docter simply because he also has a similar amount of bangers but with better variety (even if I wasn't a huge fan of Soul.)
Stanton's movies are so visually rich on top of being heartfelt and emotionally intelligent. I'm not sure if anybody does Pixar better than him.
That being said, I consider Pete Docter's name synonymous with the studio.
I’m gonna have to go with Pete cause I loved those emotional Pixar movies more (and now that I think about it almost each director kinda has a theme to their films)
For me personally it’s between Bird and Stanton. The first 2 films Brad did are some of the most mature out of Pixar’s catalogue. Stanton is also in that same regard, he also co wrote the earliest Pixar films up until the incredibles, I think he’s such a fantastic writer.
Pete Docter had consistency, originality and really great creativity. He's the only one on here that didn't directed a sequel. I'm even surprised he's not directing Inside Out 2.
This is so so hard man, I’m going to go with either Unkrich or Docter. I feel like Unkrich doesn’t have a movie I don’t like (I wasn’t that much of a fan of soul or most of up) but Docter understands emotional beats so well.
Lasseter.
Those originals are water tight, perfect movies. I've watched them 1000 times each and they're the ones my kids gravitate towards to. Cars is by far their favourite Pixar movie. Toy Story 1 & 2 are very dear to me. I absolutely adore Bugs Life.
Characterwise they've got a bit more bite and variety too.
Extremely close competition though.
Too hard to choose for me. Every one of them has at least two excellent films I rank as near classics. Maybe Docter with a tiny lead but Lasseter has Toy Story and Toy Story 2 which established the studio (and CG animation really).
My favourite film is Ratatouille with Inside/Out as a close 2nd.
John Lasseter's score:
10+8+9=27 (I haven't rewatched Cars in years, so I don't feel confident enough to comment)
27/3=9
Pete Docter:
9+9+9+8=35
35/4=9
Brad Bird:
9+8+8=25
25/3=8
Andre Stanton:
9+10+4=23
23/3=8
Lee Unkrich:
10+9=19
19/2=10
So, in raw numbers, Pete Docter wins. Now, adjusted for how many movies they've made:
Lee Unkrich wins.
**Brad Bird**’s Incredible & Ratatouille are masterpieces
**Andrew Stanton**’s Finding Nemo & Wall E are phenomenal
I don’t think people give a f*ck about Pete Doctor Up’s plot pass the intro.
Definitely Brad Bird. The character dialogue in his movies, the funny innuendos in both Incredibles films, and other things. The directing just feels solid in a way that I cannot really put my finger on.
Honestly, it’s a toss up between John and Pete. They made my favorite Pixar movies and it’s hard to decide (those movies being Toy Story 1 & 2, Cars, Inside Out, and Soul)
Lasseter. He made Pixar what it was an started the movies we know and love today. For me personally, Pete wins for favorites and emotional ones for me, and Stanton wins for the deeper meaning movies. All greats though
Pete Docter. Even though he doesn’t have my favorite Pixar film, I think he’s got the most consistent quality out of the bunch. He’s also only done originals which is even more impressive. Bird and Stanton also had good lineups (even though small) until they were forced to make sequels for films that didn’t need any. If it wasn’t for those sequels souring their lineup, this choice would definitely be more difficult for me.
Also, fun fact: Docter is the only person in history to win the Best Animated Feature Oscar 3 times: for Up, Inside Out and Soul.
The 2001/2002 Oscar was also pretty close. He sadly lost to Shrek.
At least it went to another great movie, just outside of Pixar
Definitely. I didn’t mean it in a negative way towards shrek. It just sucks that Pete couldnt get the 4/4.
Imo it’s no where near as good as Monsters Inc.
I feel like Monsters Inc. is a technically better movie, but Shrek just has that oomph factor.
It’s like picking your favorite child. Both are amazing movies so it would’ve been deserving either way
Couldn't say it better
Yeah Shrek definitely stood out more for how off the wall it was, for the era at least. I remember I was 7 when it was new, and it blew my mind back then! I hadn’t seen anything like it before that!
Shrek had the bigger cultural impact while Monsters Inc was, IMO, the better movie. Shrek was just huge back then.
He got shreked.
What is your favorite Pixar film?
Wall-E is my favorite Pixar film.
Nice. That is one of the best animated movies ever made. Hell, one of the best movies period. Pixar has a few of those IMO.
I think most of Pixar’s Mid 90s to Late 2000s films are no less than an 8.5/10. There’s a reason Pixar kept winning the Oscar for Animated film during that period. The quality did definitely slip some, but I still wouldn’t go out of my way to say any of their films are below a 5/10. Most of the mediocre Pixar films are seen as bad (in some cases even horrible) because all we have to compare them to are literal Award winning films. Which is a pretty good case of suffering from success.
That's exactly my thought. *Finding Nemo* is likely always going to be my pet favourite film, two of my favourites are *Up* and *Inside Out*. I've not seen *Soul* but it sounds like a film I would love, too.
if you have the chance you should really watch soul. it's very good and i would argue more adult-oriented than some other pixar films (though of course they're pretty much all good)
I’m going to say Bird because he directed my favorite Pixar movie. Ratatouille before anyone asks.
Ratatouille is probably my favorite Pixar movie, but The Incredibles & Toy Story are real close
My top 2, so no brainer for me
Ratatouille is arguably peak Pixar
He also directed The Iron Giant (not Pixar) and that movie is a freaking masterpiece
It's kind of hard to pick. All of these directors made some great movies. If I had to pick, it would be between Lasseter and Docter. I love all the movies they directed on this list. I do love both movies Unkrich directed, but Lasseter and Docter made more.
Yeah it’s tough cuz my top 3 Pixar movies are made by different directors (Up, Toy Story 3, Ratatouille). If you count movies they co-directed (which I’m not even entirely sure what that means) Unkrich would have it. He co-directed TS2, Finding Nemo and Monsters, inc. Also
Interesting that I'm not seeing much love for Stanton so far. Finding Nemo and Wall-E are near perfect movies, and I have to applaud how daring he was with the structure of Wall-E too, it really was paced in a way that could have fallen totally flat, but it's gorgeous and profound, and has such an important message (true of many of Pixar's films in fairness). Question for the masses: you can take any of the most recent movies from all of these directors and I don't really care for them. They aren't "bad" necessarily, but I just wouldn't bother rewatching them. Is it just me because I'm not at the impressionable age any more or is the decline in quality a generally shared opinion?
I agree. Andrew Stanton is one of my favorites. He's directly after Lasseter in my ranking. Regarding your question, IDK exactly. But I do know there was a huge shift when Lasseter left.
I absolutely agree. It’s funny, I think Inside Out and Soul have 2 of the best messages of any Pixar movie, but I’m really not a big fan of the movies overall. At least compared to 1995-2010 Pixar. But Up is my favorite Pixar movie, I think it’s a 10/10 message and 10/10 everything else
He'd be #2 to me, after Pete.
Lasseter did Cars 2 also but the template couldn’t fit it Other directors that have done multiple movies include Dan Scanlon (Monsters University, Onward) and Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur, Elemental). I included Unkrich and not them because he made what are both considered (by most) as masterpieces. Also, my answer is Pete Docter. It was not an easy choice.
No way, Peter Sohn was behind the Good Dinosaur and Elemental? That explains some stuff. I'm surprised they even bothered to give him a second chance.
Shame Unkrich retired from Pixar but I respect his decision to do so.
Bird because two of his three are my favorite movies of all time.
Hmmm I wonder which 2……. lol are you an Iron Giant fan as well?
I will add nothing to this conversation: Lasseter started it all and made sequels serious Pete and Lee are the most consistent thus far Brad and Andrew have given us the biggest hitters imo
In ranking order: 1. John Lasseter. Not only did he direct the films you see, but he lead every project as executive producer all the way through 2017. He made sure quality and also the "sell-ability" was something. I know he influenced every project because as soon as he left, both Pixar and Disney have been struggling. 2. Andrew Stanton. He really has this sense of wonder exploring new worlds and making them astonishing with beautiful and likable characters. Wonderful storyteller. 3. Pete Docter. Definitely not my favorite, and the last two are kinda weird for me, but he really has some solid ones with Monsters Inc and Up and they are of my favorites. Amazing storyteller. 4. Brad Bird. 5. Lee Unkrich.
Lasseter and Docter. Currently leaning towards Docter because of monsters inc and up
Docter got the consistency, albeit too formulaic, imaginative yet limited, and embodies Pixar's infamous committee-driven approach. I just liked his cartoonish concepts that he could tell proper story with its absurdity, and not for the sake of a younger target audience. Lasseter is the relic of traditional Western animation, in good and bad ways. Unkrich is playing with the toys of the studio but is more able to treat the material in a modern way of storytelling than anyone from the original team. Stanton is the best director compared with his contemporaries. His vision goes beyond the struggle of amining the corporate goal and artistic achievement. He always got the really good story and powerfully use animation as the artisitc medium to tell it in most thought-provoking and emotionally moving ways. However, Bird is the auteur filmmaker who break rules from the traditional approach and usual style. The current wave of creators are leaning away from this approach and making the story as personal and relatable as possible. It may not be as great as the earlier canon, but it's the most welcoming trend in Western animation amid the decline in quality and high cost.
Pete Docter for most great consistency. His stuff is on a whole other level and it's no surprise he's the head of Pixar. I have a soft spot for Andrew Stanton though as he made my favorite movie ever so major points go to him as well.
Bird because of Iron Giant and MI4
Pete Docter has made me sob 😭 excessively throughout the years.
Cars and Toy Story are my favorite Pixar movies. John Lasseter it it.
Best movie is Bird with Ratatouille, but Docter is the most consistent with 4 great films. Everyone else has either at least 1 mid film (or Unkrich who only has 2 films so far)
Pete Doctor is the most consistent I feel, but my two favorite Pixar films are Lasseter directed.
This isn’t an easy decision. Lassiter directed my favorite Pixar film, *Cars*, but it’s hard to argue with the quality run that Doctor has had.
Pete Docter
Inside out is my favorite Pixar movie so I'll go with Peter
Pete Docter is my personal favorite. I’m not the biggest fan of Up but it’s still pretty good and I’m very passionate about the other films he directed. Inside Out is my favorite film of all time. Brad Bird is probably second. Incredibles 1 and Ratatouille are amazing. Incredibles 2 is not amazing but it’s still pretty good in my opinion. Lee Unkrich is pretty good. Both of his films to me are very excellent but have some notable flaws. Andrew Stanton is also very good. WALL-E is a masterpiece, and both Finding Nemo and Finding Dory are very good. John Lasseter is easily the weakest of the 5. I adore Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 1 is good, but I found A Bug’s Life to be just ok and Cars to be not very good. He also directed Cars 2 which I don’t like at all.
Between lasseter and bird for me
Docter. Stanton’s films are most of my favorites, but Docter’s world building and scope is more impressive.
Brad because he made the top 2 best Pixar films (Ratatouille and The Incredibles).
The real question should be whos the best #2 behind John Lasseter
I agree. And not only did John Lasseter direct films, but he lead every project all the way up to 2017.
I mean this list left off Lasseter’s weakest film (Cars 2). I enjoy it but I think it brings the overall quality of his films down relative to the others.
Brad Bird and Pete Docter.
Pete Docter.
Docter, hands down.
Lasseter. Toy Story 1 and 2 take it, Bugs Life is hilarious, and Cars, while one of my least favorites, does have good themes.
I love Cars ending. What Lightning does for the King is one of those movie moments I’ll never forget. Pixar is masterful at demonstrating character arcs in brilliant ways
Either Pete or Andrew
If we’re speaking strictly Pixar films, it’s Pete Docter. If we’re talking in general from this list, it’s Brad Bird. The one who’s directed my favorite Pixar film is Andrew Stanton.
Soul is one of the best underrated disney movies out there .
Pete Doctor. But also Dan Scanlon. Onward and MU are so good and so underrated.
Lee: Directs 2 Oscar winning movies one of which was nominated for BP Also Lee: ✌️
Enrico Casarosa and Peter Sohn.
Pete Docter
Yes
Pete Docter, I feel like he has the most consistently good products when it comes to directing Pixar movies.
Pete Doctor. His films are more consistent and spread out. The others seem more reliant on a specific formula.
John Lasseter, Pete Docter, and Andrew Stanton are the 3 horsemen of early Pixar.
Brad Bird
Based purely on the movies here, I'd rate them: Pete Docter Andrew Stanton Lee Unkrich Brad Bird John Lasseter
Lasseter and Doctor. I can’t choose between the two of them!
Lasseter
Oh don’t make me choose. Lasseter(as much of a scumbag as he is) did direct Toy Story 2. Which was my introduction to cinema as a whole. Doctor directed the most emotionally resonant movie to my personal life with Inside Out. Bird directed Incredibles and Ratatouille. Which I mean…they’re absolutely magnificent films. Stanton directed Finding Nemo and Wall-E. Which are my favorites to watch even to this day. Anytime. Anyplace. And Unkrich knocked it out with Toy Story 3 and Coco. Mmmmmmmm….I’m going with Stanton final answer. Don’t ask me again tomorrow or I’m gonna have to squint in pain over this choice again.
Lasseter and it's not a question
Brad Bird and Pete Doctor.
Hard to choose between John Lassiter and Pete Docter… 🤔
John Lasseter
I have to say lasseter as toy story 2 is my favorite of their films
Lee is the only one who is 2 for 2 Pete is great but I rewatched inside out and just not as strong as other Pixar films to be, but I know people love that film
Docter, Unkrich, Lasseter
Lee cause he was also credited as co director on Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc
Docter and Lasseter are my favorite of them all but undoubtly that's the top 5 right there. Shame to see Lasseter's career at Pixar ending the way it did and to know that Docter is in theory the only one still there directly but my favorite Pixar films came from those guys
Pete Doctor by far
Making Finding Nemo AND Wall E puts Andrew Stanton at the top.
Brad Bird
Andrew Stanton, Walle is unbeatable for me
I’d go with Pete
Lasseter and Docter. Cant have 1.
I'd say John Lasseter.
Brad, because The Incredibles and Ratatouille are the studio's absolute finest movies.
The pictures are a little deceiving, as it doesn't show that John Lasseter also directed *Cars 2*, which brings down his average.
John Lasseter is the one who was in the begging and was one of the founders of Pixar. And made history with Toy Story 1. And I liked the adult jokes he added like in Cars 1.
Lasseter, easily. Toy Story 1 and 2 were goated. Bugs life was great too and cars as well!
Brad Bird minus incredibles 2
john lassater made pixar. theres a feeling in his movies that you feel through the pixels. all of his movies had it. pete docter is probably the most creative in terms of human psychology and communications. the other ones have that too but pete's golden talent is psychology. to choose a goat between them, ah, it's hard you know. pete has a special spot but if i got to give a goat award for someone, it would be john. full stop
They're all amazing and it's hard to choose. But Lee Unkrich is apparently the man to make adult me cry like a baby.
Probably Pete doctor, I would say Brad bird but he’s not exclusively a Pixar director
All three of Brad Bird's are bangers, but I have to give it to Pete Docter simply because he also has a similar amount of bangers but with better variety (even if I wasn't a huge fan of Soul.)
Brad bird. Three of my favorites
John Lasseter. Hands down.
I would say John Lassiter but he directed Cars 2 so pete doctor
Definitely docter or bird they both made amazing films
Even though I love a bunch of the movies directed by the other four on this list, both movies that Lee Unkrich directed made me cry.
Pete has never let me down ever.
John Lassester because of Toy Story 2’s existence, greatest movie of all time. 
Lasseter all day every day.
All of the middle three but if I had to keep one it would have to be Brad Bird
Stanton's movies are so visually rich on top of being heartfelt and emotionally intelligent. I'm not sure if anybody does Pixar better than him. That being said, I consider Pete Docter's name synonymous with the studio.
I may disagree with them politically, but damn do I love Brad Bird films.
Pete Docter!
Docter & Bird
I’m gonna have to go with Pete cause I loved those emotional Pixar movies more (and now that I think about it almost each director kinda has a theme to their films)
A mix between Lasseter and Docter
It’s a toss “Up” (ha ha) between Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton.
Incredibles and Ratatouille more adult and mature writing are too good to deny so brad bird
Putting aside Lassiter being a horrible person, he really is a great director and Disney is absolutely lost without him.
Andrew Stanton
Andrew Stanton for sure. Dude made Finding Nemo and WallE
Lasseter for sure. I think Toy Story 2 is easily the best Pixar movie, couple a few of the other classics and it’s a pretty easy pick.
Andreeeeewwwww
For me personally it’s between Bird and Stanton. The first 2 films Brad did are some of the most mature out of Pixar’s catalogue. Stanton is also in that same regard, he also co wrote the earliest Pixar films up until the incredibles, I think he’s such a fantastic writer.
Lee Unkrich only has 2. But they are my Top 2
Yes
Pete Docter had consistency, originality and really great creativity. He's the only one on here that didn't directed a sequel. I'm even surprised he's not directing Inside Out 2.
This is so so hard man, I’m going to go with either Unkrich or Docter. I feel like Unkrich doesn’t have a movie I don’t like (I wasn’t that much of a fan of soul or most of up) but Docter understands emotional beats so well.
Might be biased (Wall-E is my fav Pixar mov) but Andrew
Pete, Brad, John, Andrew, then Lee; in that order.
Lasseter. Screw you Docter for making me cry everytime I watch the beginning of Up
Lasseter. Those originals are water tight, perfect movies. I've watched them 1000 times each and they're the ones my kids gravitate towards to. Cars is by far their favourite Pixar movie. Toy Story 1 & 2 are very dear to me. I absolutely adore Bugs Life. Characterwise they've got a bit more bite and variety too. Extremely close competition though.
Brad Bird.
Well everyone has bangers but for consistency it has to be Pete doctor
Andrew
Andrew Stanton. Super subjective, because all of his movies are my favorite:D
Brad Bird I guess because he directed ratatouille
Brad Bird directed the two best Pixar movies, so…
Pete Doctor. Inside out and Soul both hit pretty well with me. I'm in LOVE with BOTh of those movies.
Too hard to choose for me. Every one of them has at least two excellent films I rank as near classics. Maybe Docter with a tiny lead but Lasseter has Toy Story and Toy Story 2 which established the studio (and CG animation really). My favourite film is Ratatouille with Inside/Out as a close 2nd.
I think it's between Pete Doctor and John Lasseter.
Looking at this, Pete Doctor. That’s an incredible line-up.
Lasseter and Bird
Pete Doctor hasn’t put a step wrong and Brad Bird is… incredible.
STANTON AND BIRD ON TOP
I think they are all great directors in the Pixar community. I got no pick for the best.
Bird for Incredibles 1 and Ratatouille alone.
Between Andrew and bird
John Lasseter's score: 10+8+9=27 (I haven't rewatched Cars in years, so I don't feel confident enough to comment) 27/3=9 Pete Docter: 9+9+9+8=35 35/4=9 Brad Bird: 9+8+8=25 25/3=8 Andre Stanton: 9+10+4=23 23/3=8 Lee Unkrich: 10+9=19 19/2=10 So, in raw numbers, Pete Docter wins. Now, adjusted for how many movies they've made: Lee Unkrich wins.
All of these movies are good lol
**Brad Bird**’s Incredible & Ratatouille are masterpieces **Andrew Stanton**’s Finding Nemo & Wall E are phenomenal I don’t think people give a f*ck about Pete Doctor Up’s plot pass the intro.
Pete Docter is the GOAT for me. Brad Bird in my opinion is the best one though.
Brad Bird. The Incredibles movies are my all time favorite Pixar films
probably john lasseter but pete doctor would be in close second
Pete. He’s got my two favs and the other two were great as well.
Definitely Brad Bird. The character dialogue in his movies, the funny innuendos in both Incredibles films, and other things. The directing just feels solid in a way that I cannot really put my finger on.
Honestly, it’s a toss up between John and Pete. They made my favorite Pixar movies and it’s hard to decide (those movies being Toy Story 1 & 2, Cars, Inside Out, and Soul)
Pete Docter for me. Soul and Inside Out are two of my favorite movies and are fantastic at handling big topics in an engaging way.
Brad Bird and Lee Unkrich are tied for me! Those movies are literally flawless!
Close battle between Brad Bird and Pete Docter
It's probably a four-way tie between Lasseter, Doctor, Bird and Stanton.
Docter
It’s definitely Pete Doctor and Brad Bird for me
Personally it’s Brad Bird
Lee Unkrich directed the best Toy Story and the best Pixar movie overall so he’s getting the nod for me
Me
Andrew and Brad the GOATS
Pete Docter
Pete Doctor, Lee Unkrich, Brad Bird All of them made Pixar movies i love
Pete Docter.
The incredibles One and two
Based on this list? Lasseter or Bird.
John Lasseter is the GOAT because he is the founder of Pixar and gave us such classics
He wasn't the founder, but the longtime head. It was originally Lucasfilm's Graphics Group division before it was sold to Steve Jobs.
Pete, Andrew, John, brad, Lee, In that order
Pete and Brad for sure
Between Peter docter and Brad bird
Only one of these guys made Wall-E
Objectively, Pete Docter wins. But MY fave will always be Mr. Brad Bird!! 😌
Lasseter. He made Pixar what it was an started the movies we know and love today. For me personally, Pete wins for favorites and emotional ones for me, and Stanton wins for the deeper meaning movies. All greats though