Peter Lepeniotis

Peter Lepeniotis
Born	c. 1965 (age 58–59) Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	Animator, film director, screenwriter, producer, storyboard artist
Years active	1995–present
Known for	Toy Story 2 Surly Squirrel The Nut Job

Peter Lepeniotis (born c. 1965) is a Canadian animator, film director, screenwriter and producer of Greek descent. He is best known for his 2005 animated short Surly Squirrel. He adapted the short into the full-length feature film, The Nut Job, which Lepeniotis co-wrote and directed. It was released theatrically on January 17, 2014 by Open Road Films and The Weinstein Company. Due to the film's success at the box office, Lepeniotis and the team at ToonBox Entertainment (the studio that produced Lepeniotis' feature film) greenlit a sequel, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, which was released on August 11, 2017.

Filmography

• Casper (1995) (animator)
• Toy Story 2 (1999) (animator)
• Fantasia 2000 (1999) (assistant animator)
• Dinosaur (2000) (animator)
• Bless the Child (2000) (visual effects animator)
• Bait (2000) (animator)
• Surly Squirrel (2005, short film) (director, producer, writer)
• Everyone's Hero (2006) (supervising animator)
• Gotta Catch Santa Claus (2008) (director)
• Bolts and Blip (2010, TV) (director)
• The Nut Job (2014) (director, co-writer, story)
• The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017) (based on characters by)
• Gnome Alone (2018) (director)
• Jill and Evan's Amazing Jungle Adventure (TBA) (director, co-writer)

External links

• Peter Lepeniotis at IMDb