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Mark Nielsen(I)

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Director Josh Cooley, producers Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera, and directing animator Patty Kihm sit down with IMDb and reflect on the impact of Woody's character from the first movie in the franchise, explain why it was important to bring Bo Peep back for the latest chapter, and reveal why they love new character Forky so much.
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Mark Nielsen is known for Toy Story 4 (2019), Inside Out 2 (2024) and Cars (2006). He has been married to Becky Nielsen since 6 October 1975. They have four children.
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 7 wins & 12 nominations total

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    Known for

    Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Christina Hendricks, Keegan-Michael Key, Ally Maki, and Jordan Peele in Toy Story 4 (2019)
    Toy Story 4
    7.6
    • Producer(p.g.a.)
    • 2019
    Lewis Black, Tony Hale, Liza Lapira, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Maya Hawke, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ayo Edebiri in Inside Out 2 (2024)
    Inside Out 2
    7.5
    • Producer(p.g.a)
    • 2024
    Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Michael Keaton, Tim Allen, Katherine Helmond, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Tony Shalhoub, Andrew Stanton, Mario Andretti, Dave Foley, John Lasseter, Jay Leno, Randy Newman, Jeremy Piven, Owen Wilson, Darla K. Anderson, Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Bob Bergen, Susan Blu, Torbin Xan Bullock, Rodger Bumpass, George Carlin, Scott Clark, Lindsey Collins, William Cone, Bob Costas, Edmund Cupcupin, John Cygan, Jennifer Darling, Paul Dooley, Paul Eiding, Bill Farmer, Brian Fee, Teresa Ganzel, Craig Good, Jan Rabson, Jess Harnell, Jean-Claude Kalache, Richard Kind, Jorgen Klubien, Jenifer Lewis, Sherry Lynn, Danny Mann, Edie McClurg, Mickie McGowan, Laraine Newman, Teddy Newton, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Adrian Ochoa, Bob Pauley, Bob Peterson, Richard Petty, Steve Purcell, Guido Quaroni, Joe Ranft, Jonas Rivera, Lou Romano, Dan Scanlon, Stephen Schaffer, Ken Schretzmann, Bob Scott, Sonoko Konishi, Michael Wallis, Jim Ward, Humpy Wheeler, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin, Larry the Cable Guy, Darrell Waltrip, Dan Fogelman, E.J. Holowicki, Artie Kempner, Michael Schumacher, Colette Whitaker, Mike Nelson, A.J. Riebli III, Lynda Petty, Jay Ward, Elissa Knight, Larry Benton, Douglas Keever, Sarah Clark, Richard Cawood, Hooman Khalili, Kathy Coates, Erik Langley, Matty Staudt, Marco Boerries, and Andrea Boerries in Cars (2006)
    Cars
    7.3
    • Additional Crew
    • 2006
    Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Mindy Kaling in Inside Out (2015)
    Inside Out
    8.1
    • Producer
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Coco 2
      • producer
      • Treatment Outline
      • 2029
    • Lewis Black, Tony Hale, Liza Lapira, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Maya Hawke, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ayo Edebiri in Inside Out 2 (2024)
      Inside Out 2
      7.5
      • producer (p.g.a)
      • 2024
    • Edward Asner and Bob Peterson in Dug Days (2021)
      Carl's Date
      6.4
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Bob Peterson in Dug Days (2021)
      Dug Days
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Pixar Popcorn (2021)
      Pixar Popcorn
      6.5
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Dory's Reef Cam (2020)
      Dory's Reef Cam
      3.8
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Tony Hale in Forky Asks a Question (2019)
      Forky Asks a Question
      6.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2019–2020
    • Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Christina Hendricks, Keegan-Michael Key, Ally Maki, and Jordan Peele in Toy Story 4 (2019)
      Toy Story 4
      7.6
      • produced by (p.g.a.)
      • 2019
    • Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Mindy Kaling, and Kaitlyn Dias in Riley's First Date? (2015)
      Riley's First Date?
      7.4
      Video
      • produced by
      • 2015
    • Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Mindy Kaling in Inside Out (2015)
      Inside Out
      8.1
      • associate producer
      • 2015
    • Michael Caine, Vanessa Redgrave, Katherine Helmond, Bonnie Hunt, Joe Mantegna, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Tony Shalhoub, John Turturro, Kathy Griffin, Jason Isaacs, John Lasseter, Owen Wilson, Livio Badurina, Senka Bulic, Bruce Campbell, Paul Dooley, Teresa Gallagher, Jeff Garlin, Michael Giacchino, Jeff Gordon, Zijad Gračić, David Hobbs, Eddie Izzard, Peter Jacobson, Harley Jessup, Pero Juricic, Richard Kind, Thomas Kretschmann, Bradford Lewis, Jenifer Lewis, Leon Lučev, Lela Margitic, Edie McClurg, Emily Mortimer, Brent Musburger, Franco Nero, Dora Polic, Zarko Potocnjak, Alma Prica, Guido Quaroni, Ben Queen, Joe Ranft, Denise Ream, Zarko Savic, Stephen Schaffer, Sonoko Konishi, Velibor Topic, Zvonimir Torjanac, Stanley Townsend, Michael Wallis, Ljubo Zecevic, Ronald Zlabur, Tarik Filipovic, Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi, Lloyd Sherr, Larry the Cable Guy, Darrell Waltrip, Dan Fogelman, Patrick Walker, Jess Fulton, Lewis Hamilton, Sig Hansen, John Mainieri, Claudia Leitte, Michel Michelis, Gillian Bolt, Ivan Saric, Stéphan Macchi, Kristen Phaneuf, and Catie Bolt in Cars 2 (2011)
      Cars 2
      6.2
      • associate producer
      • 2011
    • Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
      Mater and the Ghostlight
      6.5
      Video
      • produced by
      • 2006

    Additional Crew

    • Gatto
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • Post-production
      • 2027
    • Incredibles 3
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • Filming
      • 2028
    • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Conan O'Brien, Jeff Bergman, Blake Clark, Tony Hale, Craig Robinson, Shelby Rabara, Greta Lee, and Melissa Villaseñor in Toy Story 5 (2026)
      Toy Story 5
      7.4
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2026
    • Melissa Villaseñor and Piper Curda in Hoppers (2026)
      Hoppers
      7.2
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2026
    • Steve Bloom, Brad Garrett, Elio, Shirley Henderson, Harley Jessup, Zoe Saldaña, Anna Wolitzky, Yonas Kibreab, Remy Edgerly, Mary Alice Drumm, Rob Simonsen, Adrian Molina, Jameela Jamil, Madeline Sharafian, and Domee Shi in Elio (2025)
      Elio
      6.6
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2025
    • Will Forte, Rhea Seehorn, Erin Keif, Dorien Maxwell, Chanel Stewart, Harlow Hodges, Flula Borg, Vyvan Pham, Lil Rel Howery, Josh Thomson, Santina Muha, Rosa Salazar, Rosanna Jean Foss, Tom Law, Jo Firestone, Kyliegh Curran, Milan Elizabeth Ray, and Izaac Wang in Win or Lose (2025)
      Win or Lose
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2025
    • Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Carlos Alazraqui, Lewis Black, Grey DeLisle, Tony Hale, Peter Jessop, Matthew Yang King, Liza Lapira, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Phyllis Smith, Paula Pell, Kensington Tallman, Kimberly Woods, Grace Lu, Quinn Minichino Eakins, Ally Maki, Richard Ayoade, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, Ace Gibson, Giancarlo Sabogal, Maya Aoki Tuttle, Kunal Dudheker, Noah Kaye Bentley, Lauren Holt, and Nicolas Cantu in Dream Productions (2024)
      Dream Productions
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2024
    • Catherine O'Hara, Thomas Newman, Jonathan Adams, Wilma Bonet, P.L. Brown, Ronnie Del Carmen, John Hoberg, Alex Kapp, Jean-Claude Kalache, Matthew Yang King, Ronobir Lahiri, Denise Ream, Stephen Schaffer, Don Shank, Peter Sohn, Kat Likkel, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff LaPensee, Innocent Ekakitie, Mason Wertheimer, Clara Lin Ding, Brenda Hsueh, Shila Ommi, Leah Lewis, David Juan Bianchi, Ben Morris, Joe Pera, Mamoudou Athie, and Reagan To in Elemental (2023)
      Elemental
      7.0
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2023
    • Marco Barricelli, Jim Gaffigan, Maya Rudolph, Peter Sohn, Emma Berman, Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Saverio Raimondo in Luca (2021)
      Luca
      7.4
      • development: Pixar Studio Team
      • 2021
    • Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey in Soul (2020)
      Soul
      8.0
      • development: Pixar Studio Team
      • 2020
    • Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy, John Ratzenberger, James Remar, Will Arnett, Brad Garrett, Kathy Griffin, Brad Bird, Lindsey Collins, Walt Dohrn, Tony Fucile, Michael Giacchino, Bradford Lewis, Danny Mann, Teddy Newton, Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Peter Sohn, Jake Steinfeld, Stéphane Roux, Lori Richardson, Thomas Keller, Julius Callahan, Marco Boerries, Andrea Boerries, and Jack Bird in Ratatouille (2007)
      Ratatouille
      8.1
      • productions: Pixar
      • 2007
    • Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Michael Keaton, Tim Allen, Katherine Helmond, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Tony Shalhoub, Andrew Stanton, Mario Andretti, Dave Foley, John Lasseter, Jay Leno, Randy Newman, Jeremy Piven, Owen Wilson, Darla K. Anderson, Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Bob Bergen, Susan Blu, Torbin Xan Bullock, Rodger Bumpass, George Carlin, Scott Clark, Lindsey Collins, William Cone, Bob Costas, Edmund Cupcupin, John Cygan, Jennifer Darling, Paul Dooley, Paul Eiding, Bill Farmer, Brian Fee, Teresa Ganzel, Craig Good, Jan Rabson, Jess Harnell, Jean-Claude Kalache, Richard Kind, Jorgen Klubien, Jenifer Lewis, Sherry Lynn, Danny Mann, Edie McClurg, Mickie McGowan, Laraine Newman, Teddy Newton, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Adrian Ochoa, Bob Pauley, Bob Peterson, Richard Petty, Steve Purcell, Guido Quaroni, Joe Ranft, Jonas Rivera, Lou Romano, Dan Scanlon, Stephen Schaffer, Ken Schretzmann, Bob Scott, Sonoko Konishi, Michael Wallis, Jim Ward, Humpy Wheeler, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin, Larry the Cable Guy, Darrell Waltrip, Dan Fogelman, E.J. Holowicki, Artie Kempner, Michael Schumacher, Colette Whitaker, Mike Nelson, A.J. Riebli III, Lynda Petty, Jay Ward, Elissa Knight, Larry Benton, Douglas Keever, Sarah Clark, Richard Cawood, Hooman Khalili, Kathy Coates, Erik Langley, Matty Staudt, Marco Boerries, and Andrea Boerries in Cars (2006)
      Cars
      7.3
      • story manager
      • 2006

    Visual Effects

    • Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Michael Keaton, Tim Allen, Katherine Helmond, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Tony Shalhoub, Andrew Stanton, Mario Andretti, Dave Foley, John Lasseter, Jay Leno, Randy Newman, Jeremy Piven, Owen Wilson, Darla K. Anderson, Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Bob Bergen, Susan Blu, Torbin Xan Bullock, Rodger Bumpass, George Carlin, Scott Clark, Lindsey Collins, William Cone, Bob Costas, Edmund Cupcupin, John Cygan, Jennifer Darling, Paul Dooley, Paul Eiding, Bill Farmer, Brian Fee, Teresa Ganzel, Craig Good, Jan Rabson, Jess Harnell, Jean-Claude Kalache, Richard Kind, Jorgen Klubien, Jenifer Lewis, Sherry Lynn, Danny Mann, Edie McClurg, Mickie McGowan, Laraine Newman, Teddy Newton, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Adrian Ochoa, Bob Pauley, Bob Peterson, Richard Petty, Steve Purcell, Guido Quaroni, Joe Ranft, Jonas Rivera, Lou Romano, Dan Scanlon, Stephen Schaffer, Ken Schretzmann, Bob Scott, Sonoko Konishi, Michael Wallis, Jim Ward, Humpy Wheeler, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin, Larry the Cable Guy, Darrell Waltrip, Dan Fogelman, E.J. Holowicki, Artie Kempner, Michael Schumacher, Colette Whitaker, Mike Nelson, A.J. Riebli III, Lynda Petty, Jay Ward, Elissa Knight, Larry Benton, Douglas Keever, Sarah Clark, Richard Cawood, Hooman Khalili, Kathy Coates, Erik Langley, Matty Staudt, Marco Boerries, and Andrea Boerries in Cars (2006)
      Cars
      7.3
      • crowds manager
      • 2006
    • Billy Crystal and John Goodman in Monsters, Inc. (2001)
      Monsters, Inc.
      8.1
      • lighting manager
      • 2001
    • Toy Story 2: Facing the Fear (1999)
      Toy Story 2: Facing the Fear
      • modeling and shading coordinator
      • 1999
    • Tom Hanks and Tim Allen in Toy Story 2 (1999)
      Toy Story 2
      7.9
      • modeling & shading coordinator
      • 1999
    • Denis Leary, Dave Foley, Hayden Panettiere, and Joe Ranft in A Bug's Life (1998)
      A Bug's Life
      7.2
      • modeling and shading coordinator
      • 1998

    Videos2

    How 'Inside Out 2' Stars Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke Met on the Party Dance Floor
    Clip 4:48
    How 'Inside Out 2' Stars Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke Met on the Party Dance Floor
    'Toy Story 4' Creators Explain Forky and Bringing Bo Peep Back
    Interview 3:05
    'Toy Story 4' Creators Explain Forky and Bringing Bo Peep Back
    'Toy Story 4' Creators Explain Forky and Bringing Bo Peep Back
    Interview 3:05
    'Toy Story 4' Creators Explain Forky and Bringing Bo Peep Back

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Mark Nelson
    • Spouse
      • Becky NielsenOctober 6, 1975 - present (4 children)
    • Children
        Joshua

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