nicolas genin from Paris, France · CC BY-SA 2.0

Joined Pixar as an editor in 1994 and rose to co-director on Toy Story 2, then directed Toy Story 3 (2010) and Coco (2017), each of which won two Academy Awards including Best Animated Feature. Coco, built around Día de los Muertos and Mexican family tradition, is often cited as one of Pixar's most emotionally ambitious films.