Peter Sohn Talks Culture Clash, Diversity in Disney Pixar Film ‘Elemental’

Master animator Peter Sohn has worked on almost every Pixar film since 2000. His solo directorial efforts include short “Partly Cloudy” (2009) and feature “The Good Dinosaur.” Sohn, the son of Korean immigrant parents, grew up in New York with an Asian work ethic and also facing some racial abuse and these elements have partly informed his next film “Elemental.” Set in Element City, where fire, water, land and air-residents live together, the animated film follows Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow man named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world… Read Full Article