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Director
Gender
Male
Birthday
23 May
Location
California, United States
Edit pageJosh Cooley
Biography
Joshua Cooley (born May 23, 1979) is an American filmmaker and storyboard artist. He is best known for directing the animated films Toy Story 4 (2019) and Transformers One (2024), with the former winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film Inside Out (2015), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Cooley was recruited by Joe Ranft at Pixar, where he started his career as an intern, mostly working as a storyboard artist on films including The Incredibles (2004), the first two films of the Cars franchise (2006-2011), Ratatouille (2007), and Up (2009). In 2009, Cooley wrote and directed a short film George & A.J. for Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures.
In 2024, Cooley directed an animated Transformers film, titled Transformers One, for Paramount Pictures. The film, which is "separate and apart from" the Michael Bay-directed franchise and the stand-alone Bumblebee, focuses on Optimus Prime and Megatron's relationship.
On May 19, 2020, it was reported that Cooley will write and direct a live-action adaptation of the children's book Malamander by Thomas Taylor for Sony Pictures, marking his first live-action film. In addition, on July 10, 2020, it was announced that Cooley would be the writer and director of the film Little Monsters, starring Universal Monsters characters, for Universal Pictures.
On June 23, 2021, Cooley was set to write a film based on the Disney Parks attraction Tower of Terror, with Scarlett Johansson starring and producing the project, after previously working together on Transformers One.
