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‘Soul’ Director Pete Docter on How Pixar ‘Thinks of Our Work as Indie Films’

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Also Read: Oscars 2021: New Nominees Share Their Stunned, Speechless Reactions (Updating)Dana Murray remembered the first time Docter pitched “Soul” to the Pixar team, and how one animator described the premise as “Pete Doctor Unleashed.”“We just kept waiting for someone to ask if we were sure it was a good idea, but that never came,” Murray said. “They just kept trusting us all the way through and nothing in the premise was ever watered down.”If anything, more was added to Docter’s initial idea.

He brought in Kemp Powers — who also earned an Oscar nomination on Monday for his “One Night in Miami” screenplay — to help shape the script to reflect modern Black culture in Harlem.

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