Peter Lepeniotis is a Canadian animator, film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his 2005 animated short ''Surly Squirrel''. He adapted the short into the full-length feature film, ''

The Nut Job ''The Nut Job'' is a 2014 animated comedy film directed by Peter Lepeniotis, who also wrote the film with Lorne Cameron. It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Stephen Lang, Jeff Dunham, Gabriel Iglesi ...

'', which Lepeniotis co-wrote and directed. It was released in 2014 by

Open Road Films Open Road Films, LLC (formerly known briefly as Global Road Entertainment) is an American independent film production and distribution company based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded by Tom Ortenberg on March 26, 2011, as a joint ven ...

and

The Weinstein Company The Weinstein Company, LLC (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) was an American independent film production and distribution company, which was founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein on March 10, 2005. TWC was one of the larg ...

. Due to the film's success at the box office, Lepeniotis and the team at ToonBox Entertainment (the studio that produced Lepeniotis' feature film) greenlit a sequel, '' The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature'', which was released in 2017.

Filmography

* '' Casper'' (1995) (animator) * ''

Jumanji ''Jumanji'' is a 1995 American fantasy adventure film directed by Joe Johnston from a screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh, Greg Taylor, and Jim Strain, based on the 1981 children's picture book by Chris Van Allsburg. The film is the first ins ...

'' (1995) (additional animator, uncredited)https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-lepeniotis-334b69a3?originalSubdomain=ca * ''

Toy Story 2 ''Toy Story 2'' is a 1999 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and the first sequel to Toy Story. It is the second installment in the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise and was directed by J ...

'' (1999) (animator) * ''

Fantasia 2000 ''Fantasia 2000'' is a 1999 American animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Produced by Roy E. Disney and Donald W. Ernst, it is the sequel to Disney's 1940 animated feature film '' Fantasia''. Like its p ...

'' (1999) (assistant animator) * ''

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'' (2000) (animator) * ''

Bless the Child ''Bless the Child'' is a 2000 supernatural horror film directed by Chuck Russell, and starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Angela Bettis, Rufus Sewell, Christina Ricci, and Holliston Coleman. Based on the 1993 novel by Cathy Cash Spellman, it ...

'' (2000) (visual effects animator) * ''

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'' (2000) (animator) * ''

3-2-1 Penguins! ''3-2-1 Penguins!'' is an American science fiction computer-animated children's television series, initially launched on November 14, 2000, as a direct-to-video episode by Big Idea Entertainment with videos released between 2000 and 2003. The d ...

'' (2002-2003) (animation director) * ''

VeggieTales ''VeggieTales'' is an American Christian media, Christian Computer animated, CGI-animated series and multimedia franchise created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment. The series stars Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumb ...

: A Snoodle's Tale'' (2004) (animator) * ''Surly Squirrel'' (2005, short film) (director, producer, and writer) * ''

Everyone's Hero ''Everyone's Hero'' is a 2006 American animated sports comedy film directed by Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre and Colin Brady. Starring Jake T. Austin, Rob Reiner, William H. Macy, Raven-Symoné and Whoopi Goldberg, the film was produced ...

'' (2006) (supervising animator) * ''Gotta Catch Santa Claus'' (2008) (director) * ''

Bolts and Blip ''Bolts and Blip'' is an animated television series that aired on Teletoon from 2010 to 2011. The show has also aired on 3net at 10:30 am on Sundays,3net and The CW's Saturday morning block, Vortexx, from July 13, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. Pl ...

'' (2010, TV) (director) * ''Nuts And Robbers'' (2011, Short Film) (director, story, and storyboard artist) * ''

'' (2014) (director, co-writer, story, Adaptation from Short Film Surly Squirrel) * '' The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature'' (2017) (based on characters by, Executive Producer; uncredited) * ''

Gnome Alone ''Gnome Alone'' is a 2017 animated Comedy film, fantasy comedy musical film directed by Peter Lepeniotis and written by Michael Schwartz and Zina Zaflow, from a story by Robert Moreland. Produced by Vanguard Animation and 3QU Media, the film star ...

'' (2018) (director) * '' PAW Patrol: The Movie'' (2021) (additional animator; uncredited) * ''

Zombie Town ''Zombie Town'' is a 2023 Canadian comedy horror film directed by Peter Lepeniotis. It is based on the 2000 novel of the same name by R. L. Stine. The film stars Marlon Kazadi, Madi Monroe, Henry Czerny, Chevy Chase, and Dan Aykroyd. Plot Two ...

'' (2023) (director) * ''Jill and Evan's Amazing Jungle Adventure'' (TBA) (director, co-writer) * ''War of their Worlds'' (TBA) (director)

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* Living people Canadian animated film directors Canadian animated film producers Year of birth missing (living people) The Nut Job {{Canada-animator-stub