This trip was the first stage of a journey which led more than 300 artists to live this adventure through their work. It all can be summed up in Jonas Rivera's comments: “This film takes us somewhere else, outside our world. UP takes you somewhere you can’t go. My first mission for this project was to protect Pete's vision. It was so pure, so precise. The first time I discovered the project in its entirety, we sat face to face and Pete simply told me about it. I have never forgotten his words; I have never forgotten the emotion which I felt. I knew at once that it was an incredible chance to be part of this project. I had to produce it. When you find yourselves later with all the logistics in motion, the studio which supports you, people who are ready, you don't really know where to begin. It's like looking at the Golden Gate Bridge and asking yourself how they were able to build it. But I was certain that the point which had to be protected beyond all the work to be done was Pete's vision. I was really pleased when I saw it, happy, at the first showing of the finished film. There, I said to myself, perhaps I did my job right.”

Pete Docter concludes: “UP is an action packed adventure based on feelings we all know. The film takes you someplace you've never been before. One of the things that we always try to do at Pixar is to talk about a familiar, usual world, but in an unusual way. We always try to approach the world we all know in a way that nobody has ever experienced before. More than ever, it is what we tried to do with this film.”

Pete Docter : Director and scriptwriter
Pete Docter is one of the most remarkable talents of Pixar studios. The beginnings of his collaboration with Pixar date back to 1990. He started by animating and making promotional films for Tropicana fruit juices, Tetra-Pak recyclable packages and Lifesaver. With John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, he developed the story and characters of TOY STORY, the first animated full-length Pixar film made completely with computer generated images, where he was also the animation supervisor.

Jonas Rivera : Producer
Jonas Rivera has always loved cinema, in particular animation films. Among his oldest childhood memories are Tiki Room to Disneyland, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS and STAR WARS, which he saw in theatres. From a very young age, he decided that one day he would work in the movie business. Jonas Rivera entered Pixar Animation Studios in 1994 as a production department assistant for the studio's first full-length film, TOY STORY, made by John Lasseter. Since then he has worked on practically every full-length Pixar film in different positions.

John Lasseter : Executive producer
John Lasseter is creative director of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios, and the principal creative adviser at Walt Disney Imagineering. He received two Oscars for Best Director and oversees all Pixar and Disney animated films and all associated projects. He made movie history in 1995 by signing the realization of the first full-length animation film made completely with computer generated images, TOY STORY, for which he received a special Oscar for having guided and inspired the film's creative team.

Bob Peterson : Co-director and scriptwriter
Bob Peterson has been a key element of the Pixar Animation Studios team since 1994. He made several commercials within the short films department, and was the layout artist and animator for John Lasseter's TOY STORY in 1995. Next he was the story boarder for Lasseter and Andrew Stanton's A BUG'S LIFE and then was storyboard and story supervisor for Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich and David Silverman's MONSTERS, INC. He was one of the scriptwriters for Andrew Stanton's FINDING NEMO, which earned an Oscar.

Bob Peterson has also lent his voice to several characters such as the old chess player in "Geri's Game" in 1997, the quibbling slug Roz in MONSTERS, INC in 2001 and Mr. Raie, the schoolteacher in FINDING NEMO. In UP, he also lends his voice to Dug the dog.

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