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Peter Lepeniotis

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Peter Lepeniotis
Born
Canada
Occupation(s)Animator, film director, screenwriter, producer, storyboard artist
Years active1995–present
Known forToy Story 2
Surly Squirrel
The Nut Job

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, which Lepeniotis co-wrote and directed. It was released in 2014 by Open Road Films and The Weinstein Company. 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.

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  1. ^ "War of Their Worlds". SC Films International. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
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