Michael Pellerin

Career Overview

Michael Pellerin has 75 screen credits in a career dating back to 1995. Signature works include RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”, Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre', The Story Behind 'Toy Story'. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Production

Gender

male

Known Credits

75

Known For

• 

  RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
• 

  Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
• 

  The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
• 

  Kong's New York, 1933
• 

  The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
• 

  The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

Frequent Collaborators

• Peter Jackson (3 collaborations)
• Rudy Behlmer (2 collaborations)
• Leonard Maltin (2 collaborations)
• Corey Burton (2 collaborations)
• Sam Fontana (1 collaborations)
• Scott MacQueen (1 collaborations)
• Rick Baker (1 collaborations)
• Craig Barron (1 collaborations)
• Graham Binding (1 collaborations)
• Shaun Bolton (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (20 credits)

  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Digital Grading

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

    writer

    writing
    2006
  • Kong's New York, 1933

    writer

    writing
    2006
  • The Two Towers: From Book to Script: Finding the Story

    writer

    writing
    2003
  • The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth

    writer

    writing
    2003
  • A Day in the Life of a Hobbit

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Soundscapes of Middle-earth

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Big-atures

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Weta Digital

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Assembling an Epic

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • Music for Middle-earth

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 1: From Book to Vision

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast

    writer

    writing
    2002

• directing (36 credits)

  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Digital Grading

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Under the Shadow of the Mountain

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Farewell, Friends!

    director

    directing
    2015
  • In the Halls of the Elven-king

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Summoning Smaug: The Last of the Fire-drakes

    director

    directing
    2014
  • The Journey Back to Middle-earth

    director

    directing
    2013
  • The Company of Thorin

    director

    directing
    2013
  • Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Kong's New York, 1933

    director

    directing
    2006
  • From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter

    director

    directing
    2004
  • The Return of the King: The Passing of an Age

    director

    directing
    2004
  • The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 6: The Passing of an Age

    director

    directing
    2004
  • The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 5: The War of the Ring

    director

    directing
    2004
  • The Two Towers: From Book to Script: Finding the Story

    director

    directing
    2003
  • The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 3: The Journey continues

    director

    directing
    2003
  • The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 4: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins

    director

    directing
    2003
  • The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth

    director

    directing
    2003
  • Warriors of the Third Age

    director

    directing
    2003
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Soundscapes of Middle-earth

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Big-atures

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Weta Digital

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Assembling an Epic

    director

    directing
    2002
  • Music for Middle-earth

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: New Zealand as Middle Earth

    director

    directing
    2002
  • A Day in the Life of a Hobbit

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 1: From Book to Vision

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 2: From Vision to Reality

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast

    director

    directing
    2002
  • The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'

    director

    directing
    2002

• production (19 credits)

  • RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

    producer

    production
    2008
  • Kong's New York, 1933

    producer

    production
    2006
  • The Lost Spider Pit Sequence

    producer

    production
    2005
  • The Man Behind the Duck

    executive producer

    production
    2004
  • A Conversation with John Hench

    executive producer

    production
    2004
  • The Voice Behind the Mouse

    executive producer

    production
    2004
  • Mickey's Cartoon Comeback

    executive producer

    production
    2004
  • A Conversation with Joe Grant

    executive producer

    production
    2004
  • Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

    executive producer

    production
    2003
  • Disney's Animation Magic: Treasure Planet

    executive producer

    production
    2003
  • Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'

    executive producer

    production
    2003
  • The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 1: From Book to Vision

    producer

    production
    2002
  • The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast

    producer

    production
    2002
  • Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All

    associate producer

    production
    2001
  • The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

    executive producer

    production
    2000
  • Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

    producer

    production
    1997
  • The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

    producer

    production
    1997
  • The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

    co-producer

    production
    1996
  • Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind

    co-producer

    production
    1995