Who directed Pixar’s Toy Story 2?

John Lasseter directed Pixar’s Toy Story 2.

Lasseter had directed the original Toy Story and returned to guide its sequel. Toy Story 2 began as a project intended for home-video distribution, but its quality and expanding story led Disney and Pixar to give it a full theatrical release. The film became a major success and helped establish Pixar sequels as important theatrical events.

The sequel broadens Woody’s world through the Roundup Gang and explores the tension between a toy’s value as a collectible and its purpose as a companion to a child. Lasseter shared the directing credit with Ash Brannon and Lee Unkrich in the film’s production history and final credits.

People sometimes answer Lee Unkrich because he later directed Toy Story 3. Brad Bird directed The Incredibles, while Pete Docter directed Monsters, Inc., Up, and Inside Out. The canonical credited director associated with Toy Story 2 is John Lasseter.