Jonas Rivera

Jonas Rivera
Rivera in May 2009 promoting Up
Born	Castro Valley, California
Residence	Oakland, California
Education	Film Production
Alma mater	San Francisco State University
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1994–present
Employer	Pixar
Notable work	Up, Inside Out
Spouse(s)	Michele
Children	3

Jonas Rivera is an American producer. He produced the Pixar film Up (2009) and is an alumnus of San Francisco State University who has worked with Pixar Animation Studios since 1994.

Rivera was born and raised in Castro Valley, California. As a boy, he wanted to become an animator, but according to him, he could not draw: "I was a terrible artist, and I still am." Rivera graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in Film Production.

In 1994, in the last year of making Toy Story, he joined Pixar as the first production intern: "I saw Luxo Jr. in a class and liked it so much I cold-called Pixar." Since then he worked on almost every Pixar film, at first as a coordinator and manager. In 2009, as the producer of Up, he received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Picture. Rivera also produced Pete Docter's Inside Out (2015).

Rivera is married to Michele. They have three children: daughters Ava and Elsa, and son William.