MOUNT SINAI, N.Y. -- James Meyn is a short, weightlifter-looking guy with long graying hair. A Long Island lifer, he's the construction super at the new Island Estates development in the little ...

Culture | NPR Earth, air, fire, water — and family — are all 'Elemental' for Pixar's Peter Sohn In science class, Sohn saw the periodic table as an apartment building. The son of Korean ...

In Elemental, the father also works long hours. When the shop did well, Sohn's family would go to Chinatown, especially the restaurant Hop Kee. "It was my parents' happy place," he recalls.

Fire, water, earth and air are characters in Disney and Pixar's new movie Elemental, directed by Peter Sohn. (Pixar) This article is more than 1 year old.