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Chris Wedge Born John Christopher Wedge
March 20, 1957
Binghamton, New York, U.S.Occupation Film director, Film writer, Film editor Years active 1982–present John Christopher "Chris" Wedge (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, best known for the films Ice Age and Robots.
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Early life and career
Wedge was born in Binghamton, New York. He attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, graduating in 1975.[1] He received his BFA in Film from State University of New York at Purchase in Purchase, New York in 1981, and subsequently earned his MA in computer graphics and art education at the Ohio State University.[2] He has taught animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Wedge is co-founder and Vice President of Creative Development at Blue Sky Studios, one of the premier computer animation studios and producer of Wedge's films. He is the owner of WedgeWorks, a film production company founded by Wedge.
Major credits
In 1982 Wedge worked for MAGI/SynthaVision, where he was a principal animator on the Disney film Tron, credited as an scene programmer. Some of his other works include Where the Wild Things Are (1983), Dinosaur Bob, George Shrinks, and Santa Calls. In 1998 he won an Academy Award for the short animated film, Bunny. He is also the voice of Scrat in the Ice Age film series, performing the character's "squeaks and squeals".[3]
Wedge is currently directing a 2013 computer-animated film Leaf Men for 20th Century Fox Animation, which is based on a William Joyce book, The Legend of the Leaf Men.[4]
He is set to direct the upcoming film adaptation of Will Wright's Spore.[5]
Filmography
Director
Year Film Notes 1985 Tuber's Two-Step Short film 1987 Balloon Guy Short film 1998 Bunny Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Also writer2002 Ice Age Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature 2005 Robots 2013 Leaf Men in production[6] Producer
Year Film Notes 1990 The Mind's Eye Short film 2002 Gone Nutty Executive producer 2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Executive producer No Time for Nuts Executive producer 2008 Horton Hears a Who! Executive producer Surviving Sid Short film
Executive producer2010 Scrat's Continental Crack-up Short film
Executive producerActor
Year Film Role Notes 2002 Ice Age Scrat, Dodo Gone Nutty Scrat Short film 2005 Robots Wonderbot, Phone Booth Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty Hacky Short film 2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Scrat No Time for Nuts Scrat Short film Family Guy Scrat "Sibling Rivalry"
Season 4, Episode 222008 Surviving Sid Scrat Short film 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Scrat 2010 Scrat's Continental Crack-up Scrat Short film 2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Scrat See also
References
- ^ "Chris Wedge, Class of 1975, Inducted in 2000". Fayetteville-Manlius Hall of Distinction. Fayetteville-Manlius Schools. http://www.fmschools.org/community.cfm?subpage=16023. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ "Chris Wedge". Hollywood.com. http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/fulldetail/id/195432. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
- ^ LaRue, William (2006-11-02). "'Ice Age' director gives students a look into animation". The Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse.com). http://www.syracuse.com/living/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/living-2/1162461401265550.xml&coll=1. Retrieved 2007-01-27.[dead link]
- ^ Schneider, Karl (2006-08-24). "Chris Wedge to direct THE LEAF MEN AND THE BRAVE GOOD BUGS". Movie News, Mania.com (Mania Entertainment, LLC., citing The Hollywood Reporter). http://www.mania.com/52071.html. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
- ^ Graser, Marc (2009-10-01). "EA sets up 'Spore' at Fox". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009454.html. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- ^ "Leaf Men Heads to May 17, 2013". ComingSoon.net. 2011-07-29. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=80481. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
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Categories:- American animators
- American film directors
- Ohio State University alumni
- People from Binghamton, New York
- State University of New York at Purchase alumni
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Fayetteville-Manlius High School alumni
- People from Manlius, New York
- Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners
- American film director, 1950s birth stubs
- Animator stubs
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