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' 'Ice Age' director gives students a look into animation'. Fayetteville-Manlius Hall of Distinction. 'Meet Chris Wedge, 'Ice Age' Creator, Katonah Resident'.

^ a b Buchman, Lisa (September 12, 2012).

^ 'Behind The Voice Actors - Chris Wedge'.

' 'Bunny' From Harrison Competes for Oscar'.

^ a b Staudter, Thomas (March 21, 1999).

Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production Shared with Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Wanda Sykes, Jennifer Lopez, Alan Tudyk, Joy Behar, Patrick Stewart, Simon Pegg & Rebel Wilson Shared with Carlos Saldanha (co-director) Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production Prize of the Children's Short Film Competition Oberhausen International Short Film Festival Award Ottawa International Animation Festival Awardīest Production Under 10 Minutes in Lengthĭrama International Short Film Festival Award The shorts premiered on the streaming platform on April 13, 2022.

Chris wedge animator series#

Wedge reprised the role of Scrat in a series of shorts for Disney+ titled Ice Age: Scrat Tales, in addition to serving as an executive producer.

Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger wrote the script for the film, produced by Mary Parent. Wedge directed the science fiction/action film Monster Trucks (2016). In 2009, it was reported that Wedge would direct an animated feature film adaptation of Will Wright's Spore, but since then there has been no further news about the film. In 2007, it was announced that Wedge would direct Hugo, though he was subsequently replaced by Martin Scorsese. In 2013 followed Epic, loosely based on Joyce's book, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. He also voices Scrat in the film series, performing the character's 'squeaks and squeals.' In 2005, Wedge directed Robots, based on a story he created with William Joyce. Wedge later directed Blue Sky Studios' first computer-animated film, 2002's Ice Age, and served as a producer for its sequels. In 1998, he won an Academy Award for the short animated film Bunny. In the 1990s, he and his studio worked on CGI effects for the movies Alien Resurrection and Titan A.E. He is the owner of WedgeWorks, a film production company founded by Wedge. Wedge is the co-founder of the now defunct Blue Sky Studios, once one of the premier computer animation studios, and was its Vice President of Creative Development until the studio was closed by The Walt Disney Company in 2021. Some of his other works include The Brave Little Toaster. In 1982, Wedge worked for MAGi/SynthaVision, where he was a principal animator on the Disney film Tron, credited as a scene programmer. He has taught animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City where he met his future film directing partner, Carlos Saldanha. 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. He attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, graduating in 1975. It was so simple, effective and magical in outcome and I stuck with creating things throughout my childhood, teenage years and then college.' That fascinated me and it got me started.

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He became interested in animation when he was 12 years old: 'Back then, there was a TV special about kids making cut-out animation in a workshop-as I recall it was Yellow Ball Workshop-it was a clear technique to follow and I followed it. During his teenage years, Wedge lived in Watertown, New York which was rumored to be the inspiration for the town where his film ' Robots' takes place, however he later dismissed this in an interview.