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Chris Wedge

American animator, director, producer, and writer · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1957 · age 69

John Christian Wedge is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He is best known for being the lead animator of the sci-fi action film Tron (1982), co-founding animation studio Blue Sky Studios, and directing the short film Bunny (1998) and the feature films Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005) and Epic (2013).

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A life in dates

2022Ice Age: Scrat TalesSeries, ProducerIce Age: The Last Adventure of Scrat (The End)Film, 2022Scrat (voice)2017FerdinandFilm, Producer2016Ice Age: Collision CourseFilm, Producer2014Rio 2Film, Producer2013EpicFilm, Director, Writer2011Adventures in Plymptoons!Film2010Scrat's Continental Crack-UpFilm, Producer2008Horton Hears a Who!Film, Producer2006Ice Age: The MeltdownFilm, Producer2002Gone NuttyFilm, Producer1999Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmAward1998BunnyFilm, Director, Writer1989The SimpsonsSeries, Scrat (voice)1985Tuber's Two StepFilm, Director, Producer1982The DaymakerFilm, Director, Writer1957Born20 March 1957

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Close ties

  • Spies in Disguise 2019
  • No Time for Nuts 2006
  • Ice Age 2002
  • Ferdinand 2017
  • Gone Nutty 2002

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 35

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Television 2

Media & music

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Awards

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film1999

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He also directed the live-action film Monster Trucks (2016). Wedge has received two Academy Awards nominations: one for Bunny, for which he won Best Animated Short; and Ice Age, nominated for Best Animated Feature. He also created and voiced the character Scrat in the Ice Age franchise (2002-present).

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1957 · age 69