Chris Wedge

Chris Wedge
Wedge in 2014
Born
John Christian Wedge

(1957-03-20) March 20, 1957 (age 67)
Binghamton, New York, U.S.
Alma materState University of New York at Purchase
Ohio State University
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • animator
  • designer
  • voice actor
  • cartoonist
Years active1982–present
Employers
SpouseJeanne Markel[1]
Children2
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Bunny (1998)
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John Christian Wedge (born March 20, 1957)[2] is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He is best known for directing the films Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005), Epic (2013), and Monster Trucks (2016), with the former being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Bunny (1998). He co-founded the animation studio Blue Sky Studios in 1987, prior the studio's parent company 20th Century Fox acquired by Disney in 2019, later its closure in 2021. Wedge has also voiced the character Scrat in the Ice Age franchise since the year of 2002.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference TNYTBunnyOscar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (2006). Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781557836717. Archived from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2023.