Chris Wedge
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Wedge in 2014
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| Born |
John Christian Wedge March 20, 1957 Binghamton, New York, U.S. |
| Residence | Katonah, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Fayetteville-Manlius High School |
| Alma mater |
State University of New York at Purchase Ohio State University |
| Occupation | Film director, film producer, screenwriter, cartoonist, voice actor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Notable work | Ice Age, Robots, Epic |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne Markel |
| Children | 2 |
John Christian "Chris" Wedge (born March 20, 1957) is an American director, producer and voice actor of animation, best known for the films Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005), and Epic (2013).
Wedge was born in Binghamton, New York. 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. That fascinated me and it got me started. It was so simple, effective and magical in outcome and I stuck with creating things throughout my childhood, teenage years and then college."
He attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, graduating in 1975. 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 has taught animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City where he met his future film directing partner, Carlos Saldanha.
In 1982, Wedge worked for MAGI/SynthaVision, where he was a principal animator on the Disney film Tron, credited as a scene programmer. Some of his other works include Where the Wild Things Are (1983), Dinosaur Bob, George Shrinks, and Santa Calls.
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.
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