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John Christian Wedge (born March 20, 1957) is an American animator, designer, film director, voice actor, film producer, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He is known for directing the films Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005), Epic (2013), and Monster Trucks (2016). He is a co-founder of the now-defunct animation studio Blue Sky Studios and voices the character Scrat in the Ice Age franchise since 2002.

Chris Wedge
Wedge in 2014
Born	John Christian Wedge (1957-03-20) March 20, 1957 (age 65) Binghamton, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Fayetteville-Manlius High School
Alma mater	State University of New York at Purchase Ohio State University
Occupation	Animator designer film director voice actor film producer screenwriter cartoonist
Years active	1982–present
Employer(s)	Blue Sky Studios (1987–2021) 20th Century Animation (2021–present)
Notable work	Bunny Ice Age Robots Epic Monster Trucks
Spouse	Jeanne Markel[1]
Children	2

Early life

Wedge was born in Binghamton, New York.[2] 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. 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."[3]

He attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, graduating in 1975.[4] 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.

Career

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 The Brave Little Toaster.

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. He is the owner of WedgeWorks, a film production company founded by Wedge.

In the 1990s, he and his studio worked on CGI effects for the movies Alien Resurrection and Titan A.E.

In 1998, he won an Academy Award for the short animated film Bunny. Wedge later directed Blue Sky Studios' first computer-animated film, 2002's Ice Age, and served as a producer for its sequels. He also voices Scrat in the film series, performing the character's "squeaks and squeals."[5] In 2005, Wedge directed Robots, based on a story he created with William Joyce. In 2013 followed Epic, loosely based on Joyce's book, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs.[6]

In 2007, it was announced that Wedge would direct Hugo, though he was subsequently replaced by Martin Scorsese.[7] 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.[8]

Wedge directed the science fiction/action film Monster Trucks (2016).[9] Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger wrote the script for the film,[9] produced by Mary Parent.[10]

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. The shorts premiered on the streaming platform on April 13, 2022.[11]

Personal life

Wedge lives in Katonah, New York[3] with his wife Jeanne Markel.[1] They have a daughter and a son, Sarah and Jack.[12]

Filmography

Feature Films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Other	Voice Role	Notes
1982	Tron	No	No	No	Yes		Scene Programmer: MAGi / SynthaVision (as "Christian Wedge")
1996	Joe's Apartment	No	No	No	Yes		Animation Director
1997	A Simple Wish	No	No	No	Yes		Executive Creative Supervisor: Blue Sky Studios
	Alien Resurrection	No	No	No	Yes		Creative Supervisor: Blue Sky Studios Senior Staff
2002	Ice Age	Yes	No	No	Yes	Scrat/Dodo
2005	Robots	Yes	No	No	Yes	Wonderbot/Phone-Booth
2006	Ice Age: The Meltdown	No	No	Yes	Yes	Scrat
2008	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!	No	No	Yes	No
2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	No	No	Yes	Yes	Scrat
2011	Rio	No	No	Yes	No
2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift	No	No	Yes	Yes	Scrat
2013	Epic	Yes	Story	No	Yes
2014	Rio 2	No	No	Yes	Yes
2015	The Peanuts Movie	No	No	No	Yes		Uncredited role [13]
2016	Ice Age: Collision Course	No	No	Yes	Yes	Scrat
2017	Monster Trucks	Yes	No	No	No
	Ferdinand	No	No	Yes	Yes
2019	Spies in Disguise	No	No	Yes	Yes		Senior Creative Team

Short Films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Animator	Producer	Other	Voice Role	Notes
1985	Tuber's Two-Step	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
1987	Balloon Guy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
1990	The Mind's Eye	No	No	No	Yes	No
1998	Bunny	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
2002	Gone Nutty	No	No	No	Executive	Yes	Scrat
2005	Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty	No	No	No	Executive	Yes	Hacky
2006	No Time for Nuts	No	No	No	Executive	Yes	Scrat
2008	Surviving Sid	No	No	No	Executive	Yes
2010	Scrat's Continental Crack-Up	No	No	No	Executive	Yes		Act as Ice Age: Continental Drift Teaser Trailers #1 & #2[14][15]
2011	Scrat's Continental Crack-Up Part 2	No	No	No	Executive	Yes
2015	Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe	No	No	No	Executive	Yes		Acts as extended Ice Age: Collision Course Teaser Trailer[16]
2016	Scrat: Spaced Out	No	No	No	Uncredited	Yes		Ice Age: Collision Course archive and deleted footage[17]
2022	Ice Age: Scrat Tales	No	No	No	No	Yes		Disney+ Original Short Films; Ice Age Creative Trust

Television Episodes and Specials

Year	Title	Character Designer	Prop Designer	Executive Producer	Other	Voice Role	Notes
1996	Quack Pack	Yes	Yes	No	No		Episode: "Heavy Dental"
2006	Family Guy	No	No	No	Yes	Scrat	Episode: "Sibling Rivalry"
2011	Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas	No	No	Yes	Yes		Television Special
2015	The Simpsons	No	No	No	Yes		Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" (as Chris "Scrat" Wedge)
2016	Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade	No	No	Yes	Yes		Television Special

Video Games

Year	Title	Voice Role
2006	Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	Scrat
2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games
2015	Ice Age Avalanche
2019	Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure

Special Thanks

Year	Title	Notes
2011	Adventures in Plymptoons!	Documentary

Critical reception

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
Ice Age (2002)	77%[18]	60%[19]
Robots (2005)	64%[20]	64%[21]
Epic (2013)	64%[22]	52%[23]
Monster Trucks (2016)	31%[24]	41%[25]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1996	Ottawa International Animation Festival Award	Best Production Under 10 Minutes in Length	Joe's Apartment	Won
1999	Academy Award	Best Animated Short Film	Bunny	Won
	Drama International Short Film Festival Award	Special Prize for Animation		Won
	Nashville Film Festival Award	Best Animation		Won
	Jury Award	Best Short		Nominated
	Oberhausen International Short Film Festival Award	Prize of the Children's Short Film Competition		Won
2003	Academy Award	Best Animated Feature	Ice Age	Nominated
	Annie Award	Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production Shared with Carlos Saldanha (co-director)		Nominated
	DVD Exclusive Award	Best Audio Commentary, New Release Shared with Carlos Saldanha (co-director)		Nominated
	ShoWest Convention Award	Animation Director of the Year		Won
2013	Behind the Voice Actors Award	Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film 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	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Nominated
2014	Annie Award	Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production	Epic	Nominated

References

External links

• Chris Wedge at IMDb
• IGN interview
• BBC interview

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[de] Chris Wedge

John Christian „Chris“ Wedge (* 20. März 1957 in Binghamton, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur und Drehbuchautor, der vor allem durch seine Arbeiten an Ice Age, Robots und Ice Age 2 – Jetzt taut’s bekannt geworden ist.

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[es] Chris Wedge

John Christian «Chris» Wedge (Binghamton, Nueva York, 20 de marzo de 1957) es un director de cine y actor de voz estadounidense. Conocido por su trabajo en la saga de Ice Age, las películas de Robots y Epic. Es cofundador del estudio de animación Blue Sky Studios.

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[ru] Уэдж, Крис

Джон Кристофер Уэдж (англ. John Christopher Wedge), более известен как Крис Уэдж (англ. Chris Wedge; род. 20 марта 1957[1][2][3], Бингемтон, Нью-Йорк[2]) — американский режиссёр анимационных фильмов, мультипликатор и продюсер. Наиболее известные работы Уэджа: «Ледниковый период» (2002) и «Роботы» (2005).

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