Wedge, Chris 1957(?)–

PERSONAL

Full name, Christian Wedge; born 1957 (some sources cite 1958), in NY; raised in Flushing, Queens, New York, NY; married. Education: Purchase College State University of New York, B.F.A., film, 1981; Ohio State University, M.A., computer graphics and art education.

Addresses:

Office—Blue Sky Studios, 44 South Broadway, 17th Floor, White Plains, NY 10601.

Career:

Actor, voice artist, director, producer, and animator. Began his career as a stop–motion animator; MAGI/SynthaVision, animator; Blue Sky Studios (production company), White Plains, NY, founder, 1987, then vice president of creative development. Taught animation at the School of Visual Arts.

Awards, Honors:

Ottawa International Animation Festival Award, best production under ten minutes in length, 1996, for part of Joe's Apartment; Academy Award, best short film, animated, Special Prize for Animation, Drama Short Festival, Prize of the Children's Short Film Competition, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, and Jury Award nomination, best short, Newport International Film Festival, all 1999, and Best of Festival Award—Honorable Mention, best animation, Nashville Film Festival, 2000, all for Bunny; Special Award, animation director of the year, ShoWest Convention, National Association of Theatre Owners, 2003; Academy Award nomination, best animated feature, Annie Award nomination, outstanding directing in an animated feature production, International Animated Film Society, and DVD Premiere Award nomination, best audio commentary, new release, all with others, all 2003, for Ice Age.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Magi synthavision scene programmer, Tron, Buena Vista, 1982.

Director, Tuber's Two Step (short animated film), 1985.

Animator and director, Balloon Guy (short animated film), 1987.

Producer, The Mind's Eye (short film), BMG Distribution/Miramar Images, 1990.

Animation director and computer generated animation technician, Joe's Apartment (live action and animated), Warner Bros., 1996.

Creative supervisor, Alien: Resurrection (also known as Alien 4), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.

Executive creative supervisor, A Simple Wish, Universal, 1997.

Executive creative supervisor, Star Trek: Insurrection (also known as Star Trek: Nemesis, Star Trek 9, Star Trek IX, Star Trek: Prime Directive, Star Trek: Rebellion, and Star Trek: Stardust), Paramount, 1998.

Modeler and director, Bunny (short animated film), Film Forum, 1998.

Director, Ice Age (animated), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

Executive producer, Gone Nutty (short animated film; also known as Scrat's Missing Adventure), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

(With Carlos Saldanha) Director, Robots (animated), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2005, IMAX version released as Robots: The IMAX Experience.

Film Appearances:

Voice of Scrat, Gone Nutty (short animated film; also known as Scrat's Missing Adventure), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

Voices of Scrat and a dodo, Ice Age (animated), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

Voices of Wonderbot and a phone booth, Robots (animated), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2005, IMAX version released as Robots: The IMAX Experience.

Voice of Scrat, Ice Age: The Meltdown (animated; also known as Ice Age 2), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Assembling "Robots" : The Magic, the Music and the Comedy, Fox, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, "Robots," HBO First Look, HBO, 2005.

(Uncredited) Voice of Scrat, "Sibling Rivalry," Family Guy (animated; also known as Padre de familia and Padre del familia), Fox, 2006.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, The Making of "Robots" (short), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2005.

Video Games:

Voice of Scrat, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2006.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Bunny (short animated film), Film Forum, 1998.

Ice Age (animated), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

(Story) Robots (animated), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2005, IMAX version released as Robots: The IMAX Experience.

Writings for Children:

Bunny, Ipicturebooks, 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

USA Today, June 9, 2003.