Chris Wedge

Biography

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). 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).

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Awards & recognition

• ★Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1999
• ☆Academy Award — Best Animated Feature · 2003 · nominated
• ☆Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1999 · nominated