Jeff Pidgeon

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Jeff Pidgeon
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts
OccupationAnimator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, voice actor
Years active1981–present
Spouse
Anita Coulter
(m. 2005)

Jeff Pidgeon is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor at Pixar.

Early life

Influenced by Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts, Jeff Pidgeon dreamed of becoming a newspaper cartoonist. He studied and graduated with a BFA degree from the California Institute of the Arts. He currently lives in Northern California.

Career

In 1991, he began working for Pixar Animation Studios, where he currently works as a writer, animator, and voice actor. He has worked behind the scenes on films such as FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. and WALL-E, as well as many US TV shows.[1][2] He also provided the voice for the "Aliens" in the Toy Story films and the Toy Story Toons short, Hawaiian Vacation.[3]

He is the designer of Hamton J. Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures.

Pidgeon has also manufactured his own toys.[4]

Filmography

Production work

Voice acting

References

  1. ^ http://www.pixartalk.com/2010/01/pidgeon/
  2. ^ a b Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animation Movie Guide. Beck. ISBN 9780786486946.
  3. ^ a b Santas, Constantine (2014). The Encyclopedia of Epic Films. Santas. ISBN 9780786486946.
  4. ^ Flaherty, Joe. "How One Pixar Animator Manufactures His Own Toys". Wired.
  5. ^ a b c "Jeff Pidgeon - 19 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors.

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