Jeff Pidgeon is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist and voice actor at Pixar.
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Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
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Years active | 1981–present |
Spouse |
Anita Coulter (m. 2005) |
Early life
editInfluenced 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
editIn 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.[citation needed]
Pidgeon has also manufactured his own toys.[4]
Filmography
editProduction work
edit- Turning Red (2022) - additional storyboard artist
- Toy Story 4 (2019) - Story artist
- Monsters University (2013) - Story artist
- Up (2009) - Story artist
- WALL-E (2008) - Story artist
- Your Friend the Rat (2007) - Writer
- Lifted (2006) - Story artist
- Mike's New Car (2002) - Writer
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) - Original Story, Story artist
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000-2001) - Creative consultant
- Toy Story 2 (1999) - Story artist, additional story material
- A Bug's Life (1998) - additional storyboard artist
- Toy Story (1995) - Animator, story artist
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) - Additional character designer
- Taz-Mania (1991) - Animation layout artist, concept artist
- The Simpsons (1990-1991) - Character layout artist
- Tiny Toon Adventures (1990-1991) - Model designer, character layout artist
- Bart Simpson: Do the Bartman (1990) - Character layout artist
- The Butter Battle Book (1989) - Concept artist
- Hound Town (1989) - Character concept designer, layout artist
- Christmas in Tattertown (1988) - Character designer, layout artist
- Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987-1988) - Character designer
Voice acting
edit- Dug Days (2021) - Fly
- Forky Asks a Question (2020) - Mr. Spell
- Toy Story 4 (2019) - Aliens[5]
- Kingdom Hearts III (2019) (video game) - Aliens
- Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) (video game) - Aliens
- Disney Infinity (2013) (video game) - Aliens
- Kinect: Disneyland Adventures (2011) (video game) - Aliens
- Hawaiian Vacation (2011) - Aliens
- Toy Story 3: The Video Game (2010) (video game) - Aliens
- Toy Story 3 (2010) - Aliens[5]
- Toy Story Mania! (2009) (video game) - Aliens
- Tracy (2009) - Justin Pooge
- WALL-E (2008) - Additional Voices
- Toy Story Midway Mania! (2008) - Aliens
- The Incredibles (2004) - Additional Voices
- Monsters, Inc (2001) - Bile[2]
- Toy Story Racer (2001) (video game) - Little Green Man
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) - Squeaky Toy Aliens
- Toy Story 2 (1999) - Aliens[5]
- Toy Story Treats (1996) - Aliens
- Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story (1996) (video game) - Aliens
- Toy Story (1995) - Aliens[3]/ Robot / Mr. Spell
- A Story (1987) - Ted / The Goon Squad
- Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986) - Great Pumpkin
- Somewhere in the Arctic (1986) - Uhk
References
edit- ^ "pixartalk.com". www.pixartalk.com. January 25, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animation Movie Guide. Beck. ISBN 9780786486946.
- ^ a b Santas, Constantine (2014). The Encyclopedia of Epic Films. Santas. ISBN 9780786486946.
- ^ Flaherty, Joe. "How One Pixar Animator Manufactures His Own Toys". Wired.
- ^ a b c "Jeff Pidgeon - 19 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors.
External links
edit- Jeff Pidgeon at IMDb