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Nik Ranieri

Nik Ranieri

Actor, Animation Department, Art Department

Born August 23, 1961 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Former character animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has been supervising animator of many characters, and remained so until his layoff in 2013. "After graduating from the Classical Animation Program at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Ranieri went to work for Atkinson Film-Arts animation production studio (in Ottawa, Ontario)."

He began animating for Disney in 1987 on the London, England-based animation crew of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, working with director Richard Williams. Soon after that he moved to Disney's feature animation studio in Glendale, CA where he animated on The Little Mermaid (working primarily on the character of Ursula the sea witch, under supervising animator Ruben Aquino). On his next film Ranieri was promoted to Supervising Animator on the character of "Wilbur" in The Rescuers Down Under.

In 1997 he won an Annie Award in the category 'Individual Achievement in Character Animation' for his animation of Hades in Hercules.

While Ranieri is regarded as one of the modern-day masters of hand-drawn character animation (especially excelling in subtle dialogue scenes and facial expressions) he also successfully made the switch to animating in CG on films such as Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons. Ranieri returned to his roots in classic hand-drawn animation for the 2009 Disney animated film The Princess and the Frog. -Wikipedia

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Actor

10

Type

Year

Beware the Groove: The Making of A Cult Classic Poster

Beware the Groove: The Making of A Cult Classic Feature Film2023Self

Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit Poster

Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit Documentary2003Self

Tale as Old as Time: The Making of 'Beauty and the Beast' Documentary2002Self - Supervising Animator, 'Lumiere'

The Sweatbox Poster

The Sweatbox Documentary2002Self

History Bites Poster

History Bites TV Series1998Appearances by

Movie Surfers: Go Inside Disney's Hercules Poster

Movie Surfers: Go Inside Disney's Hercules Documentary1997Self - animator

The Making of 'Hercules' Documentary1997Self - Supervising Animator, 'Hades'

The Making of Pocahontas: A Legend Comes to Life Documentary1995Self - Supervising Animator, 'Meeko'

The Making of Beauty and the Beast Poster

The Making of Beauty and the Beast Documentary1991Self

Common Problems Short Film1983

Animation Department

31

Type

Year

Once Upon a Studio Poster

Once Upon a Studio Short Film2023

Finding Dory Poster

Finding Dory Feature Film2016

World War Toons Poster

World War Toons Video Game2016

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet Poster

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet Feature Film2014

Wreck-It Ralph Poster

Wreck-It Ralph Feature Film2012

Winnie the Pooh Poster

Winnie the Pooh Feature Film2011

Tangled Feature Film2010

The Princess and the Frog Poster

The Princess and the Frog Feature Film2009

Bolt Feature Film2008

Meet the Robinsons Poster

Meet the Robinsons Feature Film2007

Chicken Little Poster

Chicken Little Feature Film2005

Mickey's PhilharMagic Poster

Mickey's PhilharMagic Short Film2003

Treasure Planet Poster

Treasure Planet Feature Film2002

The Emperor's New Groove Poster

The Emperor's New Groove Feature Film2000

Fantasia 2000 Poster

Fantasia 2000 Feature Film1999

How to Haunt a House Poster

How to Haunt a House Short Film1999

Hercules Poster

Hercules Feature Film1997

Pocahontas Poster

Pocahontas Feature Film1995

Chariots of Fur Poster

Chariots of Fur Short Film1994

The Lion King Poster

The Lion King Feature Film1994

Aladdin Feature Film1992

Beauty and the Beast Poster

Beauty and the Beast Feature Film1991

The Rescuers Down Under Poster

The Rescuers Down Under Feature Film1990

Cranium Command Poster

Cranium Command Short Film1989

The Little Mermaid Poster

The Little Mermaid Feature Film1989

The Simpsons Poster

The Simpsons TV Series1989

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Poster

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Feature Film1988

The Body Electric Poster

The Body Electric TV Movie1985

The Raccoons Poster

The Raccoons TV Series1985

Common Problems Short Film1983

The All-Night Show Poster

The All-Night Show TV Series1980

Art Department

3

Type

Year

Penguins of Madagascar Poster

Penguins of Madagascar Feature Film2014

Wreck-It Ralph Poster

Wreck-It Ralph Feature Film2012

Quack Pack Poster

Quack Pack TV Series1996

Director

1

Common Problems Short Film1983

Thanks

1

Tale as Old as Time: The Making of 'Beauty and the Beast' Documentary2002

Writer

1

Pocahontas Poster

Pocahontas Feature Film1995

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