Nik Ranieri

Nik Ranieri

  • Birthday: 1961-08-23
  • Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

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

Filmography

Production

The Princess and the Frog

2009

As Supervising Animator

Pocahontas

1995

As Supervising Animator

Chicken Little

2005

As Supervising Animator

The Emperor's New Groove

2000

As Supervising Animator

Meet the Robinsons

2007

As Supervising Animator

Orion and the Dark

2024

As Supervising Animator

Common Problems

1983

As Director

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

1987

As Animation

The Emerald City of Oz

1987

As Animation

Ozma of Oz

1987

As Animation

The Marvelous Land of Oz

1987

As Animation

Winnie the Pooh

2011

As Animation

Beauty and the Beast

1991

As Animation Supervisor

Bolt

2008

As Animation

Tangled

2010

As Animation

Wreck-It Ralph

2012

As Animation

Common Problems

1983

As Animation

Once Upon a Studio

2023

As Animation

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