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Peter A. Ramsey (born 1962 or 1963) is an American illustrator, storyboard artist, story artist, film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians (2012) and co-directing Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). For Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, he became the first African American to be nominated for and win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Early life[]

Ramsey grew up in the Crenshaw District of South Los Angeles, and graduated at 17 from Pali High. He studied painting at UCLA for two years before enrolling in film classes at Los Angeles City College.[2]

Career[]

His first job in Hollywood was painting a mural, but soon he was working as a storyboard artist and production illustrator on 26 films including Predator 2, Backdraft, Independence Day, Fight Club and A.I. Artificial Intelligence. He was a second unit director for Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, Tank Girl and Godzilla. Aron Warner, the producer of Tank Girl, suggested he join DreamWorks Animation.[3] After initially being uninterested, Ramsey joined DreamWorks as a story artist for Shrek the Third and Shrek the Halls.

In 2012, he directed Rise of the Guardians, based on William Joyce's The Guardians of Childhood books, making him the first African-American to direct a big-budget animated feature.[1] In 2018, he co-directed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[4]

Ramsey is a member of AMPAS, the Directors Guild of America and The Animation Guild.[5]

Filmography[]

Director[]

Second unit director[]

  • Poetic Justice (1993)
  • Higher Learning (1995)
  • Tank Girl (1995)
  • Godzilla (1998)

Storyboard artist[]

Illustrator[]

  • Backdraft (1991)
  • Far and Away (1992)
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
  • The Shadow (1994)
  • Batman Forever (1995)
  • EDtv (1999)

Other[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tulich, Katherine (July 21, 2012). "'Rise of the Guardians' director a self-taught success". Glendale News-Press. Glendale, California. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  2. McDonald, Pamela Mays. Another "First" in Artistic Achievement: Director Peter Ramsey. Black Voices. HuffPost.
  3. Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cavna, Michael (30 November 2012). "'RISE OF THE GUARDIANS': 'The Obama of animation'? Director Peter Ramsey deflects the comparison — but not the responsibility". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  4. Oscar Nominations 2019: The Complete List.
  5. Careers In Film Summit - Biographies. Oscars.org.
  6. Sony’s Untitled ‘Spider-Man’ Animated Film To Feature Miles Morales As Lead Character. Deadline (January 18, 2017).
  7. Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McMillan, Graeme (August 9, 2019). "Lion Forge Animation Launches With 'Hair Love' Short". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  8. Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.B. Vary, Adam (April 19, 2021). "'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Sequel Snares New Directing Trio (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved April 25, 2021.

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v - e - dFilms directed by Peter Ramsey
Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) • Rise of the Guardians (2012) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) • Carmen Sandiego (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Grossology (2019) • Cool Girls (2020) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021)
v - e - dAwards for Peter Ramsey
v - e - dAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature
2000s ShrekAron Warner (2001) • Spirited AwayHayao Miyazaki (2002) • Finding NemoAndrew Stanton (2003) • The IncrediblesBrad Bird (2004) • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitNick Park and Steve Box (2005) • Happy FeetGeorge Miller (2006) • RatatouilleBrad Bird (2007) • WALL-EAndrew Stanton (2008) • UpPete Docter (2009)
2010s Toy Story 3Lee Unkrich (2010) • RangoGore Verbinski (2011) • BraveMark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (2012) • FrozenChris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho (2013) • Big Hero 6Don Hall, Chris Williams, and Roy Conli (2014) • Inside OutPete Docter and Jonas Rivera (2015) • ZootopiaByron Howard, Rich Moore, and Clark Spencer (2016) • CocoLee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson (2017) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseBob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2018) • Toy Story 4Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera, and Mark Nielsen (2019)
2020s SoulPete Docter and Dana Murray (2020)

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