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Nik Ranieri

Crew | * 08/23/1961 (62) | Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Nik Ranieri (born August 23, 1961) is a character animator who is primarily known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has been supervising animator of many characters and remained so until his layoff in 2013. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Kids & Family | Fantasy

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Movies with Nik Ranieri as Actor(1)

Movies with Nik Ranieri as Crew(13)

Crew/Supervising Animator2024 Orion and the Dark
Visual Effects/Animation2023 Once Upon a Studio
Visual Effects/Animation2012 Wreck-It Ralph
Visual Effects/Animation2011 Winnie the Pooh
Visual Effects/Animation2010 Tangled
Crew/Supervising Animator2009 The Princess and the Frog
Visual Effects/Animation2008 Bolt
Crew/Supervising Animator1995 Pocahontas
Visual Effects/Animation Supervisor1991 Beauty and the Beast
Visual Effects/Animation1987 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Visual Effects/Animation1987 The Emerald City of Oz
Visual Effects/Animation1987 Ozma of Oz
Visual Effects/Animation1987 The Marvelous Land of Oz

Full Name: Nik Ranieri
Citizenships: Canada, Italy
Born: Wednesday, 08/23 1961 (August) in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) (current age: 62 years + 219 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: Italian (IT)
Educated at: Sheridan College, Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute
Employer: Walt Disney Studios
Influenced by/Role models: Dick Van Dyke, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Dick York, The Odd Couple, MASH, Bewitched, The Monkees
Nik Ranieri frequently works together with these people:
Glen Keane (8x, Crew)
Elaine Gasco (8x, Crew)
Eric Goldberg (7x, Crew)
Tim Reid (7x, Actor)
John Lasseter (6x, Crew)
David E. Fluhr (6x, Crew)
Tim Mertens (6x, Crew)
Alan Menken (6x, Crew)
Doug Walker (6x, Crew)
Rick Moore (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:9742, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024