Jeff Pidgeon
{{Short description|American animator}}
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Jeff Pidgeon is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist and voice actor at Pixar.
Early life
Influenced 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
In 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.{{Cite web |first= |date=2010-01-25 |title=pixartalk.com |url=http://www.pixartalk.com/2010/01/pidgeon/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117045509/https://www.pixartalk.com/2010/01/pidgeon/ |archive-date=2011-11-17 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=www.pixartalk.com}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTI1yeZd-tkC&q=film+reference+jeff+Pidgeon&pg=PA170|title=The Animation Movie Guide|last=Beck|first=Jerry|date=2005|publisher=Beck|isbn=9780786486946|language=en}} He also provided the voice for the "Aliens" in the Toy Story films and the Toy Story Toons short, Hawaiian Vacation.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWYmAwAAQBAJ&q=film+reference+jeff+Pidgeon&pg=PA601|title=The Encyclopedia of Epic Films|last=Santas|first=Constantine|date=2014|publisher=Santas|isbn=9780786486946|language=en}}
He is the designer of Hamton J. Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
Pidgeon has also manufactured his own toys.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/12/pixar-artists-happy-hobby/|title = How One Pixar Animator Manufactures His Own Toys|magazine = Wired|last1 = Flaherty|first1 = Joe}}
Filmography
=Production work=
- 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=
- Dug Days (2021) - Fly
- Forky Asks a Question (2020) - Mr. Spell
- Toy Story 4 (2019) - Aliens{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jeff-Pidgeon/|title=Jeff Pidgeon - 19 Character Images|website=Behind The Voice Actors}}
- 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
- 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
- Toy Story Racer (2001) (video game) - Little Green Man
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) - Toy Aliens
- Toy Story 2 (1999) - Aliens
- Toy Story Treats (1996) - Aliens
- Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story (1996) (video game) - Aliens
- Toy Story (1995) - Aliens/ 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
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0682066}}
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Category:American male screenwriters
Category:Animation screenwriters
Category:American male voice actors
Category:California Institute of the Arts alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Animators from Vermont
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