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Jeff Pidgeon

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Jeff Pidgeon
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Occupations
  • Animator
  • screenwriter
  • storyboard artist
  • voice actor
Years active1981–present
Spouse
Anita Coulter
(m. 2005)

Jeff Pidgeon is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist and voice actor at Pixar.

Early life

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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

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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.[1][2] He also provided the voice for the "Aliens" in the Toy Story films and the Toy Story Toons short, Hawaiian Vacation.[3]

He is the designer of Hamton J. Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures.[citation needed]

Pidgeon has also manufactured his own toys.[4]

Filmography

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Production work

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Voice acting

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References

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  1. ^ "pixartalk.com". www.pixartalk.com. January 25, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animation Movie Guide. Beck. ISBN 9780786486946.
  3. ^ a b Santas, Constantine (2014). The Encyclopedia of Epic Films. Santas. ISBN 9780786486946.
  4. ^ Flaherty, Joe. "How One Pixar Animator Manufactures His Own Toys". Wired.
  5. ^ a b c "Jeff Pidgeon - 19 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors.
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