Jeff Pidgeon
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- Animator
- screenwriter
- storyboard artist
- voice actor
Jeff Pidgeon | |
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| Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
| Employer | Pixar |
| Notable work | Toy Story (1995) Toy Story 2 (1999) Monsters, Inc. (2001) Toy Story 3 (2010) Toy Story 4 (2019) Toy Story 5 (2026) |
| Spouse |
Anita Coulter (m. 2005) |
Jeff Pidgeon is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist and voice actor at Pixar.
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.[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]
