Peter Ramsey

Peter Ramsey
Born	Template:Birth based on age as of date
Birth place	Crenshaw, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film director, illustrator, storyboard artist

Peter A. Ramsey (born 1962 or 1963) is an American film director, illustrator, and writer. He is best known for directing DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians (2012) and Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), the latter of which he co-directed alongside Bob Persichetti and Rodney Rothman.

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.

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. 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. In 2018, he co-directed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

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

Filmography

Director

• Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009)
• Rise of the Guardians (2012)
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (co-director with Bob Persichetti and Rodney Rothman)

Second unit director

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

Storyboard artist

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
• Predator 2 (1990)
• Tank Girl (1995)
• Eye for an Eye (1996)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Men in Black (1997)
• Godzilla (1998)
• Being John Malkovich (1999)
• Fight Club (1999)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• Cast Away (2000)
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
• The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
• Panic Room (2002)
• Minority Report (2002)
• Adaptation. (2002)
• The Core (2003)
• Spartan (2004)
• Shark Tale (2004) (additional)
• Shrek the Third (2007)
• Shrek the Halls (2007)
• Penguins of Madagascar (2014) (additional)
• Sausage Party (2016) (additional)
• Duck Duck Goose (2018) (additional)
• A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

Illustrator

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

Other

• Almost an Angel (1990) (continuity artist)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) (head of story)
• Puss in Boots (2011) (creative consultant)

External links

• Peter Ramsey on IMDb
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v - e - dAwards for Peter Ramsey

v - e - dAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature 2000s Shrek – Aron Warner (2001) • Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki (2002) • Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton (2003) • The Incredibles – Brad Bird (2004) • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park and Steve Box (2005) • Happy Feet – George Miller (2006) • Ratatouille – Brad Bird (2007) • WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008) • Up – Pete Docter (2009) 2010s Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010) • Rango – Gore Verbinski (2011) • Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (2012) • Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho (2013) • Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams, and Roy Conli (2014) • Inside Out – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera (2015) • Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Clark Spencer (2016) • Coco – Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson (2017) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2018) • Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera, and Mark Nielsen (2019) Template:Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production v - e - dCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature 1998–2000 A Bug's Life – John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton / The Prince of Egypt – Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Hickner (1998) • Toy Story 2 – John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, and Ash Brannon (1999) • Chicken Run – Peter Lord and Nick Park (2000) 2001–2010 Shrek – Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (2001) • Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki (2002) • Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (2003) • The Incredibles – Brad Bird (2004) • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park and Steve Box (2005) • Cars – John Lasseter and Joe Ranft (2006) • Ratatouille – Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava (2007) • WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008) • Up – Pete Docter and Bob Peterson (2009) • Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010) 2011–present Rango – Gore Verbinski (2011) • Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore (2012) • Frozen – Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (2013) • The Lego Movie – Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2014) • Inside Out – Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen (2015) • Zootopia – Byron Howard and Rich Moore (2016) • Coco – Lee Unkrich (2017) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (2018) • Toy Story 4 - Josh Cooley (2019) v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film Cars – John Lasseter (2006) • Ratatouille – Brad Bird (2007) • WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008) • Up – Pete Docter (2009) • Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010) • The Adventures of Tintin – Steven Spielberg (2011) • Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (2012) • Frozen – Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (2013) • How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois (2014) • Inside Out – Pete Docter (2015) • Zootopia – Byron Howard and Rich Moore (2016) • Coco – Lee Unkrich (2017) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (2018) • Missing Link – Chris Butler (2019)