Jeff Pidgeon

Jeff Pidgeon
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts
Occupations	Animator screenwriter storyboard artist voice actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Anita Coulter ​ (m. 2005)​

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.[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

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[5]
• 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[5]
• 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[2]
• Toy Story Racer (2001) (video game) - Little Green Man
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) - Squeaky Toy Aliens
• Toy Story 2 (1999) - Aliens[5]
• Toy Story Treats (1996) - Aliens
• Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story (1996) (video game) - Aliens
• Toy Story (1995) - Aliens[3]/ 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

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

External links

• Jeff Pidgeon at IMDb