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List Of Blue Sky Studios Productions
This is a list of productions from Blue Sky Studios, a former American computer-animation film production company based in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States, which include feature films, shorts, specials, and television series. Blue Sky had produced 13 feature films, which were all released by 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios). The company produced its first feature-length film, ''Ice Age'', in 2002. Their second production, ''Robots'', was released in 2005, followed by their first sequel, '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'', in 2006. Blue Sky Studios was one of the Fox film studios that was acquired by Disney on March 20, 2019. Blue Sky Studios' final film was '' Spies in Disguise'', which was released on December 25, 2019. The studio's final production overall was the miniseries '' Ice Age: Scrat Tales''. Feature films All films are co-produced with 20th Century Fox Animation; with the exceptions of ''Ferdinand'', which is a co-production with Davis Entertainment, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Carlos Saldanha
Carlos Saldanha (; born 24 January 1965) is a Brazilian animator, director, producer, and voice actor of animated films who worked with Blue Sky Studios until its closure in 2021. He was the director of ''Ice Age: The Meltdown'' (2006), ''Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' (2009), ''Rio (2011 film), Rio'' (2011), ''Rio 2'' (2014), ''Ferdinand (film), Ferdinand'' (2017), and ''Harold and the Purple Crayon (film), Harold and the Purple Crayon'' (2024), and the co-director of ''Ice Age (2002 film), Ice Age'' (2002) and ''Robots (2005 film), Robots'' (2005). Saldanha was nominated in 2003 for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for ''Gone Nutty'' and in 2018 for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Feature for ''Ferdinand (film), Ferdinand''. Early life Saldanha was born in Brazil, growing up in Marechal Hermes, Rio de Janeiro."What's in Store". ''Visual Arts Journal''. Fall 2011. School of Visual Arts. Page 18 Though he loved cartoons and drawing from an ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Hayward
James Hayward (born September 17, 1970) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and animator. He has written screenplays for Columbia Pictures, Columbia, 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros., Warner Brothers. Biography At a young age, Hayward began his career at Mainframe Entertainment animating and directing commercials. He was one of the original animators of the television series ''ReBoot'' in which he was the first animator to be hired and invited while the studio’s employees working on the series in Granville Island Hotel. He modeled the character Phong in the show. Throughout his career, he has worked at Pixar Animation Studios, 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios, and was an animator for ''Toy Story'', ''A Bug's Life'', ''Toy Story 2'', ''Monsters, Inc.'' and ''Finding Nemo''. He was the sequence director and story consultant for ''Robots (2005 film), Robots''. His studio directorial debut, Dr. Seuss' ''Horton Hears a Who! (film), Horton Hears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horton Hears A Who! (film)
''Horton Hears a Who!'' (also known as ''Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!'' or simply ''Horton'') is a 2008 American animated adventure family comedy film based on the 1954 book of the same name by Dr. Seuss, produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, from a screenplay written by the writing team of Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. It stars the voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell as Horton the Elephant and Mayor Ned McDodd, respectively, alongside Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Dan Fogler, Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, and Amy Poehler. Recurring Blue Sky collaborator John Powell composed the film's musical score. It is the fourth screen adaptation of the book following the 1970 Chuck Jones television special, the 1987 Soviet animated short, and the 1992 Russian animated short. The film was released theatrically on March 14, 2008, to generally positive reviews, and grossed $298 million on a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Powell (film Composer)
John Powell is an English film music composer and music conductor. He has been based in Los Angeles, California since 1997 and has composed the music to over 70 feature films. He is best known for composing the music for films such as ''Face/Off'', the '' Bourne'' films, the ''Happy Feet'' films, '' United 93'', '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', '' Wicked'' and its upcoming sequel '' For Good'', ''Evolution'', '' Dr. Seuss' The Lorax'', ''Migration'', '' Drumline'', ''Hancock'', '' The Call of the Wild'', ''Bolt'', '' That Christmas'', '' Thelma the Unicorn'', '' Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie'', eight Blue Sky Studios films and ten DreamWorks Animation films. His work on ''Happy Feet'', ''Ferdinand'' and '' Solo: A Star Wars Story'' has earned him three Grammy nominations. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for ''How to Train Your Dragon'' and '' Wicked''. Powell was a member of Hans Zimmer's music studio, Remote Control Productions, and has collaborated frequently with other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Joyce (writer)
William Edward Joyce (born December 11, 1959) is an American writer, illustrator, and filmmaker. He has achieved worldwide recognition as an author, artist and pioneer in the digital and animation industry. He has written and illustrated over 50 children’s books and novels which have been translated into over 40 languages. Joyce began his film career as a concept artist for ''Toy Story'' (1995), and has since been active in both animation and live-action. He subsequently landed credits on films including ''A Bug's Life'' (1998) and ''Robots (2005 film), Robots'' (2005). His book ''A Day with Wilbur Robinson'' was adapted into the Disney film ''Meet the Robinsons'' (2007), with which he had direct involvement. Among his many awards, Joyce has won six Emmy Awards, Emmys, three Annie Awards, Annies, and an Academy Awards, Academy award, the last being for his short film ''The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore'' (2011). Joyce was named by ''Newsweek, Newsweek magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babaloo Mandel
Marc "Babaloo" Mandel (born October 13, 1949) is an American writer and producer. He first wrote episodic television comedy, then transitioned to writing feature films and theatre. He and long-time writing partner Lowell Ganz wrote numerous high-profile films including '' Splash'' (1984), '' Parenthood'' (1989), ''City Slickers'' (1991), and ''A League of Their Own'' (1992). Biography Mandel was born in New York City. His father was a taxi driver. He attended Queens College, City University of New York, before leaving for Hollywood in 1972. At Queens College, Mandel met Ganz, who nicknamed him "Babaloo", after the character Ba-ba-lu Mandel in Philip Roth's novel '' Portnoy's Complaint''. In 2006, Mandel and Ganz were featured in ''The Dialogue'' interview series. In the 90-minute interview with producer Michael De Luca, they discussed their 40-year partnership as it evolved from television to feature films. Both men worked on the television series ''Happy Days'', Mandel as a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowell Ganz
Lowell Ganz (born August 31, 1948) is an American writer and producer. He is the long-time writing partner of Babaloo Mandel and has written for television, film, and theatre. Ganz grew up in a Jewish family in Queens, New York, attending Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village. He dropped out of college and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career writing for sitcoms, starting with '' The Odd Couple''. From there, he moved on to writing for the TV series ''Happy Days'' and created two of its spin-off series, '' Laverne and Shirley'' and '' Joanie Loves Chachi''. In 1982, Ganz and Mandel teamed up with ''Happy Days'' actors Ron Howard and Henry Winkler to make their first film, the low-budget comedy ''Night Shift'', which was also actor Michael Keaton's first film; Howard signed on because he wanted to start directing while Winkler wanted to move away from his image as the Fonz. Ganz's second film outing, '' Splash'', made stars of Tom Hanks and Daryl Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lindsay-Abaire
David Lindsay-Abaire (né Abaire; born November 30, 1969) is an American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play '' Rabbit Hole'', which also earned several Tony Award nominations. Lindsay-Abaire won both the 2023 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and Tony Award for Best Original Score for the musical adaptation of his play ''Kimberly Akimbo''. Early life and education David Lindsay-Abaire was born David Abaire in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in South Boston. He attended Milton Academy and concentrated in theatre at Sarah Lawrence College, from which he graduated in 1992. He was accepted into the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at the Juilliard School, where he wrote under the tutelage of playwrights Marsha Norman and Christopher Durang from 1996 to 1998. In a 2000 interview, Lindsay-Abaire cited Durang as his greatest influence, adding, "I don't think there's been a piece written about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Newman (composer)
David Louis Newman (born March 11, 1954) is an American composer and conductor known particularly for his film scores. In a career spanning more than thirty years, he has composed music for nearly 100 feature films, as well as the 1997 and 1998 versions of the 20th Century Fox fanfare. He received an Academy Award nomination for writing the score to the 1997 film ''Anastasia'', contributing to the Newmans being the most nominated Academy Award extended family, with a collective 92 nominations in various music categories. Life and career Newman was born on March 11, 1954, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Mississippi-born Martha Louis (née Montgomery) and Hollywood composer Alfred Newman. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants.MacDonald, Laurence E. ''The Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History'', Scarecrow Press (2013) He is the older brother of Thomas Newman, Maria Newman and the cousin of Randy Newman, all of whom are also composers. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carnochan
John Carnochan is a film editor. He is noted particularly for editing animated films, including Walt Disney Animation Studios' '' The Little Mermaid'' (1989), ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), and ''The Lion King'' (1994, co-edited by Tom Finan). Upon completion of ''The Lion King'', many employees left Disney with President Jeffrey Katzenberg to work at DreamWorks Animation, with Carnochan being one of them. He edited DreamWorks's 2nd film, ''The Road to El Dorado'' (2000, co-edited by Vicki Hiatt, Dan Molina, and Lynne Southerland). After working on ''The Road to El Dorado'', Carnochan edited the first two films for Blue Sky Studios, ''Ice Age'' (2002) and ''Robots'' (2005). More recently, he worked on the films ''Walking with Dinosaurs ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by the BBC Science Unit, the Discovery Channel and BBC Worldwide, in association with TV Asahi, ProSieben and France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Meledandri
Christopher Meledandri (; born May 15, 1959) is an American film producer and founder and CEO of Illumination. He previously served as president of 20th Century Fox Animation, and has worked as the producer for the film series of ''Ice Age'', '' Despicable Me'', '' The Secret Life of Pets'' and '' Sing''. In 2021, he joined Nintendo's board of directors after working with the video game company on '' The Super Mario Bros. Movie''. Meledandri also collaborates with Illumination's corporate sibling DreamWorks Animation. Early life Meledandri was born on May 15, 1959 in New York City to Roland Meledandri, a men's fashion designer, and Risha Meledandri, an activist, and grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. His father was of Italian descent. Meledandri attended Dartmouth College. Career Early career Meledandri's first job in the film industry came when he worked as an assistant to executive producer Daniel Melnick on the set of '' Footloose''. He co-founded the productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
