Jeff Jerry Draheim (born 1963) is an American

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. He mostly works in the

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industry, especially in

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. He debuted with 1997 video game Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules. His film credits include ''

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'', '' Frozen'', '' Moana'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He has won one Eddie Award and has been nominated for two Eddie and

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Early life

Jeff Draheim was born in 1963 to Jan and Jerry Draheim, who lived in

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at that time. He graduated high school at Millard High School in 1981. He studied film and broadcast journalism at the

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and

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Career

Upon graduation he worked at Morin Advertising and KPTM television at Omaha and did video post-production at Avid, Inc. in

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. He joined

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in 1994 and worked as a lead editor for

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division, creating animation for commercials, documentaries and theme park presentations. From there he gradually worked his way up to animated shorts and then features, working on movies like ''

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'', ''

'' and the

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winning 2014 short ''

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''. Later he worked on '' Frozen'', '' Moana'', ''

'', and ''

''.

Personal life

He lives in

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with his wife Adrienne and their two children.

Filmography

Editor

Editorial department

Miscellaneous crew

Accolades

References

External links

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