Nik Ranieri

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

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Birthday

1961-08-23 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Nik Ranieri

Biography

Former character animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has been supervising animator of many characters, and remained so until his layoff in 2013. "After graduating from the Classical Animation Program at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Ranieri went to work for Atkinson Film-Arts animation production studio (in Ottawa, Ontario)." He began animating for Disney in 1987 on the London, England-based animation crew of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, working with director Richard Williams. Soon after that he moved to Disney's feature animation studio in Glendale, CA where he animated on The Little Mermaid (working primarily on the char...

Production

2023

Once Upon a Studio

as Animation

1987

1987

Ozma of Oz

as Animation

1987

2011

Winnie the Pooh

as Animation

1983

Common Problems

as Animation

1995

Pocahontas

as Supervising Animator

1991

Beauty and the Beast

as Animation Supervisor

2009

The Princess and the Frog

as Supervising Animator

2008

Bolt

as Animation

2005

Chicken Little

as Supervising Animator

2010

Tangled

as Animation

2012

Wreck-It Ralph

as Animation

2007

Meet the Robinsons

as Supervising Animator

2000

The Emperor's New Groove

as Supervising Animator

2024

Orion and the Dark

as Supervising Animator

1988

1983

Common Problems

as Director

2018

Pet Project

as Director

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