Peter Ramsey

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Peter Ramsey
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Ramsey at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Peter A. Ramsey

(1962-12-23) December 23, 1962 (age 61) [1]
Crenshaw, California, U.S.
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles City College
Occupations
  • Illustrator
  • storyboard artist
  • filmmaker
Years active1988–present
Known for Rise of the Guardians
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Peter A. Ramsey (born December 23, 1962) is an American illustrator, storyboard artist, and filmmaker. He is best known for directing DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians (2012), becoming the first African American to direct a major American animated film, [2] and co-directing Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). For Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, he became the first African American to be nominated for and win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

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Early life

Ramsey grew up in the Crenshaw District of South Los Angeles, and graduated in 1980 from Palisades High School. He studied painting at University of California, Los Angeles for two years before enrolling in film classes at Los Angeles City College. [3] He was raised Catholic. [4]

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. [5] 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. [1] In 2018, he co-directed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. [6] He is set to write and direct Blood Count, a period vampire thriller distributed by Paramount Pictures, as well as the Robert Johnson movie Love is Vain. [7] [8] On April 16, 2021, he was set to direct the film adaptation of the Matthew Quick novel Boy21. [9]

In April 2022, Ramsey had been hired to direct an episode each of the Star Wars streaming series The Mandalorian season 3, which was released in March 2023, and Ahsoka , which was released in August 2023. [10] [11]

Ramsey is a member of AMPAS, the Directors Guild of America and The Animation Guild. [12]

Filmography

Director

Second unit director

Storyboard artist

Illustrator

Other

Awards and nominations

YearAwardTitleCategoryResultRef(s)
2023 Children's and Family Emmy Awards Lost Ollie Outstanding Directing for a Single Camera ProgramWon
2022 Children's and Family Emmy Awards We the People Outstanding Short Form ProgramWon
2019 Academy Awards Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Best Animated Feature Won [18]
2019 Annie Awards Directing in a Feature Production Won [19]
2019 British Academy Film Awards Best Animated Film Won [20]
2019 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Animated Feature Won [21]
2013 Golden Globe Awards Rise of the Guardians Best Animated Feature Film Nominated [22]
2019 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseWon [23]
2019 Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation Won [24]
2012 Visual Effects Society Awards Rise of the Guardians Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Nominated [25]

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