External links
- Ralph Zondag at IMDb
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| Other names | Ralf Zondag |
| Occupations | Animator, storyboard artist, director |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Ralph Zondag is a Canadian animator, storyboard artist, and director.
Zondag studied animation at Sheridan College, Ontario, Canada from 1983 to 1984.
He started his career at the Toronto-based Nelvana studio in working on projects like The Care Bears Movie (1985). [1] : 48 He later joined Sullivan Bluth Studios in Ireland and worked as animation director on The Land Before Time (1988), [1] : 138 in which he animated the characters Petrie and the Sharptooth,[ citation needed ] and All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). [1] : 14 He also directed television commercials while working at Sullivan Bluth.[ citation needed ] In 1993, he made his directorial debut for We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story based on the book of the same name, along with his brother Dick. [1] : 138
Zondag joined Walt Disney Feature Animation during the early 1990s and co-wrote Pocahontas in 1995. [1] : 204 In 2000, he and Eric Leighton directed Dinosaur as a part of the Disney Computer Graphics Unit. Zondag was nominated for Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production. [2]
He worked on projects such as Rugrats Go Wild (2003), Home on the Range (2004), Balto III: Wings of Change (2004), Valiant (2005), and Curious George (2006). Zondag worked as storyboard artist on Ultimate Avengers 2 , Flushed Away (2006), The Golden Compass (2007), and Kung Fu Panda (2008). He worked the 3-D animated features Meet the Robinsons (2007) [3] and Bolt (2008). Zondag also created concept art during the pre-production of Tangled (2010).
His most recent credits are the educational TV series Space Racers and the Christian-themed film The Star .
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