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John Christian Wedge was born on March 20, 1957 in Binghamton, New York. After graduating from Fayetteville-Manlius High School, he went to study at the State University of New York at Purchase, where he received a BFA in film, and soon after that he went on to study at Ohio State University, earning him a MA in computer graphics and art education.

Wedge began his career as an effects artist for films such as Tron (1982). In February, 1987, he founded Blue Sky Studios, along with Carl Ludwig, Dr. Eugene Troubetzkoy, Alison Brown, David Brown and Michael Ferraro. Throughout the 80s and 90s the studio helped create visual effects for television commercials and films like "Alien Resurrection" (1997), "Star Trek: Insurrection" (1998), "Fight Club" (1999) and "Titan A.E." (2000). Wedge produced the short animated "Bunny", in 1998, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. After Wedge directed the critically acclaimed feature film "Ice Age" (2002), Blue Sky Studios was finally established in to one of the top animation studios in the United States.

He is good friends with John Lasseter, who founded Pixar Animation Studios, who also introduced William Joyce to Wedge.

Chris is a 1981 graduate of the SUNY Purchase film department.

Attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, near Syracuse, New York.

Never outgrew Saturday Morning cartoons; he credits them for
inspiring Blue Sky movies.

He received his Master of Arts degree in Computer Graphics and Art
Education from the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design
(ACCAD) (formerly CGRG), under the Ohio State University.

Grew up in the Flushing section of Queens, New York.

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