Direction: Chris Wedge

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Chris Wedge. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Ice Age

2002 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Chris Wedge · Carlos Saldanha

Synopsis Ice Age (2002) follows a mismatched trio during the prehistoric era: Manny, a lone woolly mammoth; Sid, a clumsy sloth; and Diego, a cunning saber-toothed tiger. When they discover a human baby, they embark on an unexpected journey to return...

7.3

119K votes

7.3

119K votes

Direction Chris Wedge · Donnie Long · Michael Berardini · Jeff Gabor

Synopsis Six all-new animated shorts starring Scrat, the hapless saber-toothed squirrel of the "Ice Age" adventures, who experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood.

6.2

302 votes

6.2

302 votes

Robots

2005 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Chris Wedge · Carlos Saldanha

Synopsis Rodney Copperbottom is a young and genius inventor who dreams of making the world a better place for robots and Cappy, a beautiful, witty and intelligent 'bot with whom he is instantly smitten. Beside Rodney, the nefarious corporate tyrant Ratchet...

6.0

16K votes

6.0

16K votes

Epic

2013 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Chris Wedge

Synopsis In Epic (2013), a teenage girl named Mary Katherine, or M.K., finds herself shrunken to a tiny size and transported into a hidden forest kingdom. There, she joins a group of magical Leafmen and quirky creatures to protect their world...

6.0

7K votes

6.0

7K votes

Bunny (S)

1998 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Chris Wedge

Synopsis Baking alone in her kitchen, tattered, old Bunny receives a troublesome late-night visitor. A hairy moth, as battered as Bunny is, seems to be stalking her, and her attempts to remove it only make it more insistent. What is it...

5.9

985 votes

5.9

985 votes

Monster Trucks

2017 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Chris Wedge

Cast Lucas Till · Jane Levy · Thomas Lennon · Barry Pepper

Synopsis Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby...

4.4

1K votes

4.4

1K votes

Tuber's Two Step (S)

1985 · Movie · 1 min. · United States

Direction Chris Wedge

Synopsis Short 1985 film created by Chris Wedge at Ohio State University. Though visually sparse, the film marks a significant turning point in computer animation, both for eschewing the usual chrome-and-perfect-geometric-shapes of the era, and for extensively applying traditional animation techniques...

3.2

97 votes

3.2

97 votes

Balloon Guy (S)

1987 · Movie · 2 min. · United States

Direction Chris Wedge

Synopsis Another of Chris Wedge's early Ohio State University short films. Once again he bucks the then-dominant trend of rigid, mechanical shapes and motion with these extremely flexible characters and classic animation techniques. Wedge would later go on to co-found Blue...

2.5

123 votes

2.5

123 votes

Liquid Television (TV Series)

1991 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Robin Steele · Denis Morella · Tony Halton · Tim Boxell

Cast Anna-Lena Brundin

Synopsis MTV's classic, surreal, experimental, grotesque, macabre and darkly humorous animation anthology featuring both serialized and one-off segments. The show also features music videos and rare live action and puppet segments.

Not rated

Not rated

The Daymaker (S)

1982 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Chris Wedge

Synopsis Sol, a batty old inventor, believes he can control the daytime.

Not rated

Not rated