Peter A. Ramsey\u00a0(born December 23, 1962) is an American illustrator, storyboard artist, and filmmaker. He is best known for directing\u00a0DreamWorks Animation’s\u00a0Rise of the Guardians(2012), becoming the first\u00a0African American\u00a0to direct a computer-animated film and the second to direct a major American animated film (Bruce W. Smith\u00a0was the first African-American director with\u00a0Paramount Pictures’\u00a0Bebe’s Kids\u00a0[1992]), and co-directing\u00a0Sony Pictures Animation’s\u00a0Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse\u00a0(2018). For\u00a0Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, he became the first African American to be nominated for and win an\u00a0Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.<\/p>\n
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Peter A. Ramsey\u00a0(born December 23, 1962) is an American illustrator, storyboard artist, and filmmaker. He is best known for directing\u00a0DreamWorks Animation’s\u00a0Rise of the Guardians(2012), becoming the first\u00a0African American\u00a0to direct a computer-animated film and the second to direct a major American animated film (Bruce W. Smith\u00a0was the first African-American director with\u00a0Paramount Pictures’\u00a0Bebe’s Kids\u00a0[1992]), and co-directing\u00a0Sony Pictures […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-38153","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n