Nik Ranieri

Nik Ranieri is a Canadian animator, who worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
First hired by Disney Studios in 1987, Ranieri was one of nine animators let go from the studio in an effort for the company as a whole to cut costs in 2013.
In 1995, he won an Annie Award in the category 'Best Individual Achievement in Character Animation' for his animation of Meeko in Pocahontas.http://annieawards.org/23rd-annie-awards
In 1997, he won an Annie Award in the category 'Individual Achievement in Character Animation' for his animation of Hades in Hercules.http://annieawards.org/25th-annie-awards
==Filmography Credits==
Year	Film 	Position
1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit 	Animator: Roger Rabbit
1989	The Little Mermaid 	Character Animator: Ursula
1990	The Rescuers Down Under 	Supervising Animator: Wilbur
1991	Beauty and the Beast 	Supervising Animator: Lumiere
1992	Aladdin 	Animator: Jafar
1995	Pocahontas 	Supervising Animator: Meeko
1997	Hercules 	Supervising Animator: Hades
2000	Fantasia 2000 	Character Designer: Segment Piano Concerto No. 2
2000	The Emperor's New Groove 	Supervising Animator: Kuzco/Kuzco Llama
2002	Treasure Planet 	Animator: Dr. Doppler
2003	Mickey's PhilharMagic 	Animator: Lumiere
2005	Chicken Little 	Supervising Animator: Buck Cluck
2007	Meet the Robinsons 	Supervising Animator: Lewis
2008	Bolt 	Animator
2009	The Princess and the Frog	Supervising Animator: Charlotte La Bouff
2010	Tangled 	Animator: Mother Gothel
2011	Winnie the Pooh 	Additional Animator
2012	Wreck-It Ralph 	Animator
2023	Once Upon a Studio 	2D Animator: Hades, Meeko, and Kuzco Llama
==Gallery==
Wilbur (The Rescuers).png|Wilbur
Beauty-and-the-beast-disneyscreencaps.com-4326.jpg|Lumiere
Aladdin-disneyscreencaps com-1535.jpeg|Jafar
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps com-2402.jpg|Meeko
Hercules-br-disneyscreencaps.com-635.jpg|Hades
Emperors-new-groove-disneyscreencaps.com-163.jpg|Kuzco
Treasure-planet-disneyscreencaps.com-6009.jpg|Doctor Doppler
Buck Cluck.jpg|Buck Cluck
Lewis.PNG|Lewis
Princess-and-the-frog-disneyscreencaps.com-2670.jpg|Charlotte La Bouff
Mother1.jpg|Mother Gothel
Cogsworth.jpeg|Cogsworth
Profile - Ursula.jpeg|Ursula
Roger Rabbit.png|Roger Rabbit
Profile - Ariel.jpg|Ariel
==References==
==External links==
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