Ralph Zondag is a Canadian animator, storyboard artist, and director.
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Life and career
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). He later joined Sullivan Bluth Studios in Ireland and worked as animation director on The Land Before Time (1988), in which he animated the characters Petrie and the Sharptooth, and All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). He also directed television commercials while working at Sullivan Bluth. 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.
Zondag joined Walt Disney Feature Animation during the early 1990s and co-wrote Pocahontas in 1995. 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.
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) 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.
Filmography
Animation department
The Star (character designer) 2017
Space Racers (TV Series) (storyboard supervisor - 6 episodes) 2016-2017
NFL Rush Zone (TV Series) (storyboard artist - 4 episodes) 2013
Superbook (TV Series) (revisions - 1 episode, 2013) (Revisions - 1 episode, 2013)
Bolt (animator) 2008
Curious George (animator: July Films) 2006
Valiant (character developer) 2005
Rugrats Go Wild (additional animator) 2003
All Dogs Go to Heaven (directing animator) 1989
The Land Before Time (directing animator) 1988
An American Tail (animator) 1986
Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins (TV movie) (animator) 1985
Ewoks (character layout artist - 13 episodes) 1985
Star Wars: Droids (character posing artist - 13 episodes) 1985
The Care Bears Movie (animator) 1985
Art department
Barbie: Dolphin Magic (storyboard artist) 2017
Animal Crackers (storyboard artist) 2017
Space Racers (TV Series) (storyboard artist/supervisor - 12 episodes, 2014–2018)
Peter Rabbit (TV Series) (storyboards - 9 episodes) 2012-2013
Dragons: Riders of Berk (TV Series) (storyboard artist - 3 episodes) 2012-2013
Archer (TV Series) (storyboard artist - 13 episodes) 2011-2012
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (storyboard artist) 2008
Ultimate Avengers II (storyboard artist) 2006
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (Video) (storyboard artist) 2006
Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows (storyboard artist) 2005
Father of the Pride (storyboard artist - 1 episode) 2004
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (storyboard artist) 2004
Balto III: Wings of Change (storyboard artist) 2004
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (storyboard artist) 2004
Clifford's Puppy Days (TV Series) (storyboard artist - 1 episode) 2004
A Troll in Central Park (storyboard artist) 1994
Director
Dinosaur (2000)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
Miscellaneous crew
Superbook (TV series) (revisions - 2 episodes, 2013 - 2014) (Revisions - 1 episode, 2013) 2013-2014
Rock-a-Doodle (sequence director) 1991
Writer
The Little Matchgirl (Short) (story development) 2006
Home on the Range (additional story) 2004
Dinosaur (story) 2000
Pocahontas (story) 1995
