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.