Biography
Peter A. Ramsey (born December 23, 1962) is an American illustrator, storyboard artist, and filmmaker. He is best known for directing DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians(2012), becoming the first African American to direct a computer-animated film and the second to direct a major American animated film (Bruce W. Smith was the first African-American director with Paramount Pictures' Bebe's Kids [1992]), and co-directing Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Mandalorian and Grogu
2026
Second Unit Director
The Mandalorian, a lone bounty hunter, is tasked with capturing Grogu, a mysterious and adorable creature. Instead, he forms a strong bond with Grogu ...

Spider-Man & the Spider-Verse Revolution (To Be Continued)
2023
Director
Celebrate the films that redefined animation, influenced culture and brought Spider-Man into all new dimensions as the filmmakers, journalists and fan...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Executive Producer
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the S...
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
2023
as Self
Writing, pre-production and the challenges of crafting a sequel to a game-changing film, as told by the filmmakers who worked so hard to push Across t...

Hair Love
2019
Executive Producer
When dad has to unexpectedly step in for mom to do his daughter Zuri’s hair before a big event, what seems like a simple task is anything but as these...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018
Director
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive sp...

A Wrinkle in Time
2018
Storyboard Artist
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.

Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
Director
Join B.O.B. and your favorite mega-monster squad — including Susan (aka Ginormica), Link and Dr. Cockroach — as they battle mutant pumpkins and zombie...

Rise of the Guardians
2012
as Burgess Pedestrian #2 (voice)
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protec...

Rise of the Guardians
2012
Director
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protec...

Puss in Boots
2011
Creative Consultant
Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough an...

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009
as Dad / Farmer Jeb (voice)
Susan Murphy (a.k.a. Ginormica) and the Monsters are now working with the US government as special ops. So when an alien presence is detected in Susan...

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009
Director
Susan Murphy (a.k.a. Ginormica) and the Monsters are now working with the US government as special ops. So when an alien presence is detected in Susan...

Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'
2007
as Self
Behind the scenes of the 1992 masterpiece with director Francis Ford Coppola.

Spartan
2004
Storyboard Artist
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get thi...

The Core
2003
Storyboard Artist
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapid...

Minority Report
2002
Storyboard Artist
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the ...

Panic Room
2002
Storyboard Artist, Storyboard Designer
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her ...

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
Storyboard Artist
David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually b...

Being John Malkovich
1999
Storyboard Artist
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who ...

Fight Club
1999
Storyboard Artist
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches o...

EDtv
1999
Production Illustrator
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.

Godzilla
1998
Second Unit Director
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, includin...

Men in Black
1997
Storyboard Artist
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and ...

Far and Away
1992
Production Illustrator
A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they struggle to survive against betrayal and harsh wi...

Backdraft
1991
Production Illustrator
Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torchi...

Predator 2
1990
Storyboard Artist
A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next ...

House Party
1990
Storyboard Artist
Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out...

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
1989
Storyboard Artist
Alice finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of her unb...
Blood Count
N/A
Screenplay, Director
Details are being kept in the coffin, but it is described as a film noir social thriller set in 1950s L.A. with supernatural elements. Intriguingly, i...
Love In Vain
N/A
Director
The story of blues music pioneer Robert Johnson

Master
N/A
Executive Producer
Olivia, a once promising martial arts champion endowed with superpowers, goes on a journey to guide her family to what she believes is a better life. ...