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Chris Sonnenburg(I)

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  • Writer
  • Animation Department
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Chris Sonnenburg
Chris Sonnenburg is an Emmy Award Winning Producer, Writer, Director, and Animator best known for creating, developing, pitching and producing three full seasons of the critically acclaimed and fan favorite, "Tangled: The Series." The series garnered 12 Emmy nominations and 4 wins including Best Song (for which composer Alan Menken received his first Emmy completing his EGOT).
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    Known for

    Kelly Hu, Paul F. Tompkins, Mandy Moore, Jeffrey Ross, Zachary Levi, Eden Espinosa, and James Monroe Iglehart in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017)
    Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Producer
    James Woods, Danny DeVito, Matt Frewer, Bobcat Goldthwait, Amanda Plummer, Rip Torn, Samantha Eggar, Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Jim Cummings, Paddi Edwards, Susan Egan, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Paul Shaffer, Carole Shelley, Vanéese Y. Thomas, and Lillias White in Hercules (1997)
    Hercules
    7.3
    • Animation Department(as Christopher Sonnenburg)
    • 1997
    Treasure Planet (2002)
    Treasure Planet
    7.2
    • Animation Department(as Chris AC Sonnenberg)
    • 2002
    Michael J. Fox, Leonard Nimoy, James Garner, John Mahoney, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Varney, Jacqueline Obradors, Steven Barr, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian, Jim Cummings, Phil Morris, Don Novello, Patrick Pinney, Florence Stanley, Cree Summer, and Natalie Strom in Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
    Atlantis: The Lost Empire
    6.9
    • Animation Department
    • 2001

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Rob Schneider, Deacon Branscum, Josiah Hidalgo, Laura Osnes, and Lucy Capri in Chip Chilla (2023)
      Chip Chilla
      3.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023–2024
    • A Wonderful Day with Mabel Maclay (2023)
      A Wonderful Day with Mabel Maclay
      6.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Kelly Hu, Paul F. Tompkins, Mandy Moore, Jeffrey Ross, Zachary Levi, Eden Espinosa, and James Monroe Iglehart in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017)
      Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
      7.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017–2020
    • Dee Bradley Baker, Mandy Moore, and Zachary Levi in Tangled: Before Ever After (2017)
      Tangled: Before Ever After
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2017

    Writer

    • Kelly Hu, Paul F. Tompkins, Mandy Moore, Jeffrey Ross, Zachary Levi, Eden Espinosa, and James Monroe Iglehart in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017)
      Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
      7.7
      TV Series
      • developed for television by
      • developed by
      • 2017–2020
    • Dee Bradley Baker, Mandy Moore, and Zachary Levi in Tangled: Before Ever After (2017)
      Tangled: Before Ever After
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • developed for television by
      • developed by
      • 2017

    Animation Department

    • Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection (2015)
      Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection
      7.6
      Video
      • rough inbetweener (segment "The Little Matchgirl")
      • 2015
    • The LeBrons (2011)
      The LeBrons
      4.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2013
    • This American Life Live! (2012)
      This American Life Live!
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • animator
      • 2012
    • Jack Black, Tara Strong, David Cross, Jessica DiCicco, Jaycee Cho-Ming Chan, and Max Koch in Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)
      Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
      7.0
      Video
      • animation director: 2D animation
      • 2008
    • Hans Zimmer, Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Jack Black, Melissa Cobb, Mark Osborne, John Powell, and John Stevenson in Kung Fu Panda (2008)
      Kung Fu Panda
      7.6
      • assistant animation director: dream sequence, James Baxter Animation
      • 2008
    • Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Amy Adams in Enchanted (2007)
      Enchanted
      7.1
      • assistant animation supervisor
      • 2007
    • The Little Matchgirl (2006)
      The Little Matchgirl
      7.8
      Short
      • rough inbetweener
      • 2006
    • Kenan Thompson in Fat Albert (2004)
      Fat Albert
      4.4
      • animator (uncredited)
      • 2004
    • Jennifer Tilly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Judi Dench, Roseanne Barr, G.W. Bailey, Joe Flaherty, Charles Haid, Estelle Harris, Ross Simanteris, Bobby Block, and Keaton Savage in Home on the Range (2004)
      Home on the Range
      5.4
      • rough inbetweener
      • 2004
    • Katey Sagal, Maurice LaMarche, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Tress MacNeille, Lauren Tom, and Billy West in Futurama (1999)
      Futurama
      8.5
      TV Series
      • character layout artist
      • 2002–2003
    • Free for All (2003)
      Free for All
      6.5
      TV Series
      • assistant animator
      • 2003
    • Living in Walter's World (2003)
      Living in Walter's World
      3.7
      Short
      • animator
      • 2003
    • Treasure Planet (2002)
      Treasure Planet
      7.2
      • additional rough inbetweener (as Chris AC Sonnenberg)
      • 2002
    • Michael J. Fox, Leonard Nimoy, James Garner, John Mahoney, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Varney, Jacqueline Obradors, Steven Barr, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian, Jim Cummings, Phil Morris, Don Novello, Patrick Pinney, Florence Stanley, Cree Summer, and Natalie Strom in Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
      Atlantis: The Lost Empire
      6.9
      • additional rough inbetweener
      • 2001
    • David Spade in The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
      The Emperor's New Groove
      7.4
      • rough inbetweener
      • 2000
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Chris AC Sonnenberg
    • Spouse
      • Janelle SonnenburgJuly 20, 1996 - present
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Articles

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      His surname means "Sun castle" in German.

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