'Rise Of The Guardians' Director Peter Ramsey, First African American to Direct Animated Film Talks Historic Milestone (VIDEO): With Black History Month just a month away, director Peter Ramsey has etched his name in history as the first African-American to direct a major animated film with “Rise of the Guardians.”
While speaking with CNN, the fellow storyboard artist-turned-director opened up on manifesting his childhood dreams into a reality.
“I had a head full of dreams, it was like, ‘how do you go the step of making those dreams a reality,” he recalled. “Even though I grew up five, six miles away from Hollywood I had no idea real people made movies…There were no uncles who were actors or no directors or producers, nothing like that…we were just the Ramseys.”
Despite not having any kinfolk in the industry, the Los Angeles native received a tremendous amount of support from his parents.
