Nik Ranieri

Nik Ranieri

Crew Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Job:	Character layout artist
Birth date:	August 23, 1961 (1961-08-23) (age 65)
Status:	Active
Number of episodes:	89
Seasons active:	Season 29 - Present
First episode:	"King Leer"
Most recent episode:	"Treehouse of Horror Presents: The Revengening"

Nik Ranieri (born August 23, 1961) is an Canadian animator. He currently serves as a character layout artist for The Simpsons.

Awards[edit]

Award	Year	Episode	Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation	2021^[1]	"Wad Goals"	Won
2023^[2]	"Lisa the Boy Scout"

Credits[edit]

Character layout[edit]

Episode – "King Leer"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIX"

Episode – "Krusty the Clown"

Episode – "Mad About the Toy"

Episode – "The Clown Stays in the Picture"

Episode – "E My Sports"

Episode – "Girl's in the Band"

Episode – "D'oh Canada"

Episode – "Woo-Hoo Dunnit?"

Episode – "Marge the Lumberjill"

Episode – "Better Off Ned"
Episode – "Highway to Well"

Episode – "I, Carumbus"

Episode – "The Road to Cincinnati"

Episode – "Panic on the Streets of Springfield"

Episode – "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A."
Episode – "The Last Barfighter"

Episode – "Pixelated and Afraid"

Episode – "You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About – Act Three Will Shock You!"

Episode – "Pretty Whittle Liar"

Episode – "Poorhouse Rock"

Episode – "Lisa the Boy Scout"

Episode – "When Nelson Met Lisa"

Episode – "My Life as a Vlog"

Episode – "Carl Carlson Rides Again"

Episode – "It's a Blunderful Life"

Episode – "The Tell-Tale Pants"
Episode – "The Tipping Point"

Episode – "Bart's Birthday"

Episode – "The Man Who Flew Too Much"

Episode – "Stew Lies"

Episode – "Thrifty Ways to Thieve Your Mother"

Episode – "The Day of the Jack-Up"

Episode – "Irrational Treasure"

Episode – "Simpsley"

Lead character layout[edit]

Episode – "Flanders' Ladder"

Episode – "From Russia Without Love"

Episode – "I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can"

Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXX"

Episode – "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?"

Episode – "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"

Episode – "The Way of the Dog"

Episode – "Now Museum, Now You Don't"

Episode – "A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas"

Episode – "Wad Goals"

Episode – "Uncut Femmes"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXII"
Episode – "The Wayz We Were"

Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 2)"

Episode – "A Made Maggie"
Episode – "The Longest Marge"

Episode – "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun"

Episode – "Meat Is Murder"

Episode – "Habeas Tortoise"
Episode – "One Angry Lisa"

Episode – "Step Brother from the Same Planet"

Episode – "Game Done Changed"

Episode – "Bartless"

Episode – "Fan-ily Feud"
Episode – "Write Off This Episode"
Episode – "The Very Hungry Caterpillars"

Episode – "Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV"
Episode – "Iron Marge"

Episode – "Ae Bonny Romance"

Episode – "Do the Wrong Thing"

Episode – "Lisa Gets an F1"
Episode – "Clan of the Cave Mom"

Episode – "Desperately Seeking Lisa"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXV"
Episode – "Women in Shorts"

Episode – "Homer and Her Sisters"
Episode – "O C'mon All Ye Faithful"

Episode – "The Past and the Furious"

Episode – "The Last Man Expanding"

Episode – "P.S. I Hate You"

Episode – "Estranger Things"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXVI"

Episode – "Sashes to Sashes"

Episode – "Parahormonal Activity"

Episode – "Seperance"

Episode – "Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition"

Episode – "Yellow Mirror"

Episode – "The Children's Book Job"
Episode – "Diary of a Chimpy Kid"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror Presents: The Revengening"

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Nik Ranieri at the Internet Movie Database
Nik Ranieri at Wikipedia

Character layout artists

v • d • e • h Current character layout artists
Jung A Anderson • Michael Edwin Atniel • Norman P. Auble • Jody Brooks • Oscar Cervantes • Greg Checketts • Joung Kyu Choi • Manny DeGuzman • Lejon Douroux • Adam Dykstra • Jeanne Erickson • Luis Escobar • Natalie J. Fosdick • Gavin Freitas • Stevie Gallardo • Yelena Geodakyan • Steven Pierre Gordon • Colin Heck • Matthew Herbert • Daniela Hoyos • Alexander Jenson • Geoffrey Johnson • Jeff Johnson • Jeanette Moreno King • Tom King • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Tina Kügler • Christianna Lang Daley • Eric Lara • Anna Latzer • Davy Lauterbach • Ely Lester • Michael Ludy • Tom Madrid, Jr. • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Tanja Majerus • Andy Manley • Matt Mantel • Maeve McGrath • Drew McPhail • Mary O. Natale • Tuan Nguyen • Rob Oliver • Oscar Pangestu • Lena Podesta • Silvia Pompei • Alex Que • Arlyne Ramirez • Nik Ranieri • Thomas E. Richner • Ryan Rivette • Jeremy Robinson • Dustin Romero • Dane Romley • Eddie Rosas • Rick Salonga • Herman Sharaf • Kamoon Song • Ralph Sosa • Shane K. Sowell • Debbie J. Spafford • Michael Tran • Toni Tysen • Jason D. Warnesky • Paul Wee

v • d • e • h Former character layout artists
Brad Ableson • John Achenbach • Albert Acosta • Edwin E. Aguilar • Victor E. Almaguer • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Tony Anselmo • John Aoshima • Martin Archer • Craig Armstrong • Stephanie Arnett • Marcos Asprec • Orlando Baeza • Timothy Bailey • Brenda Banks • Tibor Belay • Anthony Bell • John Berado • Sue Bielenberg • Mark Borok • Jeannette Bose • Scott Brutz • Tricia Buchanan-Benson • Rufino Camacho • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Nathan Cash • Shaun Cashman • Kendis Chase • Shavonne Cherry • Moon Choi • Utit Choomuang • Craig Clark • Jeff Clark • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Casey Coffey • Mark Colangelo • Pam Cooke • Tom Coppola • Noel Cox • Caroline Cruikshank • Kirin Daughtery • Tim Decker • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Gavin Dell • Susan Dietter • Francis Dinglasan • Orlando Distor • Arthur Ebuen • Ernesto Elicanal • Mark Ervin • Jess Espanola • Dante Fabiero • Matthew Faughnan • Istvan Fellner • Bonnie Fishbon • Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice • Hunilla Fodor • Mike Fontanelli • Julie Forte • Sandra Frame • Bryan Francis • Cynthia French • Adriana Galvez • Philip Garcia • Raul Garcia • Tricia Garcia • Frederick J. Gardner III • Jonathan Gebhart • Brett Gehrs • Ed Ghertner • Neal Goldstein • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Roger Gonzales • Joshua David Gorczyca • Gordon Stanfield Animation • Lucas Gray • Orlando Gumatay • Ted Hanik • Mary Hanley • Joe Healy • Lynne Healy • Krystal Hernandez • Seth Hippen • Bill Ho • Jennie Hoffer • James Huang • Chris Huicochea • Brian Iles • Kelly Spencer James • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Jen Kamerman • Mark Kausler • Seth Kearsley • Ernest Keen • Dean Kelly • Celia Kendrick • Eric S. Keyes • Andy Kim • S.J. Kim • Sooan Kim • Andi Klein • Bert Klein • Julianna Korsborn • Nancy Kruse • Jeff LaFlamme • Ben Lane • Phil Langone • Kim Le • Boowan Lee • Grant Lee • Ashley Lenz • Bob Logan • Jon Lopez • Miguel Lopez • Chris Loudon • Greg Lovell • Matt Luhn • Jeffrey Lynch • Jason Magness • Istvan Majoros • Maryann Malcomb • Anna Maltese • Richard Manginsay • Tammy Manis • Michael Marcantel • James Marquez • John Mathot • Ted Mathot • Linda McCall • Gary McCarver • Steve Mealue • Andre Medina • Emily Michels • Pete Michels • Noah Miller • Chris Moeller • Jennifer Moeller • Leo Moran • Jeanette Moreno King • Mike Morris • Sarge Morton • Erik Moxcey • Jeff Myers • Kimberly Narsete • Matthew Nastuk • Joey Nilges • James O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Eduardo Olivares • Eric Oliver • Kenji Ono • Tyler Pagan • Howy Parkins • Sanjay Patel • John Pearson • Jack Perkins • Raymond S. Persi • Jeff Pidgeon • Dominic Polcino • Mike Frank Polcino • Michael Polvani • Teresa Potter-Heimark • Dan Povenmire • Julius Preite • Natasha Presler-Wicke • James Purdum • Chance Raspberry • Bill Recinos • Dexter Reed • Jordan Reichek • Stephen Reis • Jay Robinson • Art Roman • Christian Roman • Sondra Roy • Aaron Rozenfeld • Alex Ruiz • Fill Marc Sagadraca • David Salvador • Alberto Santiago • Sydney Sata • Matthew Schofield • Andy Schuhler • Melody Severns • Jiyoon Shin • Peter Shin • Tony Siruno • Kevin M. Smith • Steve Smith • Ethan Spaulding • Julie Spencer • Eric Stefani • Aimee Steinberger • Jennifer Stillwell • Charlotte Stout • Joshua Taback • Betty Tang • Cyndi Tang • Lewis Tate • Noel Taylor • Tommy Tejeda • Gary Terry • Erick T. Tran • Elan Trinidad • Tuck Tucker • Bob Tyler • Brad Vandergrift • Gregg Vanzo • Viorel Voronca • Dusty Wakefield • Mark Watts • JC Wegman • Brian Wells • Tom Winkler • Byun Kwang Won • Anthony Wong • Thomas Woodall • Glen Wuthrich • Tomihiro Yamaguchi • Gary Yap • Jung-A Yoo • Young Yoo • Jordan Young • Kathy Zielinski

v • d • e • h One time character layout artists
Scott Alberts • Charles Alleneck • Ed Bell • Brad Bird • Clint Bond • Ian Chen • Kevin Davis • Eric Elder • Marvin Ervin • Brad Forbush • Steve Garcia • Klay Hall • Sam Ho • Jeff Howard • Chris Hubbard • Todd Jacobsen • Nora Johnson • Jason Katz • Cynthia Neill Knizek • Jang Woo Lee • Derek Lestrange • Jeff "Swampy" Marsh • Bob Miller • Chris Mitchell • Steven Dean Moore • Angel Pastrana • Charles Ragins • Marc Ratner • Christopher Reccardi • Domingo Rivera • Stephen Robertson • Amy Rychlick • Ericka Schwartz • Elaina Scott • Alan Smart • Chad Stewart • Matt Sullivan • Eric Thomas • Janice Tolentino • Toon Us In • Arthur Valencia • Jim Van der Keyl • Barry Vodos • Dave Warren

v • d • e • h Other character layout artists
Ivaylo Anguelov • David Au • Abe Audish • Matthias Bauer • Wayne Carlisi • Roberto Casale • Kathi Castillo • Rick Farmiloe • Mike Girard • Rick Hoppe • Jay Jackson • Cathy Jones • Megan Kelly • Craig Kemplin • Jiwook Kim • Erik Kuska • Lois Lee • Joseph Lowe • Carlos Lutterbach • Leonardo Matsuda • Frank Molieri • Steven Muller • David Nam • Phillip Pignotti • Chris Rutkowski • David Silverman • Chris Minki Song • Mike Swofford • Derek Thompson • Kurt Vanzo • Franz Vischer • William Waldman

[1] Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation - 2021"

[2] Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation - 2023"

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