Raymond Saharath Persi is a director for episodes of The Simpsons. In 2010, Raymond moved from Fox Studios to Walt Disney Animation Studios to work on the 2012 animated feature film, Wreck-It Ralph. In that film, he provided the voices of Gene and Cyril. He was also a storyman and voiced the Horn on the animated short, Get a Horse!. Additionally, he voiced Flash in the 2016 animated feature film, Zootopia. During the D23 Expo 2015 in Anaheim, California, Raymond Persi revealed that he was storyboarding for the ultimately cancelled Gigantic.
Persi was also tasked to storyboard a long-lost alternate ending to The Jungle Book that was adapted from an old script treatment, which appears as a bonus feature on the film's Blu-ray release.
Outside of Disney, Persi worked extensivly on The Simpsons as a director. He also co-directed Squirrel Nut Zippers' "Ghost of Stephen Foster" music video, from the album Perennial Favorites (Mammoth Records) which won the "Best Animated Music Video" award at the 1999 Vancouver Animation Festival and was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Story Artist/Voice Actor of Gene and Cyril |
| 2013 | Get a Horse! | Writer/Voice Actor of Horn |
| 2013 | Frozen | Story Artist/Voice Actor |
| 2014 | Feast | Story Artist |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Story Artist/Voice Actor of Flash and Officer Higgins |
| 2016 | Inner Workings | Voice Actor |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Additional Story Artist/Voice Actor |
Disney Roles
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