Ronnie del Carmen


Ronnie del Carmen is a Filipino animation writer, story artist, story supervisor and production designer. He co-directed and was one of the story writers for the 2015 Pixar film Inside Out, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was the story supervisor on Pixar's tenth full-length computer-animated film, Up and directed its accompanying short film, Dug's Special Mission.

Early life and education

Del Carmen was born in the city of Cavite in the Philippines. After high school, he worked as a painter on the set of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now, which was filming in the Philippines. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising.

Career

Film

After college, Del Carmen worked as an art director for print and television advertising campaigns before moving to the United States in 1989 to pursue a career in film. He worked for Warner Bros as a storyboard artist on ', and as a story supervisor for DreamWorks on The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, ' and . He joined Pixar Animation Studios in 2000, working as story supervisor on Finding Nemo, production designer on the Academy Award-nominated short film One Man Band, storyboard artist on Ratatouille and WALL-E, and story supervisor on Up. He made his directorial debut with the animated short film Dug's Special Mission, which accompanied Up on its DVD and Blu-ray release. He co-directed the 3D computer animated comedy Inside Out with Pete Docter. The film premiered at the 68th Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2015.

Comic books

Del Carmen has illustrated several comic books, including Batman Adventures: Holiday Special, which won an Eisner Award for Best Single Issue in 1995, and the children's book My Name Is Dug, written by Kiki Thorpe. He has also written several comic books, including the Paper Biscuit series and And There You Are.

Personal life

Del Carmen is married and has two children. His brothers, Louie and Rick, also work in animation.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations