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Ronnie del Carmen

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Ronnie del Carmen
Del Carmen in 2014
Born
Ronaldo del Carmen

(1959-12-31)December 31, 1959(age 64)
Cavite City,Philippines
Alma materUniversity of Santo Tomas
Occupations
  • Writer
  • director
  • storyboard artist
  • illustrator
  • voice actor
Employers
Children2
RelativesLouie del Carmen(brother)

Ronaldo del Carmen(born December 31, 1959) is a Filipino writer, director, storyboard artist, illustrator, and voice actor. He co-directed and co-wrote the story for thePixarfilmInside Out(2015), for which he was nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Early life and education[edit]

Del Carmen was born in the city ofCavitein the Philippines.[1]After high school, he worked as a painter on the set ofFrancis Ford Coppola's 1979 filmApocalypse Now,which was filming in the Philippines.[2]He graduated from theUniversity of Santo Tomaswith a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising.[2]

Career[edit]

Del Carmen at theSan Diego Comic Con2009

Film[edit]

After college, Del Carmen worked as anart directorfor print and television advertising campaigns before moving to the United States in 1989 to pursue a career in film.[2]He worked forWarner Brosas a storyboard artist onBatman: The Animated Series,and as a story supervisor forDreamWorksonThe Prince of Egypt(1998),The Road to El Dorado(2000),Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron(2002) andSinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas(2003).[3]He joinedPixar Animation Studiosin 2000, working as story supervisor onFinding Nemo(2003), production designer on theAcademy Award-nominated short filmOne Man Band(2005), storyboard artist onRatatouille(2007) andWALL-E(2008), and story supervisor onUp(2009).[3][4]He made his directorial debut with the animated short filmDug's Special Mission(2009), which accompaniedUpon itsDVDandBlu-rayrelease.[4]He co-directed the animated filmInside OutwithPete Docter.[5][6]The film premiered at the68th Cannes Film Festivalon May 18, 2015.[7]In April 2021, it was revealed that Del Carmen had left Pixar and is set to write and direct an original Philippine-themed animated feature film atNetflix,although he has appeared in a few roles from Pixar films in later years.[8]

Comic books[edit]

Del Carmen has illustrated several comic books, includingBatman Adventures: Holiday Special,which won anEisner AwardforBest Single Issuein 1995, and the children's bookMy Name Is Dug,written by Kiki Thorpe.[3]He has also written several comic books, including thePaper Biscuitseries andAnd There You Are.[9]

Personal life[edit]

Del Carmen is married and has two children.[1]His brothers,Louieand Rick, also work in animation.[10]

Filmography[edit]

Feature films[edit]

Year Title Director Writer Story
supervisor 		Story
artist 		Other Notes
1993 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm No No No Yes No Storyboard Designer
1998 The Prince of Egypt No No No Yes No
2000 The Road to El Dorado No No Yes No No Artistic Supervisor - Story
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker No No No Yes No Direct-to-video
2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron No No Yes No No Artistic Supervisor - Story
2003 Finding Nemo No No Yes No No
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas No No No Additional No
2007 Ratatouille No No No Yes No
2008 WALL-E No No No Yes No
2009 Up No No Yes No Yes Additional Screenplay Material
2012 Brave No No No Additional No
2013 Monsters University No No No Additional No
2015 Inside Out Co-Director Original Story No No Yes Additional Voices
2017 Coco No No No Yes Yes Pixar Senior Creative Team
2018 Incredibles 2 No No No No Yes
2019 Toy Story 4 No No No No Yes
2020 Soul No No No No Yes Voice of Windstar, Additional Story Contributions
2023 Elemental No No No No Yes Voice of Bernie Lumen
2024 Inside Out 2 No No No No Yes Additional Screenplay Material

Short films[edit]

Year Title Director Writer Production
designer 		Background
designer 		Other Notes
2005 One Man Band No No Yes No No
2009 Leonardo No No No Additional No
Dug's Special Mission Yes Yes No No No
2019 Smash and Grab No No No No Yes Brian Larsen's Story Brain Trust

Television[edit]

Year Title Credited as
1990 Widget, the World Watcher Storyboard artist
1991 Where's Waldo?
1992–95 Batman: The Animated Series Storyboard artist, character designer
1993–94 Mighty Max Character designer
1995 Freakazoid! Director

Bibliography[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abJanet R. Nepales,“Spotlight on Filipino Co-director Ronnie Del Carmen and His Much-talked-about Pixar Film, ‘Inside Out’,”Golden Globes,May 2015.
  2. ^abcJeramie Noyer,“Up: rising with Story Artist and Dug's Special Mission's Director Ronnie del Carmen!”Animated Views, November 26, 2009.
  3. ^abc“Ronnie del Carmen,”Pixar Talk. Accessed July 12, 2015.
  4. ^abRamin Zahed,“A Dug's Life: Ronnie del Carmen Chats About His New Pixar Short,”Animation Magazine,November 6, 2009.
  5. ^"Inside Out (2015)".British Film Institute.Archived fromthe originalon March 19, 2021.RetrievedAugust 2,2021.
  6. ^Sciretta, Peter (August 20, 2011)."Pete Docter To Direct Pixar Movie Set Inside The Mind (D23 Expo)"./Film.Archivedfrom the original on May 2, 2021.RetrievedAugust 2,2021.
  7. ^Gettell, Oliver (May 11, 2015)."Cannes 2015: Studios to drop in with 'Mad Max,' 'Inside Out'".Los Angeles Times.Archivedfrom the original on May 14, 2015.RetrievedAugust 2,2015.
  8. ^Nepales, Ruben V. (April 7, 2021)."[Only IN Hollywood] Ronnie del Carmen on leaving Pixar to direct Philippine lore-based Netflix film".Rappler.RetrievedJune 3,2021.
  9. ^Chris Arrant,“Pixar & Comics – Ronnie del Carmen on ‘And There You Are’,”Newsarama,March 18, 2009.
  10. ^Ruben V. Nepales,“Cavite-born UST alum co-directs Pixar film”,Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 3, 2011.

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