Ronnie del Carmen (born December 31, 1959) is a Filipino animation writer, director, story artist, story supervisor and

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. He co-directed and was one of the story writers for the 2015

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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 Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite ( tl, Lalawigan ng Kabite; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Cavite''), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Located on the southern shores of Manila Bay and southwest ...

in the Philippines.Janet R. Nepales
“Spotlight on Filipino Co-director Ronnie Del Carmen and His Much-talked-about Pixar Film, ‘Inside Out’,”

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, May 2015. After high school, he worked as a painter on the set of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film ''

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'', which was filming in the Philippines.Jeramie Noyer
“Up: rising with Story Artist and Dug's Special Mission's Director Ronnie del Carmen!”
Animated Views, November 26, 2009. He graduated from the

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Migue ...

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

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as a storyboard artist on '' Batman: The Animated Series'', and as a story supervisor for DreamWorks on '' The Prince of Egypt'' (1998), ''

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'' (2000), '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' (2002) and '' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'' (2003).“Ronnie del Carmen,”
Pixar Talk. Accessed July 12, 2015. He joined

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in 2000, working as story supervisor on '' Finding Nemo'' (2003), production designer on the

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-nominated short film ''

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'' (2005), storyboard artist on ''

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'' (2007) and ''

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'' (2008), and story supervisor on '' Up'' (2009).Ramin Zahed
“A Dug's Life: Ronnie del Carmen Chats About His New Pixar Short,”
''

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'', November 6, 2009. He made his directorial debut with the animated short film '' Dug's Special Mission'' (2009), which accompanied ''Up'' on its

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and

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release. He co-directed the computer-animated '' Inside Out'' with Pete Docter. The film premiered at the

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on May 18, 2015. 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 at

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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.Ruben V. Nepales
“Cavite-born UST alum co-directs Pixar film”
''

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'', September 3, 2011.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

Television

Bibliography

* ''Fragments'' (Fragments Filigree Factory Production, 2003), illustrator * '' Paper Biscuit'' (Half Life, 2003), writer, illustrator * ''Paper Biscuit One Point Five'' (2003), writer, illustrator * '' Batman: Black and White, Vol. 2'' (

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, 2003), illustrator * ''Paper Biscuit 2'' (2004), writer, illustrator * '' Project: Superior'' (

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, 2005), illustrator * ''Three Trees Make a Forest'' ( Gingko Press, 2006), illustrator * ''My Name is Dug'' (

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, 2009), illustrator * ''And There You Are'' (AdHouse Books, 2009), writer, illustrator

Awards and nominations

* Eisner Award, Best Single Issue, ''Batman Adventures Holiday Special'' (with Paul Dini and Bruce Timm), 1995 *

Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...

Outstanding Special Class Animated Program: Director, '' Freakazoid'', 1996 * Annie Award, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', 2003 * Annie Award Nomination, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, ''

'', 2009 * Annie Award Nomination, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, '' Up'', 2010 * National Cartoonists Society, Animated Feature Division Award, ''Up'', 2010 * Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Nomination, '' Inside Out'' (with Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and

Josh Cooley Joshua Cooley (born May 23, 1979) is an American animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor. He is best known for directing the 2019 film ''Toy Story 4'', the fourth film of the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise, for which he ...

), 2015

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Del Carmen, Ronnie 1959 births Living people Annie Award winners Filipino animators Pixar people Filipino storyboard artists Filipino comics artists Artists from Cavite People from Cavite City University of Santo Tomas alumni