Anthony Stacchi is an American animator, effects animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and film director. Stacchi graduated from

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a Private university, private art school in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for ...

with a BFA in Film in 1986. His student films screened at the 1987 Annecy and Hiroshima Animated Film Festivals. He then went on to be an Animator and Commercial Director at

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's Colossal Pictures and an effects animator at

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on ''

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2 and 3,'' ''

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'', '' The Rocketeer'' and ''

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'', and Henry Selick's ''

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''. He was a storyboard artist for ''

Antz ''Antz'' is a 1998 American animated adventure comedy film directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson from a screenplay written by Todd Alcott and the writing team of Chris and Paul Weitz. It was produced by DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks An ...

'', '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', ''Astro Boy'', ''Missing Link'', and Del Toro's ''Pinocchio'' and was the head of story for ILM's aborted animated feature ''Frankenstein'', and a short film, ''Work in Progress''. He made his directorial debut as co-director of

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's first film ''

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''. He directed the 3D stop-motion animated feature film ''

The Boxtrolls ''The Boxtrolls'' is a 2014 American animated fantasy comedy film produced by Laika and loosely based on the 2005 novel '' Here Be Monsters!'' by Alan Snow. Directed by Graham Annable (in his feature directorial debut) and Anthony Stacchi an ...

'', at

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. It was released in 2014. Stacchi's most recent film was '' The Monkey King'', a

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original animated film released in 2023.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stacchi, Anthony Living people Film directors from Oregon American male screenwriters American animated film directors California Institute of the Arts alumni Laika (company) people American storyboard artists Sony Pictures Animation people Year of birth missing (living people)