Enrico Casarosa

Enrico Casarosa (born October 19, 1970) is an Italian storyboard artist and film director who works at Pixar. In 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the animated short film La Luna.[2] Starting in 2011, he worked as a head of story on Bob Peterson's film, The Good Dinosaur.[3]

Enrico Casarosa
Casarosa in 2011
Born
October 19th, 1970 (age 50) Genoa, Italy[1]
Alma materSchool of Visual Arts
Fashion Institute of Technology
OccupationFilm director, Storyboard artist
EmployerPixar Animation Studios (2002-present)
Notable work
La Luna
Spouse(s)Marit[1]

Casarosa was born in Genoa, Italy, and moved to New York City in his twenties, to study animation at the School of Visual Arts and Illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He then worked as a background designer and storyboard artist on various Disney Channel TV series, including 101 Dalmatians: The Series and PB&J Otter. Before joining Pixar, Casarosa also worked as a storyboard artist at Blue Sky Studios on Ice Age and Robots. In 2002, Casarosa joined Pixar, where he worked as a story artist on Cars, Ratatouille and Up.[1] In 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his directorial debut La Luna.[2]

In late 2004, Casarosa started a drawing marathon community called SketchCrawl and has been organizing the event ever since.[4]

Casarosa is currently directing the upcoming Pixar Animation Studios film Luca, set to be theatrically released on June 18, 2021 in the United States.[5]

Filmography

Feature films
Year Title Director Writer Story
supervisor		 Story artist Other Notes
2002 Ice Age No No No Yes No
2006 Cars No No No Uncredited No Additional storyboarding[6]
2007 Ratatouille No No No Yes No
2009 Up No No No Yes No
2011 Cars 2 No No No Yes No
2015 The Good Dinosaur No No Additional No No Additional story supervision
2017 Coco No No No Yes Yes Senior Creative Team
2018 Incredibles 2 No No No No Yes
2019 Toy Story 4 No No No No Yes
2020 Onward No No No No Yes
Soul No No No No Yes
2021 Luca[5][7] Yes TBA No No Yes
2022 Turning Red[8] No No No No Yes
Lightyear[9] No No No No Yes

Short films
Year Title Director Writer Story artist
2011 La Luna Yes Yes No
2016 Piper No No Yes

Featurettes and television
Year Title Role
1996 Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders 13 episodes
Background design, storyboard revision
1997 The Secret of Anastasia Direct-to-video
Lead character model designer, background layout Designer
The Amazing Feats of Young Hercules
1997-98 101 Dalmatians: The Series 23 episodes
Storyboard artist, storyboard revision artist, designer
1998–2000 PB&J Otter 18 episodes
Background artist, storyboard artist

References
  1. Rizvi, Samad (May 6, 2011). "Get To Know 'La Luna' Director Enrico Casarosa". Pixar Times. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  2. "Nominees for the 84th Academy Awards". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  3. Patches, Matt (October 3, 2011). "Exclusive: Enrico Casarosa on His Whimsical, New Pixar Short 'La Luna'". Hollywood.com. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  4. "SketchCrawl™ - drawing marathons from around the world". www.sketchcrawl.com. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  5. Desowitz, Bill (July 30, 2020). "Pixar Sets Summer 2021 Release for Italian Coming-of-Age 'Luca' Feature". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  6. Beck, Jerry (February 14, 2012). "Oscar Focus: Enrico Casarosa Talks "La Luna"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  7. Rubin, Rebecaa (July 30, 2020). "Pixar Shares Details About Next Original Film 'Luca'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  8. Julie & T.J. (December 11, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Turning Red' Directed by Domee Shi - Coming Spring 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  9. Julie & T.J. (December 10, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Lightyear' – An Origin Story of the Human Buzz Lightyear – Coming Summer 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.


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