Jim Capobianco
Birth date1969 (age 57–58)[1]
Birth placeSaddle Brook, New Jersey, United States[1]
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts
OccupationFilm director · screenwriter · animator · story artist · storyboard artist
Years active1989–present
Websitewww.jimcapobianco.com

Jim Capobianco (born 1969) is an American film director, animator and screenwriter.[2][3][4][5][6] He has worked as a story artist and storyboard artist[7] for films such as The Lion King (1994), Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and Finding Dory (2016).

In 2008, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Ratatouille (2007). In 2023, he wrote and directed the animated feature film The Inventor, about Leonardo da Vinci's life in France.[8]

Career

Raised in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, Capobianco attended Saddle Brook High School.[9]

A graduate of the California Institute of the Arts,[10] Capobianco started in the story department at Walt Disney Feature Animation on The Lion King (1994).[10][3] He then worked on the storyboards for Hunchback of Notre Dame (1999) and Fantasia 2000 (1999).[1] Capobianco has also worked for Pixar,[11] on storyboards for films such as A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and Finding Dory (2016).[12][13]

In 2007, he wrote and directed the animated short film Your Friend the Rat,[12] and co-wrote the screenplay for the feature film Ratatouille,[12] which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.[14]

In 2009, Capobianco co-founded with Shelley Trott the Bay Area International Children's Film Festival.[6] That same year, he directed Leonardo, a short film about Leonardo da Vinci,[15] now in the permanent collection of the MoMA NYC.[10]

With Aerial Contrivance Workshop, Capobianco was the 2D animation sequence director for Walt Disney Motion Pictures' Mary Poppins Returns (2018),[10] and also wrote and directed the 2023 stop-motion animated feature film The Inventor,[16][17] a continuation of his short Leonardo, focused on the end of Leonardo da Vinci's life in France.[18][19]

Filmography

Aerial Contrivance Workshop

As animator

Netflix Animation

Pixar

Cartoon Saloon

Disney Feature Animation

Awards and nominations

Award / FestivalYearCategoryNominated workResultRef(s)
Online Film & Television Association Awards2007Best Original ScreenplayRatatouille[23]
Academy Awards2008Best Original Screenplay[14]
Annie Awards2008Best Animated Short SubjectYour Friend the Rat[24]
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Awards2019Best Visual EffectsMary Poppins Returns[25]
Annecy International Animation Film Festival2023Best Feature FilmThe Inventor[26]

References

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  3. ^ Dingle, Jon (May 15, 2018). "Interview: Jim Capobianco Chats 'Ratatouille', 'The Lion King' and 'The Inventor'". Filmoria. Archived February 12, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
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  8. ^ Lang, Jamie (August 31, 2023). "'The Inventor' Director Jim Capobianco Explains Why Stop Motion Was The Perfect Medium For His Da Vinci Film". Cartoon Brew. Archived September 20, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  9. ^ Leitgeb, Charles. "Class is 'state of the art'; High school course draws rave reviews", Herald News, February 7, 1986. Accessed November 13, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Three of Stauss's prize students from the high school Dawn Sedlmeir, Tom Bolognini and James Capobianco have received awards and prizes for their works."
  10. ^ "Step Back in Time: Returning to Mary Poppins with Jim Capobianco". WaltDisney.org. Archived February 8, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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  14. ^ "Full list of Oscar winners and nominations". The Guardian. February 25, 2008. Archived May 4, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
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  16. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (11 September 2020). "Marion Cotillard, Matt Berry Join Daisy Ridley For 'The Inventor' by 'Ratatouille' Scribe (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived March 24, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  17. ^ "Dans les coulisses de "The Inventor", le film d'animation dédié à Léonard de Vinci" [Behind the scenes of “The Inventor”, the animated film dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci] (in French). Le Dauphiné Libéré. 17 July 2022. Archived February 8, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  18. ^ Carr, Martin (2 May 2018). "Exclusive Interview – Jim Capobianco on Disney, Pixar and his new film The Inventor". Flickering Myth. Archived February 12, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  19. ^ Zahed, Ramin (August 30, 2023). "Cracking the Da Vinci Code: Jim Capobianco Takes Us Behind the Scenes of 'The Inventor'". Animation Magazine. Archived August 31, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
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  25. ^ Nordine, Michael (January 21, 2019). "'Roma' Wins Nine Prizes From Latino Entertainment Journalists Association". IndieWire. Archived October 6, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
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