Enrico Casarosa

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Enrico Casarosa
Enrico Casarosa 2014 (cropped).jpg
Casarosa in 2014
Born (1971-10-19) 19 October 1971 (age 49)
Genoa, Italy
Alma materSchool of Visual Arts
Fashion Institute of Technology
OccupationFilm director, Storyboard artist, writer
EmployerPixar Animation Studios (2002–present)
Notable work
La Luna, Luca
Spouse(s)Marit Casarosa[1]

Enrico Casarosa (born October 19, 1971) is an Italian storyboard artist, film director, and writer who works at Pixar. In 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the animated short film La Luna.[2]

Early life[]

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.

Career[]

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.[3] Before joining Pixar, Casarosa worked as a storyboard artist at Blue Sky Studios on Ice Age. In 2002, Casarosa joined Pixar, where he worked as a story artist on Cars, Ratatouille, Up and Cars 2.[4]

In late 2004, Casarosa started a drawing marathon community called SketchCrawl and has been organizing the event ever since.[5]

In 2011, his short film La Luna premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France,[6] and was released theatrically with Pixar's Brave in 2012.[2] He then worked as head of story on The Good Dinosaur when Bob Peterson was directing the project beginning in 2011, and as a story artist on Coco.[7][8]

Casarosa most recently directed the Pixar Animation Studios film Luca, released on Disney+ on 18 June 2021 in the United States.[9][10][11]

Filmography[]

Feature Films[]

Year Title Director Writer Story
Supervisor 		Story
Artist 		Other Voice Role Notes
2002 Ice Age No No No Yes No
2005 Robots No No No Uncredited No [3]
2006 Cars No No No Uncredited No [12]
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 Yes Story No No Yes Card Player / Angry Fisherman
2022 Turning Red[13] No No No No Yes
Lightyear[14] 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
1997–1998 101 Dalmatians: The Series 23 episodes
Storyboard artist, storyboard revision artist, designer
1998–2000 PB&J Otter 18 episodes
Background artist, storyboard artist

Bibliography[]

  • The Adventures of Mia, Volume One (2001) graphic novel
  • Fragments (2001) art book with Ronnie Del Carmen
  • The Adventures of Mia, Volume Two (2004) graphic novel
  • Fragments Intermezzo (2004) art book
  • Flight, Volume One (2004) part of a larger comic anthology
  • Three Trees Make a Forest (2007) exhibition art book with Ronnie Del Carmen and Tadahiro Uesugi
  • Totoro Forest Project (2008) with Daisuke Tsutsumi, Ronnie Del Carmen, and Yukino Pang
  • The Venice Chronicles (2008)
  • Disney Picture Book: La Luna (2012) in support of La Luna (2011 film)
  • Disney Pixar: The Art of Luca (2021) in support of Luca (2021 film)

Special projects[]

In 2008, Enrico Casarosa (along with Ronnie del Carmen, Daisuke Tsutsumi and Yukino Pang) initiated the Totoro Forest Project, a fundraising exhibition/auction to support the non-profit Totoro Forest Foundation.[15] This initiative also produced a corresponding art book reprinting the various pieces contributed and included the likes of James Jean, Charles Vess, Iain McCaig and William Joyce among others.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ Andrew Wheeler (10 November 2008). "Review: 'The Venice Chronicles' by Enrico Casarosa". ComicM!x. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Nominees for the 84th Academy Awards". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Rizvi, Samad (6 May 2011). "Get To Know 'La Luna' Director Enrico Casarosa". Pixar Times. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  4. ^ Sarto, Dan (13 February 2012). "Oscar 2012: Pixar's Enrico Casarosa and Kevin Reher Talk 'La Luna'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ^ "SketchCrawl™ – drawing marathons from around the world". www.sketchcrawl.com. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  6. ^ Casarosa, Enrico (7 June 2011). "La Luna – the poster". Enrico's nlog. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. ^ Patches, Matt (3 October 2011). "Exclusive: Enrico Casarosa on His Whimsical, New Pixar Short 'La Luna'". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Pixar's Luca Interview: Enrico Casarosa And Andrea Warren". Screen Rant. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  9. ^ Desowitz, Bill (30 July 2020). "Pixar Sets Summer 2021 Release for Italian Coming-of-Age 'Luca' Feature". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  10. ^ Rubin, Rebecaa (30 July 2020). "Pixar Shares Details About Next Original Film 'Luca'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  11. ^ Julie & T.J. Wolsos (30 July 2020). "Pixar's Next Film, 'LUCA' Coming to Theaters June 2021 — Directed by Enrico Casarosa". Pixar Post. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  12. ^ Beck, Jerry (14 February 2012). "Oscar Focus: Enrico Casarosa Talks "La Luna"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  13. ^ Julie & T.J. Wolsos (11 December 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Turning Red' Directed by Domee Shi – Coming Spring 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  14. ^ Julie & T.J. Wolsos (10 December 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Lightyear' – An Origin Story of the Human Buzz Lightyear – Coming Summer 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  15. ^ Gallo, Irene (21 July 2008). "Dice Tsutsumi on The Totoro Forest Project". Tor.com.
  16. ^ Parker, Charley (6 September 2008). "The Totoro Forest Project". Lines and Colors.

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