Enrico Casarosa

Enrico Casarosa (born November 20, 1971)[2][3] is an Italian-American 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. In 2022, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Luca (2021).[4]

Enrico Casarosa
Casarosa in 2014
Born (1971-11-20) November 20, 1971
Genoa, Liguria, 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]
ChildrenFio Casarosa

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.[5] 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.[6] In late 2004, Casarosa started a drawing marathon community called SketchCrawl and has been organizing the event ever since.[7] In 2011, his short film La Luna premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France,[8] and was released theatrically with Pixar's Brave in 2012.[4]

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.[9][10]

Casarosa most recently directed the Pixar Animation Studios film Luca, released on Disney+ on June 18, 2021, in the United States.[11][12][13] The film received generally positive reviews from critics for its nostalgic feel and acting and the film won an Hollywood Critics Association award for Best Picture.

Filmography

Feature films
Year Title Director Screenwriter Story
Supervisor		 Story
Artist		 Other Voice Role Notes
2002 Ice Age No No No Yes No
2005 Robots No No No Uncredited No [5]
2006 Cars No No No Uncredited No [14]
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 Disney+ Original Films
Senior Creative Team
2021 Luca Yes Story No No Yes Card Player / Angry Fisherman
2022 Turning Red No No No No Yes
Lightyear[15] No No No No Yes Senior Creative Team

Short films
Year Title Director Screenwriter Story
Artist		 Executive
Producer
2011 La Luna Yes Yes No No
2016 Piper No No Yes No
2021 Ciao Alberto[16] No 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
  • Disney Pixar: The Art of Luca (2021) in support of Luca

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.[17] 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.[18]

References
  1. Andrew Wheeler (November 10, 2008). "Review: 'The Venice Chronicles' by Enrico Casarosa". ComicM!x. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  2. Enrico Casarosa (November 20, 2011). "hey Biden stole my birthday!". Twitter.
  3. Enrico Casarosa (October 19, 2021). "I'm from 71. I turn 50 in a month or so". Twitter.
  4. "Nominees for the 84th Academy Awards". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  5. Rizvi, Samad (May 6, 2011). "Get To Know 'La Luna' Director Enrico Casarosa". Pixar Times. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  6. Sarto, Dan (February 13, 2012). "Oscar 2012: Pixar's Enrico Casarosa and Kevin Reher Talk 'La Luna'". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  7. "SketchCrawl™ – drawing marathons from around the world". www.sketchcrawl.com. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  8. Casarosa, Enrico (June 7, 2011). "La Luna – the poster". Enrico's nlog. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  9. Patches, Matt (October 3, 2011). "Exclusive: Enrico Casarosa on His Whimsical, New Pixar Short 'La Luna'". Hollywood.com. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  10. "Pixar's Luca Interview: Enrico Casarosa And Andrea Warren". Screen Rant. April 28, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  11. 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.
  12. Rubin, Rebecaa (July 30, 2020). "Pixar Shares Details About Next Original Film 'Luca'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  13. Julie & T.J. Wolsos (July 30, 2020). "Pixar's Next Film, 'LUCA' Coming to Theaters June 2021 — Directed by Enrico Casarosa". Pixar Post. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  14. Beck, Jerry (February 14, 2012). "Oscar Focus: Enrico Casarosa Talks "La Luna"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  15. Julie & T.J. Wolsos (December 10, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Lightyear' – An Origin Story of the Human Buzz Lightyear – Coming Summer 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  16. Wolsos, Julie & T.J. (September 21, 2021). "'Luca' Short Film 'Ciao Alberto' Premiering November 12 During Disney+ Day". Pixar Post. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  17. Gallo, Irene (July 21, 2008). "Dice Tsutsumi on The Totoro Forest Project". Tor.com.
  18. Parker, Charley (September 6, 2008). "The Totoro Forest Project". Lines and Colors.


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