Login
Login

Jim Capobianco

{{Short description|American film director, animator and screenwriter}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jim Capobianco

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1969}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.pixartalk.com/pixarians/jim-capobianco/ |title=Jim Capobianco |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=pixartalk.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929205031/http://www.pixartalk.com/pixarians/jim-capobianco/ |archive-date=September 29, 2009 }}

| birth_place = Saddle Brook, New Jersey, United States

| birthname =

| othername =

| alma_mater = California Institute of the Arts

| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|screenwriter|animator|story artist|storyboard artist}}

| years_active = 1989–present

| spouse =

| children =

| website = {{URL|https://www.jimcapobianco.com}}

}}

Jim Capobianco (born 1969) is an American film director, animator and screenwriter.{{Cite web |last=Drohan |first=Ciara |date=November 24, 2011 |title=Interview with Pixar Animator Jim Capobianco |url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4284491&tpl=archnews&only=1 |website=The Irish Film & Television Network |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208210615/http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4284491&tpl=archnews&only=1 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Dingle |first=Jon |date=May 15, 2018 |title=Interview: Jim Capobianco Chats 'Ratatouille', 'The Lion King' and 'The Inventor' |url=https://www.filmoria.co.uk/interview-jim-capobianco-chats-ratatouille-the-lion-king-and-the-inventor/ |website=Filmoria |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=February 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212160155/https://www.filmoria.co.uk/interview-jim-capobianco-chats-ratatouille-the-lion-king-and-the-inventor/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=September 2, 2020 |title=Academy Award nominated writer of Pixar hit Ratatouille, Wants 'To Inspire a Generation' With Story of da Vinci |url=https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/academy-award-nominated-writer-of-pixar-hit-ratatouille-wants-to-inspire-a-generation-with-story-of-da-vinci-896642912.html |website=PR Newswire |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208210612/https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/academy-award-nominated-writer-of-pixar-hit-ratatouille-wants-to-inspire-a-generation-with-story-of-da-vinci-896642912.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2020 |title=Director, Producer, and Story Artist Jim Capobianco |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oONGxypIPzM |website=YouTube |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208210609/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oONGxypIPzM |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |date=July 16, 2021 |title='The Inventor' Director Jim Capobianco on What Makes the Bay Area Int'l Children's Film Fest Tick |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/07/the-inventor-director-jim-capobianco-on-what-makes-the-bay-area-intl-childrens-film-fest-tick/ |website=Animation Magazine |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326205528/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/07/the-inventor-director-jim-capobianco-on-what-makes-the-bay-area-intl-childrens-film-fest-tick/ |url-status=live }} He has worked as a story artist and storyboard artist{{Cite web |last=Hanoun |first=Marianne |date=January 21, 2019 |title=Disney artist Jim Capobianco on why we need new stories in animation |url=https://www.creativelivesinprogress.com/article/disney-artist-jim-capobianco-on-why-we-need-new-stories-in-animation |website=Creative Lives In Progress |access-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331182824/https://www.creativelivesinprogress.com/article/disney-artist-jim-capobianco-on-why-we-need-new-stories-in-animation |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Jamie |date=August 31, 2023 |title='The Inventor' Director Jim Capobianco Explains Why Stop Motion Was The Perfect Medium For His Da Vinci Film |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/the-inventor-jim-capobianco-interview-232089.html |website=Cartoon Brew |access-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-date=September 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920131251/https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/the-inventor-jim-capobianco-interview-232089.html |url-status=live }}

Career

Raised in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, Capobianco attended Saddle Brook High School.Leitgeb, Charles. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news-art-class-at-saddle-broo/135160265/ "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."

A graduate of the California Institute of the Arts,{{Cite web |title=Step Back in Time: Returning to Mary Poppins with Jim Capobianco |url=https://www.waltdisney.org/education/talks/step-back-time-returning-mary-poppins-jim-capobianco |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=WaltDisney.org |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208210612/https://www.waltdisney.org/education/talks/step-back-time-returning-mary-poppins-jim-capobianco |url-status=live }} Capobianco started in the story department at Walt Disney Feature Animation on The Lion King (1994). He then worked on the storyboards for Hunchback of Notre Dame (1999) and Fantasia 2000 (1999). Capobianco has also worked for Pixar,{{Cite web |last=Hullender |first=Tatiana |date=September 11, 2023 |title=The Inventor Director Jim Capobianco On Telling Leonardo Da Vinci's Story Through Animation |url=https://screenrant.com/the-inventor-movie-director-jim-capobianco-interview/ |website=Screen Rant |access-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-date=September 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920125224/https://screenrant.com/the-inventor-movie-director-jim-capobianco-interview/ |url-status=live }} 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).{{Cite web |last=Bentley |first=Rick |date=September 13, 2023 |title=Jim Capobianco's determination leads to 'The Inventor' |url=https://www.kget.com/community/ricks-reviews/jim-capobiancos-determination-leads-to-the-inventor/ |website=Kget |access-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107194121/https://www.kget.com/community/ricks-reviews/jim-capobiancos-determination-leads-to-the-inventor/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Jim Capobianco |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb4180917 |access-date=21 September 2023 |website=British Film Institute |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107194122/https://www.bfi.org.uk/this-page-no-longer-exists |url-status=live }}

In 2007, he wrote and directed the animated short film Your Friend the Rat, and co-wrote the screenplay for the feature film Ratatouille, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.{{Cite web |title=Full list of Oscar winners and nominations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/25/awardsandprizes.oscars2008 |website=The Guardian |date=February 25, 2008 |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=May 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504000808/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/25/awardsandprizes.oscars2008 |url-status=live }}

In 2009, Capobianco co-founded with Shelley Trott the Bay Area International Children's Film Festival. That same year, he directed Leonardo, a short film about Leonardo da Vinci,{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=12 April 2018 |title=Film News Roundup: 'Dating My Mother' Bought by Gravitas for Mothers Day Release |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/dating-my-mother-gravitas-mothers-day-release-1202752378/ |website=Variety |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=February 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212160151/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/dating-my-mother-gravitas-mothers-day-release-1202752378/ |url-status=live }} now in the permanent collection of the MoMA NYC.

With Aerial Contrivance Workshop, Capobianco was the 2D animation sequence director for Walt Disney Motion Pictures' Mary Poppins Returns (2018), and also wrote and directed the 2023 stop-motion animated feature film The Inventor,{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/marion-cotillard-matt-berry-daisy-ridley-inventor-mk2-the-exchange-1234761224/|title=Marion Cotillard, Matt Berry Join Daisy Ridley For 'The Inventor' by 'Ratatouille' Scribe (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|website=Variety|date=11 September 2020|access-date=February 8, 2023|archive-date=March 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324022629/https://variety.com/2020/film/global/marion-cotillard-matt-berry-daisy-ridley-inventor-mk2-the-exchange-1234761224/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=17 July 2022 |title=Dans les coulisses de "The Inventor", le film d'animation dédié à Léonard de Vinci |trans-title=Behind the scenes of “The Inventor”, the animated film dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/culture-loisirs/2022/07/15/dans-les-coulisses-de-the-inventor-le-film-d-animation-dedie-a-leonard-de-vinci |website=Le Dauphiné Libéré |language=fr |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208210616/https://www.ledauphine.com/culture-loisirs/2022/07/15/dans-les-coulisses-de-the-inventor-le-film-d-animation-dedie-a-leonard-de-vinci |url-status=live }} a continuation of his short Leonardo, focused on the end of Leonardo da Vinci's life in France.{{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Martin |date=2 May 2018 |title=Exclusive Interview – Jim Capobianco on Disney, Pixar and his new film The Inventor |url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2018/05/exclusive-interview-jim-capobianco-on-disney-pixar-and-his-new-film-the-inventor/ |website=Flickering Myth |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=February 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212160153/https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2018/05/exclusive-interview-jim-capobianco-on-disney-pixar-and-his-new-film-the-inventor/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |date=August 30, 2023 |title=Cracking the Da Vinci Code: Jim Capobianco Takes Us Behind the Scenes of 'The Inventor' |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/08/cracking-the-da-vinci-code-jim-capobianco-takes-us-behind-the-scenes-of-the-inventor/ |website=Animation Magazine |access-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-date=August 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831062416/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/08/cracking-the-da-vinci-code-jim-capobianco-takes-us-behind-the-scenes-of-the-inventor/ |url-status=live }}

Filmography

=Aerial Contrivance Workshop=

  • 2009: Leonardo (short film) - writer, director and producer
  • 2009: How To be a Good Bagger - writer and director
  • 2018: Mary Poppins Returns - Animation Sequence Director
  • 2022: Philharmonia Fantastique - story and animation director{{Cite web |title=Philharmonia Fantastique |url=https://www.masonbates.com/philharmonia-fantastique-2/ |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=Mason Bates |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208212115/https://www.masonbates.com/philharmonia-fantastique-2/ |url-status=live }}
  • 2023: The Inventor - writer, director and producer{{Cite web |date=21 September 2022 |title=Foliascope studio, where traditional animation takes another dimension |url=https://www.cnc.fr/web/en/news/foliascope-studio-where-traditional-animation-takes-another-dimension_1794910 |website=CNC.fr |quote=The Inventor by Jim Capobianco will hit theaters in 2023 |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208210616/https://www.cnc.fr/web/en/news/foliascope-studio-where-traditional-animation-takes-another-dimension_1794910 |url-status=live }}

==As animator==

  • 1989: Baby's Bedtime

=[[Netflix Animation]]=

  • 2020: Go Go Cory Carson - voice of Gary Garbage Truck{{Cite web |last=Tripathi |first=Prizmi |date=March 16, 2020 |title=What Does the Future Hold for 'Go! Go! Cory Carson'? |url=https://thecinemaholic.com/go-go-cory-carson-netflix/ |website=The Cinemaholic |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208210612/https://thecinemaholic.com/go-go-cory-carson-netflix/ |url-status=live }}

=[[Pixar]]=

=[[Cartoon Saloon]]=

===Disney Feature Animation===

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
Award / Festival

! Year

! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

! class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

scope="row"|Online Film & Television Association Awards

| 2007

| Best Original Screenplay

| rowspan=2|Ratatouille

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web |title=12th Annual Film Awards (2007) |url=https://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/12th-annual-film-awards-2007/ |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=Online Film & Television Association |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005190622/https://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/12th-annual-film-awards-2007/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row"|Academy Awards

| 2008

| Best Original Screenplay

| {{nom}}

|

scope="row"|Annie Awards

| 2008

| Best Animated Short Subject

| Your Friend the Rat

| {{won}}

|{{Cite web |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |date=February 9, 2008 |title=Ratatouille Cooks 10-Course Annie Sweep |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2008/02/ratatouille-cooks-10-course-annie-sweep/ |website=Animation Magazine |access-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030101849/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2008/02/ratatouille-cooks-10-course-annie-sweep/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row"|Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Awards

| 2019

| Best Visual Effects

| Mary Poppins Returns

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web |last=Nordine |first=Michael |date=January 21, 2019 |title='Roma' Wins Nine Prizes From Latino Entertainment Journalists Association |url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/industry/latino-entertainment-journalists-association-awards-roma-1202036969/ |website=IndieWire |access-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006182949/https://www.indiewire.com/awards/industry/latino-entertainment-journalists-association-awards-roma-1202036969/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row"|Annecy International Animation Film Festival

| 2023

| Best Feature Film

| The Inventor

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web |title=Feature Film in Competition – Official 6: The Inventor |url=https://www.annecyfestival.com/programme/index:plng-100001504297 |access-date=21 September 2023 |website=Annecy Festival |archive-date=15 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515072329/https://www.annecyfestival.com/programme/index:plng-100001504297 |url-status=live }}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name}}
  • {{TV Guide person}}
  • {{Rotten Tomatoes person}}
  • {{Metacritic person}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Capobianco, Jim}}

Category:1969 births

Category:Living people

Category:Film directors from New Jersey

Category:Film producers from New Jersey

Category:People from Saddle Brook, New Jersey

Category:Saddle Brook High School alumni

Category:Screenwriters from New Jersey

Category:California Institute of the Arts alumni

Category:21st-century American screenwriters

Category:American storyboard artists

Category:Animation screenwriters

Category:American animated film directors

Category:American animated film producers

Category:Pixar people

Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios people

Category:Cartoon Saloon people

Category:Writers from Bergen County, New Jersey