Alessandro Carloni
| Alessandro Carloni | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 (age 45–46) |
| Occupation | Film director, animator |
| Years active | 1997 - present |
| Employer | DreamWorks Animation |
Alessandro Carloni is an Italian film director, animator, and art director, best known for his work with DreamWorks Animation in general,[1] particularly the Kung Fu Panda films.
Since joining DreamWorks Animation in 2002, Carloni served as an animation supervisor on Kung Fu Panda, a story artist on Kung Fu Panda 2, and head of story on How To Train Your Dragon 2.[2] On January 31, 2012, Carloni was slated to make his directorial debut with the computer-animated/traditionally animated film Me and My Shadow,[3] which was later pushed back into development following massive lay-offs in February 2013 and its release date assumed by Mr. Peabody & Sherman.[4][5] In February 2015, Jennifer Yuh Nelson personally requested Carloni to come aboard as co-director on Kung Fu Panda 3, in order to meet its release dateline.[2] He was a nominee at the 36th Annie Awards.[6]
Filmography
| Title | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Fearless Four | 1997 | Assistant animator |
| Tobias and His Lion | 1999 | Rough animator |
| A Fish Tale | 2000 | Lead animator |
| The Shark and the Piano | 2001 | Co-director, story developer, animation director, supervising effects animator, sculptures |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | 2003 | Animator |
| Shark Tale | 2004 | Lead animator: Crazy Joe, story developer |
| Over the Hedge | 2006 | Animator, story artist, storyboard artist |
| First Flight | 2006 | Storyboard artist |
| Kung Fu Panda | 2008 | Animation supervisor, story artist, traditional animator: Mr. Ping (uncredited) |
| How to Train Your Dragon | 2010 | Head of Story |
| Kung Fu Panda Holiday | 2010 | Head of character animation |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | 2011 | Story artist |
| The Croods | 2013 | Story artist |
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | 2014 | Head of story |
| Kung Fu Panda 3 | 2016 | Co-director |
| Untitled DreamWorks Film About Shadow | TBA | TBA (Since Edgar Wright is the new director) |
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