Ronaldo del Carmen is a Filipino writer, director, storyboard artist, illustrator, and voice actor. He co-directed and co-wrote the story for the Pixar film Inside Out (2015), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the first Filipino to do so. Early life and education Del Carmen was born in the city of Cavite in the Philippines.Janet R. Nepales, “Spotlight on Filipino Co-director Ronnie Del Carmen and His Much-talked-about Pixar Film, ‘Inside Out’,” Golden Globes, May 2015. After high school, he worked as a painter on the set of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now, which was filming in the Philippines.Jeramie Noyer, “Up: rising with Story Artist and Dug's Special Mission's Director Ronnie del Carmen!” Animated Views, November 26, 2009. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising.
Career
Film After college, Del Carmen worked as an art director for print and television advertising campaigns before moving to the United States in 1989 to pursue a career in film. He worked for Warner Bros as a storyboard artist on Batman: The Animated Series, and as a story supervisor for DreamWorks on The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003).“Ronnie del Carmen,” Pixar Talk. Accessed July 12, 2015. He joined Pixar Animation Studios in 2000, working as story supervisor on Finding Nemo (2003), production designer on the Academy Award-nominated short film One Man Band (2005), storyboard artist on Ratatouille (2007) and WALL-E (2008), and story supervisor on Up (2009).Ramin Zahed, “A Dug's Life: Ronnie del Carmen Chats About His New Pixar Short,” Animation Magazine, November 6, 2009. He made his directorial debut with the animated short film Dug's Special Mission (2009), which accompanied Up on its DVD and Blu-ray release. He co-directed the animated film Inside Out with Pete Docter. The film premiered at the 68th Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2015.
In April 2021, it was revealed that Del Carmen had left Pixar and was set to write and direct an animated feature film based on Philippine folklore at Netflix.
Comic books Del Carmen has illustrated several comic books, including Batman Adventures: Holiday Special, which won an Eisner Award for Best Single Issue in 1995, and the children's book My Name Is Dug, written by Kiki Thorpe. He has also written several comic books, including the Paper Biscuit series and And There You Are.Chris Arrant, “Pixar & Comics – Ronnie del Carmen on ‘And There You Are’,” Newsarama.com, March 18, 2009.
Personal life Del Carmen is married and has two children. His brothers, Louie and Rick, also work in animation.Ruben V. Nepales, “Cavite-born UST alum co-directs Pixar film”, Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 3, 2011. After moving in the United States, he partially became a U.S. citizen in prior of working with animation studios for over two decades.
Filmography Films Year Title Director Writer StorySupervisor StoryArtist Other Notes 1993 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Storyboard Designer 1998 The Prince of Egypt 2000 The Road to El Dorado Artistic Supervisor - Story Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Direct-to-video 2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Artistic Supervisor - Story 2003 Finding Nemo Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 2007 Ratatouille 2008 WALL-E 2009 Up Additional Screenplay Material 2012 Brave 2013 Monsters University 2015 Inside Out Additional Voices 2017 Coco Pixar Senior Creative Team 2018 Incredibles 2 2019 Toy Story 4 2020 Soul Voice of WindstarAdditional Story Contributions 2023 Elemental Voice of Bernie Lumen 2024 Inside Out 2 Additional Screenplay Material
Short films Year Title Role 2005 One Man Band Production designer 2009 Leonardo Additional background designer Dug's Special Mission DirectorWriter
Television series Year Title Role 1990 Widget, the World Watcher Storyboard artist 1991 Where's Waldo? 1992–95 Batman: The Animated Series Storyboard artistCharacter designer 1993–94 Mighty Max Character designer 1995 Freakazoid! Director
Bibliography Fragments (Fragments Filigree Factory Production, 2003), illustrator Paper Biscuit (Half Life, 2003), writer, illustrator Paper Biscuit One Point Five (2003), writer, illustrator Batman: Black and White, Vol. 2 (DC Comics, 2003), illustrator Paper Biscuit 2 (2004), writer, illustrator Project: Superior (AdHouse Books, 2005), illustrator Three Trees Make a Forest (Gingko Press, 2006), illustrator My Name is Dug (Disney Press, 2009), illustrator And There You Are (AdHouse Books, 2009), writer, illustrator
Awards and nominations Eisner Award, Best Single Issue, Batman Adventures Holiday Special (with Paul Dini and Bruce Timm), 1995 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Special Class Animated Program: Director, Freakazoid, 1996 Annie Award, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, 2003 Annie Award Nomination, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, WALL-E, 2009 Annie Award Nomination, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Up, 2010 National Cartoonists Society, Animated Feature Division Award, Up, 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Nomination, Inside Out (with Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley), 2015
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