
Jim Capobianco

Jim Capobianco
Writer / Director / Producer
Jim Capobianco received the 2008 Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Ratatouille. He went on to write and direct the short film, “Your Friend The Rat”, found on the Ratatouille DVD, winning the 2008 ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Award for short films.Jim followed YFtR up with directing the critically acclaimed end titles for Pixar’s 2008 release Wall•E .
A graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, Jim started in the story department at Walt Disney Feature Animation on The Lion King. After five years at Disney, Jim relocated to Pixar Animation Studios where he was influential on the stories of many of Pixar’s films of the past 19 years, including Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo, UP and Inside Out.
In 2009 Jim finished “Leonardo” his first independent film, now in the permanent collection of the MoMA NYC. In addition to his work as a filmmaker Jim co-created the Bay Area International Children’s Film Festival now in its 9th year. Now with Aerial Contrivance Workshop, Jim is bringing his story and design expertise to the independent world of film and animation.
Filmography
DISNEY
The Lion KIng – storyboard artist
Hunchback of Notre Dame – storyboard artist
Fantasia 2000 – storyboard artist
PIXAR
A Bug’s Life – storyboard artist
Toy Story 2 – storyboard artist
Monster Inc. – storyboard artist
Finding Nemo – storyboard artist
Ratatouille – writer / story supervisor
‘Your Friend the Rat’ – writer / director
Wall-e – directed end titles
Up – un-credited storyboard artist
Carstoons: Air Mater – storyboards
Inside Out – storyboard artist
Good Dinosaur – additional story
Finding Dory – storyboard artist
Coco – storyboard artist
Independent projects
‘Leonardo’ – filmmaker
‘How to be a Good Bagger’ – writer / director
Revisiting Apollo: Apollo 15 – director
The Inventor (pre production) – writer / director/ producer