Pinoy animators part of Cannes Filmfest history

Two Filipino talents Ronnie del Carmen and Ricky Nierva are part of Cannes Filmfest history.

Del Carmen, story supervisor and Nierva, production designer played key roles in the production of Pixar and Walt Disney’s “Up,” the first animated and the first digital 3D film to open the Cannes Film Festival.

Ronnie works at Pixar as a story artist, story supervisor, character designer, and illustrator. On top of having the coolest job in the world, he even finds time to self-publish his own comic, Paper Biscuit. Add the fact that he has a fantastic blog, Tirade, and you have one incredibly creative and busy guy.

He worked as a story supervisor for Pixar’s “Toy Story” and “Cars”, and led the studio’s team of story artists to whip up “Finding Nemo.”

Nierva works in Pixar as a character designer/visual development artist/storyboard artist/art director/children’s book illustrator. But most of my time is spent character designing. He helps to design the main characters and miscellaneous characters, making sure the look of all the characters of the film feel integrated with the type of story that’s being told and the type of world that’s being created.
Pixar's Up

He was the art director for Finding Nemo and was visual development artist for Monsters, Inc.

Their latest project, “Up” is the tale of an old man (voiced by Ed Asner), his childhood friendship with a girl who becomes his wife, and his adventure with an energetic eight-year-old wilderness scout (Jordan Nagai).

Other members of the voice cast includes Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Elizabeth Docter (Pete’s daughter) and Delroy Lindo.

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