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Ronnie del Carmen was born on December 31, 1959. He was born at Cavite City, Philippines.

He studied at the University of Santo Tomas, San Sebastian College - Recoletos de Cavite and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising.

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.

Ronnie del Carmen made headlines after his big move from Pixar to Netflix, where he will reportedly be developing an original animated film based on Philippine mythology. The filmmaker, director, and artist has been a respected veteran in America’s animation industry for years, first at Warner Bros Animation, then at Dreamworks, and most prominently at Pixar.

Animator, Ronnie del Carmen, was one of the minds behind some of the greatest modern stories of our time: Finding Nemo, Up, Coco, Toy Story 4, Inside Out, and much more.

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Bobby Pontillas is a Filipino animator who was born in the Philippines on November 17, 1980.

He was at Art Institute of Seattle when he saw “Tarzan” and realized how interested he was with making his drawings come to life. He later found himself enrolling into Animation Art and Design Program. He started working on PC Children’s Game Company doing 2D animation when he realized the need to learn 3D animation in order to survive in the industry as it was becoming the trend.

His passion and skills for arts brought him to Walt Disney Animation. He began working as character designer and animator for Wreck-it Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, and the animated series of Tangled.

His short animated film, “One Small Step”, was nominated for Best Animated Short Film. It previously won the Audience Award during the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2018, Grand Jury Prize Winner for Red Rock Film Festival and nominee for Best International Short Film during the Fantasia Film Festival.

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Josie Trinidad was born and raised by her Filipino parents in the United States.

The blonde princess in a blue dress is her favorite Disney character, it was when she watched Robin Hood frame by frame on a VHS tape that she fell in love with animation.

Her passion for animation eventually led to her joining Disney as a story apprentice in 2004.

Living every animator’s dream, Trinidad is behind some of our favorite Disney animated films such as the 2016’s Oscar-winning feature “Zootopia”, “Wreck-It Ralph,” “Tangled,” and “The Princess and the Frog. Now, she is the head of story of the newest Disney film “Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck It Ralph 2.”