Lino DiSalvo (born June 5, 1974) is an American animator, film director, writer and

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Biography

Born in 1974 in

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, DiSalvo graduated from

Vancouver Film School Vancouver Film School (VFS) is a private entertainment arts school located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1987, it has achieved international recognition. The Vancouver Film School has campus locations around Downtown Vancouver ...

and joined

Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), sometimes shortened to Disney Animation, is an American animation studio that creates animated features and short films for The Walt Disney Company. The studio's current production logo features a scene fro ...

. DiSalvo spent almost 17 years at Disney and served as Head of Animation on '' Frozen''; supervising animator on ''

Tangled ''Tangled'' is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Loosely based on the German fairy tale ''Rapunzel'' in the collection of ...

'' and '' Bolt'' and animator on ''

Meet the Robinsons ''Meet the Robinsons'' is a 2007 American computer-animated science-fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 47th animated film produced by the studio, it is loosely based on t ...

'', ''

Chicken Little "Henny Penny", more commonly known in the United States as "Chicken Little" and sometimes as "Chicken Licken", is a European folk tale with a moral in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes that the world is coming to an end ...

'', '' 102 Dalmatians'' and '' Reign of Fire''. He served as Creative Director for

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before joining Paris-based, ON Animation Studios as Head of Creative. He has also voiced the characters of Vinnie the pigeon in '' Bolt'', Gristletoe Joe in '' Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice'', and Robotitron in '' Playmobil: The Movie''. DiSalvo is currently developing his next animated feature, ''The Badalisc'', which is inspired by Italian folklore and draws heavily from his cultural heritage.

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