Anthony Stacchi

Anthony Stacchi is an American animator, effects animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and film director.

Anthony Stacchi
Stacchi at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born
Anthony Stacchi
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Occupations
  • Animator
  • effects animator
  • storyboard artist
  • screenwriter
  • film director
Years active1985–present
Known forOpen Season
The Boxtrolls

Stacchi graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a BFA in Film in 1986. His student films screened at the 1987 Annecy and Hiroshima Animated Film Festivals. He then went on to be an Animator and Commercial Director at San Francisco's Colossal Pictures and an effects animator at Industrial Light and Magic on Back to the Future 2 and 3, Hook, The Rocketeer and Ghost, and Henry Selick's James and the Giant Peach. He was a storyboard artist for Antz, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Astro Boy, Missing Link, and Del Toro's Pinocchio and was the head of story for ILM's aborted computer-animated feature Frankenstein, and a short film, Work in Progress.

He made his directorial debut as co-director of Sony Pictures Animation's first film Open Season. He directed the 3D stop-motion animated feature film The Boxtrolls, at Laika.[1][2] It was released in 2014.[3]

Stacchi's most recent film was The Monkey King, a Netflix original animated film released in 2023.[4]

Filmography
YearTitleDirectorWriterStoryboard
artist		Visual effectsNotes
1985Back to the FutureYesSequels 2 and 3
1989ABC Weekend SpecialYes1 episode
1990GhostYes
1991The RocketeerYes
1991HookYes
1991The Wish That Changed ChristmasYesYes
1992Æon FluxYes4 episodes
1993The Meteor ManYes
1996James and the Giant PeachYes
1997KaBlam!Yes1 episode
1998AntzYes
2001Hubert's BrainYes
2002Spirit: Stallion of the CimarronYes
2006Open SeasonYesYesCo-director
Directorial debut
2006Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun RunYesYesCo-director
Short film
2009Astro BoyYesSpecial Thanks
2014The BoxtrollsYesYesCo-director
Story adapted with Phil Dale
2019Missing LinkYes
2022Guillermo del Toro's PinocchioYes
2023The Monkey KingYesNetflix release

References
  1. "LAIKA Announces Third Animated Feature, The Boxtrolls". ComingSoon.net. February 7, 2013. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  2. S. Cohen, David; Debruge, Peter (June 23, 2008). "Laika unveils development slate". Variety. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  3. Amidi, Amid (February 7, 2013). "Laika's Next Feature Will Be "Boxtrolls"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  4. "Netflix Slates 3 New Animated Projects from Asian-American Creators". Animation Magazine. May 20, 2021.


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