Lino DiSalvo

Lino DiSalvo is an Italian American who has worked in animation as a director, writer and voice actor. Originally from Brooklyn, he grew up in Franklin Square on Long Island and became interested in animation after watching early Disney films and then The Lion King in 1994. With his parents' encouragement he moved to Vancouver to study at Vancouver Film School, and he then joined Walt Disney Animation Studios. During almost 17 years there, DiSalvo was head of animation on Frozen and a supervising animator on Tangled and Bolt (2008). He also worked as an animator on 102 Dalmatians, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons and Reign of Fire. After working as creative director for Paramount Animation, he became head of creative at ON Animation Studios, the Paris-based producers of The Little Prince. As a voice actor, DiSalvo played Vinnie the Pigeon in Bolt, Gristletoe Joe in Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice and Robotitron in Playmobil: The Movie (2019).