Vincenzo Nisco: Character Design

Masterclass - Character Design for Animation. From Disney to Rainbow

Vincenzo Nisco was a cartoonist in the 1970s and 1980s for such titles as Launch Story, Skorpio, Intrepid and Balboa until, as a young man, he left Italy to work first in Malaysia and Singapore and then in Chicago to finally land at Disney Studios in Sydney. There he worked on 12 films including Tarzan, Lady and the Tramp 2, Lilo & Stitch, The Lion King 3, Bambi, The Jungle Book 2, Koda Brother Bear and others. At the same time he was active in numerous TV series such as Wicked, Flipper and Mr Bean. In 2006 he returned to Italy, to the Rainbow studio, where he contributed to the 3 films of Winx Club and to Gladiators of Rome. Named Cavaliere al Merito della Repubblica in 2006, he is a permanent member of the Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Awarded the 2015 Award of Honor at the Toronto Film Festival, he is currently Art Director at CGI Studios in Rome and Director of Rainbow Academy.