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Jan Jaroslav Pinkava (born 21 June 1963) is a Czech-British-American producer, director, writer, and animator. He directed the Pixar short film Geri's Game and served as co-director and co-wrote the story for Ratatouille, both of which went on to win Oscars.
Jan Pinkava is a Czech-born animator who co-directed the Oscar-winning film Ratatouille in 2007. He also worked on Pixar projects such as A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc. and Geri's Game.
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May 27, 2022 · Jan Pinkava was the creator of the idea of a rat who wants to be a chef in Paris, but he was replaced by Brad Bird during production. Learn about the untold truth of Ratatouille, the Pixar movie that became a classic.
Apr 26, 2023 · Jan Pinkava, the British-Czech animator, director, screenwriter, and Oscar® winner will take over as head of the institute in June 2023, succeeding Prof. Andreas Hykade. “I am beyond honored to...
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Jan Pinkava is a Czech-born producer and director of animated films, such as Ratatouille, Geri's Game and A Bug's Life. He won the children's BBC Screen Test animation award in 1980 and married Kay Renard in 1994.
- June 21, 1963
Jan Pinkava is the Academy Award-winning founder and Creative Director of the renowned Google Spotlight Stories project; a team of artists and technologists, working with leading directors and studios, that have defined new forms of
Dr. Jan Jaroslav Pinkava, Ph.D. (born 21 June 1963, in Prague) is the director and writer of the Pixar Oscar-winning 1997 short film Geri's Game and the originator and co-director of Pixar's Oscar-winning 2007 film Ratatouille. He is the third-born of four children of the Czech polymath Václav Pinkava alias Jan Křesadlo. The family emigrated to Britain in 1969, where he obtained British ...
