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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 was born on 21 June 1963 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is a producer and director, known for Ratatouille (2007), Geri's Game (1997) and A Bug's Life (1998). He has been married to Kay Renard since September 1994.
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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. An...
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Nov 25, 2017 · Jan Pinkava, the director of Geri's Game, the Oscar-winning Pixar short about an old man playing chess, shares his creative process and challenges. He reveals how he pitched the idea to John Lasseter, how he drew inspiration from Czech animation, and how he developed the subdivision surfaces technology.
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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 defined new forms of immersive, interactive storytelling for film, mobile and VR.
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 citizenship. He attended Colchester Royal Grammar School from 1974 to 1982 [1] showing interest and ...