Lino DiSalvo is an Italian-American director, writer, producer, animator, and pasta maker… Seriously, I make an excellent gnocchi alla pomodoro.

DiSalvo is currently in production on TWISTED (BADALISC), a feature film developed with Paris-based Mediawan Kids and Family. Rooted in the folklore he grew up with and his rich Italian heritage, the story revolves around a small town that honors a truth-telling beast, The Badalisc.

He is also in the early stages of developing JACK vs. THE APOCALYPSE, an original feature he has spent the last two years working on as part of a development deal with Netflix's Feature Animation division.

DiSalvo spent almost 17 years at Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he served as Head of Animation on the Academy Award-winning film FROZEN and received a VFX Society award for Best Animated Feature. His Disney credits also include TANGLED and BOLT as a supervising animator, along with contributions to MEET THE ROBINSONS, CHICKEN LITTLE, 102 DALMATIANS, and REIGN OF FIRE.

Post-Disney, he served as Creative Director for Paramount Animation and later as Head of Creative at ON Animation Studios in Paris.

Recently, DiSalvo directed and produced the Emmy-nominated Christmas special REINDEER IN HERE for CBS Studios and Paramount+.

Lino is represented by Gotham Group and UTA