
Ronnie del Carmen joined Pixar Animation Studios in the summer of 2000 during the production of "Finding Nemo" and became a story supervisor on the film. He did production design on the Academy Award®-nominated short film, "One Man Band" and story work on Oscar®-winning, "Ratatouille." Del Carmen was Head of Story on Disney/Pixar's Academy Award winning feature, "Up" and is the co-director of Disney/Pixar's "Inside Out." Del Carmen also made his directorial debut with the short film "Dug's Special Mission" released on the "Up" DVD and Blu-Ray. In addition to his work on feature and short films he contributed his artistic talents to the illustrating the children's book, "My Name is Dug," written by Kiki Thorpe. Del Carmen attended the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising. Ronnie moved to the United States in 1989 and served as a storyboard artist for Batman: The Animated Series and then worked for DreamWorks, as a story supervisor.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 31, 1959 (66)
- Philippines
- Writer, actor and director
- 13 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Ronnie Del Carmen's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Mentoras Bernie in Elemental (2023)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ronnie Del Carmen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (9).
Subscription and free streaming for Ronnie Del Carmen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Inside Out 2(2024)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Elemental(2023)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Soul(2020)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Inside Out(2015)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Dug's Special Mission(2009)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Up(2009)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Ratatouille(2007)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
One Man Band(2005)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Finding Nemo(2003)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Road to El Dorado(2000)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Freakazoid!(1995)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
DragonStrike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 1992 to 2024.
Film career
- 2020Screen debut· Soul
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for an Oscar in 2016, Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Ronnie Del Carmen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 96th percentile, the median of all 12; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up12
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 13 titles divides audiences: 9 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved9
- Crowd Pleaser4
Reviewers score the dialogue 66/100 and the plot and story 59/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Ronnie Del Carmen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ronnie Del Carmen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Pete Docter shares the most, 3.
Composers
- Michael GiacchinoShared titles: Inside Out (2015), Dug's Special Mission (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Giacchino

Producers
- Pete DocterShared titles: Elemental (2023), Inside Out (2015), Dug's Special Mission (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Pete Docter

- John LasseterShared titles: Inside Out (2015), Dug's Special Mission (2009)See all 2 shared titles with John Lasseter

