Anthony Stacchi

Anthony Stacchi is an American animator, effects animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and film director.

Stacchi graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a BFA in Film in 1986. His student films screened at the 1987 Annecy and Hiroshima Animated Film Festivals. He then went on to be an Animator and Commercial Director at San Francisco's Colossal Pictures and an effects animator at Industrial Light and Magic on Back to the Future 2 and 3, Hook, The Rocketeer and Ghost, and Henry Selick's James and the Giant Peach. He was a storyboard artist for Antz, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Astro Boy, Missing Link, and Del Toro's Pinocchio and was the head of story for ILM's aborted animated feature Frankenstein, and a short film, Work in Progress.

He made his directorial debut as co-director of Sony Pictures Animation's first film Open Season. He directed the 3D stop-motion animated feature film The Boxtrolls, at Laika. It was released in 2014.

Stacchi's most recent film was The Monkey King, a Netflix original animated film released in 2023.

Filmography Year Title Director Writer Storyboardartist Visual effects Notes 1985 Back to the Future Sequels 2 and 3 1989 ABC Weekend Special 1 episode 1990 Ghost 1991 The Rocketeer 1991 Hook 1991 The Wish That Changed Christmas 1992 Æon Flux 4 episodes 1993 The Meteor Man 1996 James and the Giant Peach 1997 KaBlam! 1 episode 1998 Antz 2001 Hubert's Brain 2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 2006 Open Season Co-directorDirectorial debut 2006 Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run Co-directorShort film 2009 Astro Boy Special Thanks 2014 The Boxtrolls Co-directorStory adapted with Phil Dale 2019 Missing Link 2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2023 The Monkey King Netflix release