Valentina Rosselli

Valentina Rosselli (born March 10, 1992) is an Italian-British visual effects artist who won the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature for the work on Ivan, the gorilla in Disney's The One and Only Ivan.

Work Rosselli is known for her work on films such as Ghost in the Shell, Dumbo, Cruella, Mufasa:The Lion King and The One and Only Ivan, for which, in 2021, she won the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature at the 19th Visual Effects Society Awards, for the work on Ivan, the gorilla.

In 2023, she received a nomination for the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature for her work on Honest John in Disney's Pinocchio, which was directed by Robert Zemeckis, at the 21st Visual Effects Society Awards.

In 2025, Rosselli received a third nomination for the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature for her work on Taka in Mufasa:The Lion King, which was directed by Barry Jenkins, at the 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards.

Filmography Year Title Role 2026 Masters of the Universe lead digital artist: lead lookdev td & surfacing, character concept artist 2026 Remarkably Bright Creatures lead texturing and lookdev 2025 Lilo & Stitch lead digital artist: lead texturing and lookdev 2024 Mufasa: The Lion King visual effects lead asset artist, character concept artist 2023 The Little Mermaid 2022 Disney's Pinocchio lead digital artist: lead texturing and lookdev td 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife texturing and lookdev TD Cruella 2020 The One and Only Ivan modeling, texturing and lookdev TD The Call of the Wild texturing and lookdev TD 2019 The Lion King texturing TD Godzilla: King of the Monsters Dumbo 2018 Aquaman 2017 The Dark Tower The Mummy Ghost in the Shell

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Nominated work Result 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature Mufasa: The Lion King: "Taka" 21st Visual Effects Society Awards Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature Disney's Pinocchio: "Honest John" 19th Visual Effects Society Awards Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature The One and Only Ivan: "Ivan"