Work Includes

• Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Animation — Co-Director, Spirit Untamed, 2021
  
• Netflix Animation — Director / Development, 2021–2024; development deal for three original animated projects.
  
• Otto Desenhos Animados — Director / Co-Writer — Until Sbornia Takes Us Apart, 2013
  
• DreamWorks Animation — Story Artist / Head of Story / Director, 2002–2021; 2022–2026
  
• Nickelodeon — Storyboard Director / Writer — SpongeBob Squarepants, 1998—1999
  
• HBO Animation — Story Artist / Designer / Director, Spicy City, 1997—1998
  

Clients

• Amblimation
• Turner Feature Animation
• HBO Animation
• Nickelodeon
• Disney Television Animation
• Film Roman
• DreamWorks Animation
• Netflix Animation
• Universal Pictures
• Maria Farinha Filmes
• Selva Filmes
• Otto Desenhos Animados
• Embrafilme
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso
• Herbert Vianna
• Belli Studio

Publications

• Comic strips and illustrations — Brazilian publications — Early career work in Brazil, including comic strips and illustration for various Brazilian publications.
  
  
• MAD Brasil — Contributor/illustrator. Your work appeared in the Brazilian edition of MAD during your early career.
  
  

Memberships

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — Member, Animation Branch

Awards

• 1995 — Special Distinction for Rhythm and Animation, El Macho, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France.
• 1994 — Two Kikito Awards, El Macho, Gramado Film Festival, Brazil.
• 2013 — Audience Award, Until Sbornia Takes Us Apart, Gramado Film Festival, Brazil. Torresan co-directed the film with Otto Guerra.
• 2003 — Daytime Emmy Award, Outstanding Special Class Animated Program, Teacher’s Pet, Disney.
• 2013 — Audience Award, Until Sbornia Takes Us Apart, São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil.
• 2016 — Best Animated Feature, Until Sbornia Takes Us Apart, Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro, Brazil. Torresan co-directed the film.
• 1995 — Special Distinction for Rhythm and Animation Annecy International Animation Film Festival — Annecy, France Awarded to El Macho for Special Distinction for Rhythm and Animation. The official Annecy archive identifies Ennio Torresan as the director and El Macho as the recipient.
• 1993 — Coral Prize for Animation Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema — Havana, Cuba Awarded for El Macho (1993).

Exhibitions

• Painting Exhibitions — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1980s–1990s,
• El Macho — Festival de Cinema de Gramado, Brazil, 1994,
• El Macho — Venice International Film Festival, Italy, 1994,
• El Macho — Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France, 1995,
• Painting Exhibition — Anisen Gallery, Glendale, California, 2004,
• 20-Year Career Retrospective — Anima Mundi International Animation Festival, Brazil, 2013,
• Brazilian Animation Tribute — Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France, 2017,

Grants & Fellowships

• RioFilme — Development Funding, Copacabana 1920, 2016
  
• Fundo Setorial do Audiovisual / ANCINE — R$310,000, Until Sbornia Takes Us Apart, 2012
  

Presentations

• Anima Mundi International Animation Festival — Papo Animado, São Paulo, Brazil — 2013. Presented his career, El Macho, and professional storyboard work at DreamWorks. He also participated in Anima Forum.
  
• Anima Mundi International Animation Festival — Anima Forum / Master Class, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — 2013. Invited industry speaker discussing feature animation and storyboarding.
  
• Estúdio Escola de Animação / Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — 2019. Presented a two-and-a-half-hour lecture to animation students on professional storyboarding and his career at DreamWorks.
  
• DreamWorks Animation Exhibition — Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — 2019. Featured artist and presenter associated with the exhibition, discussing the storyboarding and filmmaking process with visitors.
  
• VFXRIO Live — “Creativity and Storytelling in Animation,” Brazil — 2021. Keynote presentation and fireside chat with Lucia Modesto, covering 30 years of animation technology and storytelling and the production of Spirit Untamed.
  
• VIEW Conference — “Spirit Untamed” Panel, Turin, Italy / online — 2021. Panelist discussing Spirit Untamed with director Elaine Bogan, producer Karen Foster and Paul Duncan.