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Bob Persichetti
Persichetti at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Robert Persichetti Jr. (1973-01-17) January 17, 1973 (age 52)
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts
Occupations	Filmmaker animator storyboard artist
Years active	1997–present

Robert Persichetti Jr. (born January 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker, animator, and storyboard artist. He is best known for co-directing the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Career

In November 2014, Persichetti was announced to be developing a film based on the Playmobil toys, and in September 2015 plans by French studio Wild Bunch were announced for him to make his feature directorial debut with the film, though this fell apart with them as he was trying to make a pitch to Sony. As the project with Playmobil played out, in December 2015, Persichetti joined the production of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Kristine Belson, the head of Sony Pictures Animation, reached out to him, and he joined after reading a 40-page script treatment. This served as Persichetti's introduction to Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and at that point Lord had a "loose first act" he was working on, with a full draft coming to fruition over the next six months while storyboarding and film reels were being worked on simultaneously. Peter Ramsey, with whom Persichetti had worked with frequently before, joined as a co-director at the end of 2016, and they were joined by Rodney Rothman by December 2017.

In February 2019, Persichetti was named the director of Puss in Boots 2 but by March 2021 was replaced by Joel Crawford.

Persichetti produced The Tiger's Apprentice (2024), directed by Raman Hui and co-directed by Paul Watling and Yong Duk Jhun.

Persichetti returned to direct Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse alongside Across the Spider-Verse co-director Justin K. Thompson. Officially announced in the role in December 2024, Persichetti and Thompson had served in their capacities since production began.

Filmography

Director

• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (with Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman)
• Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (TBA) (with Justin K. Thompson)

Executive producer

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Producer

• The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)

Writer

• The Little Prince (2015)

Head of story

• Puss in Boots (2011)
• The Little Prince (2015)

Storyboard artist

• Shrek 2 (2004)
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
• Flushed Away (2006)
• Shrek the Halls (2007)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

Inbetweener

• Hercules (1997)
• Mulan (1998)
• Tarzan (1999)
• Fantasia 2000 (1999)
• The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
• Treasure Planet (2002)

Accolades

References

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External links

• Bob Persichetti at IMDb

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