Anthony Stacchi

Anthony F. Stacchi is an American effects animator and film director.
Stacchi graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a BFA in Film 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, Hook, The Rocketeer and Ghost, and James and the Giant Peach. He was a storyboard artist for Antz, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Curious George and was the head of story for ILM's aborted computer animated feature Frankenstien, 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 co-directed the 3D stop-motion animated feature film The Boxtrolls, at Laika. It was released in 2014.
==Filmography==
Year	Title 	Director	Writer	Storyboardartist	Visual effects	Notes
1985	Back to the Future 	 	 	 	 	
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
2018	Dallas & Robo 	 	 	 	 	8 episodes
2019	Missing Link 	 	 	 	 	
Category:American animators
Category:American film directors
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American animated film directors
Category:California Institute of the Arts alumni
Category:Laika people
Category:Living people
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American storyboard artists