Valentina Rosselli (artist)
Visual effects artist
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Valentina Rosselli (born March 10, 1992) is an Italian-British visual effects artist[1][2][3] 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.[4]
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,[5] 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.[6][7]
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.[8][9]
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.[10][11]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Masters of the Universe | lead digital artist: lead lookdev td & surfacing, character concept artist [12] |
| 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 [13] |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | |
| 2022 | Disney's Pinocchio | lead digital artist: lead texturing and lookdev td [14] |
| 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 | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards | February 11, 2025 | Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature | Mufasa: The Lion King: "Taka" | Nominated | [10] |
| 21st Visual Effects Society Awards | February 15, 2023 | Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature | Disney's Pinocchio: "Honest John" | Nominated | [8] |
| 19th Visual Effects Society Awards | March 1, 2021 | Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature | The One and Only Ivan: "Ivan" | Won | [7] |