Valentina Rosselli (artist)

Valentina Rosselli is a visual effects artist^[1][2] 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.^[3]

Valentina Rosselli
Born	(1992-03-10)March 10, 1992 Italy
Nationality	British/Italian
Occupation(s)	Visual effects artist, Concept Artist

Work

Rosselli is known for her work on films such as Ghost in the Shell, Dumbo, Cruella, and The One and Only Ivan,^[4] 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.^[5][6]

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.^[7][8]

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.^[9][10]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2024	Mufasa: The Lion King	lead texturing and lookdev/concept artist
2023	The Little Mermaid
2022	Disney's Pinocchio	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	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	[9]
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	[7]
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	[6]