Lou Romano

Lou Romano (born April 15, 1972) is an animation production design artist and voice actor. He has worked on Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles. In addition, Romano has performed the voices for Bernie Kropp in The Incredibles, Snotrod in Cars and Linguini in Ratatouille.

He took an interest in drawing at an early age and studied theater arts, performing in plays throughout junior high and high school. After graduating in 1990 he studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts (90-92). He later completed workshops at The Groundlings in LA. Since then he has worked as an art director and designer on various projects, includingThe Powerpuff Girls and The Iron Giant .

In 2000, Lou Romano joined Pixar, as the production designer of The Incredibles for which he won an Annie Award in 2005. His artwork has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Gallery at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City and has been published on the cover of The New Yorker.

In 2009, Romano left Pixar to work at LAIKA.

Filmography

 * Up (2009) - Art Director: Lighting
 * Your Friend the Rat (2007) - voice of Linguini
 * Ratatouille (2007) - voice of Linguini
 * Cars (2006) - voice of Snotrod
 * The Incredibles (2004) - voice of Bernie Kropp/Production Designer
 * Monkeybone (2001) - Cop
 * Monsters, Inc. (2001) - Visual Development
 * The Iron Giant (1999) - Visual Development
 * The Powerpuff Girls (1998) - Background Color Designer/Storyboard Artist
 * Cats Don't Dance (1997) - Effects Assistant
 * Dexter's Laboratory (1996) - Storyboard Artist
 * The Pagemaster (1994) - Effects Assistant