Duane Capizzi

Duane Capizzi is an Italian-American writer and television producer. He is known for his extensive work in animated television series, including the Emmy Award-winning "Transformers: Prime" for which he was Co-Executive Producer and Head Writer, and co-developed its follow-up "Transformers: Robots in Disguise". For Warner Bros. Animation, he was the writer and producer of the animated series "The Batman" as well as its spin-off feature, "The Batman vs. Dracula". He wrote the first DC Universe animated feature, "Superman: Doomsday" (based on "The Death of Superman" saga, and directed by Bruce Timm). Other animated series producing/writing credits include "Jackie Chan Adventures", "Big Guy" and "Rusty the Boy Robot", "Men in Black: The Series", and series which he helped develop on the CG animated "Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles" for Sony Pictures Television. He wrote and story edited for two animated spin-offs of Jim Carrey films: "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "The Mask". He also wrote and story edited for several Disney Afternoon TV series including "Darkwing Duck", "Aladdin", "TaleSpin" and "Bonkers". He began his career in animation writing scripts for "Robotech II: The Sentinels" for Harmony Gold. The series was never produced, but led to writing and story editing on "ALF: The Animated Series". From 2019 to 2021, Capizzi served as showrunner for the animated TV series adaptation of Carmen Sandiego.