Duane Capizzi
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Duane Capizzi is an American writer and television producer. He is best known for his extensive work on animated series and movies for DC Comics
. He was the co-showrunner of the animated series, The Batman
and writer of 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," "The Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot," "Men In Black: The Animated Series," and series development on the CG animated Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles for Sony TV Animation. 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 the animated "Alf" spinoff/prequel. he is currently working on the newest Transformers cgi series for Hasbro Studios, the Emmy-winning Transformers: Prime
.
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
. He was the co-showrunner of the animated series, The Batman
The Batman (TV series)
The Batman is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. It ran from 2004 to 2008, on the Saturday morning television block Kids' WB...
and writer of the first DC Universe animated feature, Superman: Doomsday
Superman: Doomsday
Superman: Doomsday & Beyond is a licensed novel, published in 1993, set in the DC Comics universe, written by Louise Simonson, and with illustrations from Dan Jurgens and José Luis García-López. It is a young-adult version of The Death of Superman comics storyline from 1992...
(based on The Death of Superman saga, and directed by Bruce Timm). Other animated series producing/writing credits include "Jackie Chan Adventures," "The Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot," "Men In Black: The Animated Series," and series development on the CG animated Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles for Sony TV Animation. He also wrote and story-edited for several 'Disney Afternoon' TV series including Darkwing Duck
Darkwing Duck
DarkWing Duck is an American animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991–1992 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. It featured the eponymous anthropomorphic duck superhero whose alter ego is mild-mannered...
, Aladdin
Aladdin
Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
, "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 the animated "Alf" spinoff/prequel. he is currently working on the newest Transformers cgi series for Hasbro Studios, the Emmy-winning Transformers: Prime
Transformers: Prime
Transformers: Prime, also known as Transformers: Prime –The Animated Series, is an American computer-animated television series based on the Transformers toy franchise by Hasbro. It airs on the The Hub in the United States...
.