Jan Pinkava का जन्म 21 जून 1963 को हुआ था।Jan Pinkava एक निर्माता और निदेशक हैं, जो Ratatouille (2007), Geri's Game (1997) और Robots (2005) के लिए मशहूर हैं।Jan Pinkava Kay Renard के साथ सितंबर 1994 से विवाहित हैं।
Jan won the children's BBC Screen Test animation award in 1980. Host Brian Trueman described his film as 'professional' and later admitted that they could not believe he had produced it all himself. Jan said it took him three weeks with very little sleep. Jan had been runner up in the 1979 contest.
