---
name: "Ricky Nierva"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ricky-nierva"
fi1m_id: "ricky-nierva"
imdb_id: "nm0631235"
tmdb_id: 7927
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T22:32:04.693060+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ricky Nierva

## Identity

Ricky Nierva

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ricky-nierva
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ricky-nierva
- **IMDb ID:** nm0631235
- **TMDB ID:** 7927
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0631235/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7927

Production designer. Born in San Diego.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 2009–2013
- **Also known as:** Ricky Vega Nierva
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 88 (1), 2010s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0631235/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7927

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Up*](https://film.one/film/up.md) (88), [*Monsters University*](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md) (72)

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## Biography

Ricky Nierva, also credited as Ricky Vega Nierva, is an American production designer, animator, storyboard artist and character designer. He began his career at Pixar Animation Studios in the story department on *Toy Story 2* (1999).

Nierva worked on *Monsters, Inc.* (2001) as a character designer and on *Finding Nemo* (2003) as art director for characters. He served as production designer on *Up* (2009) and *Monsters University* (2013). Born in San Diego, he is Filipino-American and later joined Spire Animation Studios as a production designer.

*Sources: imdb.com, deadline.com, pixar.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Monsters University* (2013), Fi1m 72, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *Up* (2009), Fi1m 88, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sprite Fright* (2024), Production Design
- *Inside Out* (2015), Animation — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *Monsters University* (2013), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *Up* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), as Art Direction — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), as Visual Development · Character Designer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *Dexter's Laboratory* (1996), series, Storyboard

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