Pamela Ribon

Pamela Ribon
Pamela Ribon at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in 2012
Born (1975-04-04) April 4, 1975
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
Occupations
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2005; div. 2009)​

Jason W. Upton
Children1
Websitewww.pamie.com

Pamela Ribon (born April 4, 1975)[1] is an Academy Award-nominated American screenwriter, author, filmmaker, blogger, and actress. Her work includes the television series Samantha Who? and the animated films Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Nimona. She created and wrote the animated short film My Year of Dicks (2022), adapted from her memoir Notes to Boys (And Other Things I Shouldn't Share In Public), and she and director Sara Gunnarsdóttir were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[2][3] Ribon also founded pamie.com and was an early contributor to Television Without Pity.[4]

Education and Austin career

Ribon earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997. While an undergraduate, she wrote and directed several works selected for Hyde Park Theatre's FronteraFest Best of the Fest, including LOL (Connected) in 1998.[5][6] She also performed, wrote, and directed shows with Monks' Night Out, an alternative sketch and improvisational comedy troupe that served as the house troupe at The Velveeta Room, and later directed several spin-off troupes and showcases.[5]

Ribon also directed Los Paranoias, an audition troupe organized through Monks' Night Out.[7] During the third Big Stinkin' International Improv & Sketch Comedy Festival in 1998, Los Paranoias appeared on two festival programs, and Ribon served as an emcee for a separate showcase at the Velveeta Room.[8]

In July 1999, Ribon and Matt Sadler presented one-person shows in a Hyde Park Theatre double bill titled Oh, Grow Up! That September, she performed her one-person show Slumber Party at MOMFest; her professional website identifies the work as a 1999 showcase for U.S. Comedy Arts Festival consideration.[9][6]

Ribon began creating webpages in 1994 and launched the online diary Squishy at pamie.com in June 1998, partly as daily writing practice for her sketch comedy work. By 2000, The Austin Chronicle reported that the diary attracted about 15,000 readers each day. At the time, Ribon was also writing a weekly column for the Austin American-Statesman's Technopolis section, performing with Monks' Night Out, doing freelance English-language anime dubbing, and writing television recaps for Mighty Big TV. The profile reported that she was preparing to move from Austin to Los Angeles later that year.[4]

Writing and screen career

After leaving Austin for Los Angeles, Ribon pursued work in television while continuing to write for the internet and perform onstage.[10] Her first novel, Why Girls Are Weird, was published in 2003 and was loosely based on pamie.com.[11] She also created and directed Call Us Crazy: The Anne Heche Monologues, an unauthorized stage satire based on Heche's autobiography. The production played at the Hudson Avenue Theatre in Hollywood in 2003.[12] Her two-person show Letters Never Sent, created with Liz Feldman, was later showcased at the 2005 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.[13]

Ribon subsequently wrote for television comedies including Mind of Mencia, Hot Properties, and Samantha Who?, while continuing to publish novels and develop film and television adaptations of her work.[14][15] In 2014, an essay she published at pamie.com criticizing the children's book Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer helped inspire the online campaign #FeministHackerBarbie. Mattel subsequently apologized for the book's portrayal of Barbie and said that future titles would present the character as empowered.[16]

Her work expanded into feature animation and comics during the 2010s. Ribon worked for approximately two years writing on Moana (credited for creating the basis for Gramma Tala, giving Moana a connection to her ancestors[17]), before co-writing Ralph Breaks the Internet.[18] For the latter film, she conceived and wrote the sequence bringing the Disney Princesses together, recorded their preliminary dialogue during production, and remained as the voice of Snow White in the completed film.[18] She also created the graphic novel My Boyfriend is a Bear, the acclaimed roller-derby comic series Slam!, and wrote issues of Rick and Morty. In 2017, Film Independent selected her for its Directing Lab with her feature project Standby.[19] In 2019, her commencement address for the University of Texas' College of Fine Arts was praised by Texas Monthly[20].

Ribon was among the writers credited with the story of the animated film Nimona (2023).[21] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[22]

Ribon wrote, created, and performed in the animated short film My Year of Dicks (2022), adapted from her memoir Notes to Boys (And Other Things I Shouldn't Share In Public) and directed by Sara Gunnarsdóttir.[2] The film received Special Jury Recognition for Unique Vision in Writing and Directing at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival and won the Cristal for a TV Production at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[23][24] Ribon and Gunnarsdóttir were subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[3] In 2023, Ribon was one of the three inaugural recipients of Film Independent's Changemaker Award, recognizing alumni whose work and support for other storytellers had made an impact on the industry and its community.[25]

Filmography

Year Title Notes
2005 Mind of Mencia writer
2005 Hot Properties staff writer
2006 Mind of Mencia producer
2007–2009 Samantha Who? story editor
2010 Romantically Challenged consultant
2014 Bears narration consultant
2016 Moana story writer
2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village writer
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet screenwriter, story writer, voice of Snow White[26]
2020 Tiny World co-writer, season 001, episode 001 "Savannah"
2022 My Year of Dicks creator, writer, voice, adapted from her memoir
2023 Nimona story by, additional screenplay materials
TBA Emily the Strange [27] writer

Bibliography

  • Slam: The Next Jam! original comic series co-created with Veronica Fish (2018) Boom! Studios
  • My Boyfriend is a Bear original graphic novel co-created with Cat Farris (2018) Oni Press
  • Rick and Morty: "Summer's Eve", Issue #32,[28] (2017) Oni Press
  • Slam! original comic series co-created with Veronica Fish (2016) Boom! Studios
  • Rick and Morty: "Ready Player Morty", Issue #11,[29] (2016) Oni Press
  • Notes to Boys (And Other Things I Shouldn't Share In Public) (2014) (ISBN 1940207053), memoir, Rare Bird Books
  • True Tales of Lust and Love (2014) (ISBN 159376538X), anthology, "How I May Have Just Become the Newest Urban Legend"
  • You Take It from Here (2012) (ISBN 1451646232), novel, Gallery Books, Simon & Schuster
  • Going in Circles (2010) (ISBN 1416503862), novel, Downtown Press, Simon & Schuster
  • It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties (2007) (ISBN 044669777X), anthology, "I Can't Have Sex With You"
  • Why Moms Are Weird (2006) (ISBN 1-4165-0385-4), novel, Downtown Press, Simon & Schuster, developed into a sitcom for Watson Pond Productions, 20th Century Fox, and American Broadcasting Company, 2006. Developed into a sitcom for ABC Family, 2010–2011.
  • Girls' Night Out (2006) (ISBN 0-373-89579-8), anthology, "What Happens Next"
  • Cold Feet (2005) (ISBN 1-4165-0754-X), anthology, "Sara King Goes Bad", Downtown Press, Simon & Schuster
  • Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times (2005) (ISBN 0-465-07844-3), anthology, "Look The Part"
  • Why Girls Are Weird (2003) (ISBN 0-7434-6980-1), novel, Downtown Press, Simon & Schuster, developed into a screenplay for Robert Cort Productions, 2003.

Anime writer/voice actor

References

  1. ↑ "Ribon, Pamela 1975-". Contemporary Authors. January 1, 2004. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2017 – via HighBeam Research.
  2. 1 2 Coyle, Jake (February 7, 2023). "The Oscar nominee that says a lot just with its title". Associated Press. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  3. 1 2 "The 95th Academy Awards – 2023". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Chronicle Staff (August 4, 2000). "Pamela Ribon: Sealed With a Squish". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Writer Pamela Ribon to Speak at College of Fine Arts Commencement". College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin. April 9, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Ribon, Pamela. "Other". Pamela Ribon. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  7. ↑ Brenner, W. A. (August 31, 2012). "How Sweetlamb It Is". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  8. ↑ Chronicle Staff (April 17, 1998). "BS3 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Recent". Monks' Night Out. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  10. ↑ Ribon, Pamela (June 6, 2012). "Hey, Pamie: "How Do I Move to LA?"". Pamela Ribon. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Why Girls Are Weird". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  12. ↑ Miller, Daryl H. (January 17, 2003). "An urgent journey of discovery". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Pamela Ribon". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Pamela Ribon's (BFA '97) latest novel hits the shelves (and e-readers)". Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Texas at Austin. August 29, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Pamela Ribon – Writer Extraordinaire". Austin Film Festival. March 22, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  16. ↑ BBC Trending (November 20, 2014). "#BBCtrending: Feminist Hacker Barbie". BBC News. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  17. ↑ ScreenSlam (2016-11-16). Moana: Ron Clements & John Musker Official Movie Premiere Interview | ScreenSlam. Retrieved 2026-07-31 – via YouTube.
  18. 1 2 Cavna, Michael (November 20, 2018). "How 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' spoofs the Disney Princess industrial complex". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Film Independent Selects Six Fellows for 2017 Directing Lab". Film Independent. January 31, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  20. ↑ Levin, Joe (2019-06-11). "'Say Yes to the Scary': The Best Advice From 2019's Texas College Commencement Addresses". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
  21. ↑ "Netflix Drops 'The Art of Nimona' Featurette". Animation World Network. July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  22. ↑ "The 96th Academy Awards – 2024". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  23. ↑ "SXSW Film Festival Announces 2022 Jury and Special Awards". South by Southwest. March 15, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  24. ↑ "2022 Award Winners". Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  25. ↑ "2023 Film Independent Forum to Open with Justin Simien Keynote, LA Premiere of 'Frybread Face and Me' and Inaugural Changemaker Award". Film Independent. August 18, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Pamela Ribon (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  27. ↑ Gajweski, Ryan (2024-10-30). "'Emily the Strange' Animated Movie in the Works from Warner Bros., Bad Robot". HollywoodReporter. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  28. ↑ "Rick and Morty #32 - Oni Press". Oni Press. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  29. ↑ "Rick and Morty #11 – Oni Press". oni-press.myshopify.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-08.
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