Duane Capizzi is an American writer and television producer.[1] He is known for his extensive work in animated series for television, including the Emmy Award-winning 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 writer/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, (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, , and series development on the CG animated 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 for Harmony Gold. The series was never produced, but led to writing and story editing on .
From 2019 to 2021, Capizzi served as showrunner for the animated TV series adaptation of Carmen Sandiego.