When Pixar veteran Jim Capobianco was working on features such as Ratatouille, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo, he spent his free hours developing a 2D hand-drawn short about one of his favorite artists, Leonardo da Vinci. That 2009 short became the launch pad for a much more ambitious, challenging and rewarding labor of love for the artist, who is best known for co-writing the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Brad Bird’s Ratatouille.

After more than a decade of development, fundraising and production, he will finally see the release of his feature The Inventor, which is based on a late chapter in the life of the Italian master.