Ciro Nieli is a UK-born American animation director, producer, and character designer, who served as director on the first two seasons of Teen Titans. Outside of Teen Titans, he is best known as the showrunner of 2012's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as a co-developer of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and as the creator of Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce GO!.
The Cironielian Chrysalis Eater, who appeared in the episode "Transformation", is named after him.