Category: Director

Director Biography – Juan Paulín (AN IDEA)

México 1984 Audiovisual Director with focus on animation and illustration, I have more than 8 years of experience in Film, Advertising and Art projects, I currently work as a freelance for different audiovisual projects. Director Statement This project was born from my own creative process and as one immerses in looking for answers when the… Continue reading Director Biography – Juan Paulín (AN IDEA)

Director Biography – Carlos Mejia, Kevin Barwick (SERPENDIPITY)

Carlos Mejia is a Colombian born CG artist, passionate about storytelling and cinematography, and is the Co-Director for Serpendipity. Through animation, he has found a fascinating creative medium that allows for the most outlandish and wondrous adventures to be created and shared with others. His goal is to create strong emotionally driven narratives for wide… Continue reading Director Biography – Carlos Mejia, Kevin Barwick (SERPENDIPITY)

Director Biography – Christina Hibner (UNIFIED THEORY)

Christina Hibner is a 2D animator based in Pleasantville, New York. She graduated from Manhattan College in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Physics and a minor in Graphic Art. Hibner graduated from School of Visual Arts in May 2019 from the MFA Computer Arts program with a concentration in Motion Graphics. Using her scientific… Continue reading Director Biography – Christina Hibner (UNIFIED THEORY)

Director Biography – Elizabeth Lewis (WATERS OF MARCH)

Born and raised in Montreal,she later moved to Toronto. Her training is in fine arts painting and drawing. Attending schools in Montreal, Paris France, Banff Alberta.Elizabeth got her start as an animator at the National Film Board of Canada where she animated and designed the poetry film based on A Kite is a Victim by… Continue reading Director Biography – Elizabeth Lewis (WATERS OF MARCH)

Director Biography – Chia-Hsin Lee (IN AN EMPTY WOOD)

Chia-Hsin Lee is an animation filmmaker currently studying in California Institute of the Arts. Director Statement In the summer of 2017, while I was being a volunteer art teacher in Taiwan, I met a fellow volunteer who shared the same belief with me as if we were twins. But instead of being close, we were… Continue reading Director Biography – Chia-Hsin Lee (IN AN EMPTY WOOD)

Director Biography – Ashley Gerst (THE SPIRIT SEAM)

Ashley Gerst is a 2D and 3D animator living in Brooklyn NY. She holds a BFA in Digital Arts from Cleveland Institute of Art and an MFA in Computer Art from School of Visual Arts. In addition to her professorial work at William Paterson, Ashley is a freelance animator working for a variety of production… Continue reading Director Biography – Ashley Gerst (THE SPIRIT SEAM)

Director Biography – Suraya Raja (DON’T THINK OF A PINK ELEPHANT)

Suraya Raja is an animator and director, and a graduate of the National Film and Television School, where she completed an MA in Animation Direction. Her films tell stories of the absurdity of human behaviour, the internal and the tragicomic, influenced by her previous work in psychology and social issues, and also by her day-to-day… Continue reading Director Biography – Suraya Raja (DON’T THINK OF A PINK ELEPHANT)

Director Biography – Arna Selznick (THE MOST MAGNIFICENT THING)

Arna Selznick is an award-winning director and story artist. As a pioneering female director of animated feature films such as The Care Bears Movie in 1984, Arna inspires and entertains families with her imaginative storytelling. Arna’s director credits include: The Care Bears Movie, Little Bear (season 2), and Back to School with Franklin. In addition,… Continue reading Director Biography – Arna Selznick (THE MOST MAGNIFICENT THING)

Director Biography – Barbara Peikert (MI DI WORM)

Baraba-pe was born and raised in Switzerland. Since 2009 she has been working as a self-producer, filmmaker, photographer and sound artist in the art Atelier a./f. As the founder of the theory of Astrazione-fiction, she has been contributing to the development of abstract fictional art since 2005. The fields of interest of the experimental and… Continue reading Director Biography – Barbara Peikert (MI DI WORM)

Director Biography – Brandon Swofford (HAPPY THE ANGRY POLAR BEAR)

Brandon is an Animator, Filmmaker, and Actor in Los Angeles, California and has been furiously drawing ever since he was a fetus. Don’t worry, his mother is fine. When he is not drawing away, he is usually performing, watching movies, hiking, exploring the zoo or making videos for his Youtube channel where he serves an… Continue reading Director Biography – Brandon Swofford (HAPPY THE ANGRY POLAR BEAR)