Ars Agents

Sara Barbas

2011-03-08T18:26:00.000-08:00

Joven animadora y realizadora de nacionalidad portuguesa. Radica en el Reino Unido y desde hace tiempo es una de las animadoras que forman parte de la plantilla de Aardam, la prestigiosa productora británica dirigida por Nick Park. Realiza producciones propios en forma de cortometrajes, no deja de superarse formándose peramententemente y en la actualidad prepara un cortometraje en animación 2D que tiene un aspecto estupendo. Además, para suerte de profesionales y estudiantes comparte sus conocimients impartiendo workshops de distintas especialidades que componen la producción de animación 2D, 3D y Stop Motion.

Antonio Parrón

2011-03-08T16:56:00.000-08:00

Animador profesional especializado en animación 2D y 3D. Con experiencia en formación, su vida profesional principalmente se ha desarrollado en la producción de animación principalmente 2D ya fuera digital o tradicional. En su última étapa ha aplicado sus conocimientos a la animación 3D y ha realizado episodios completos de la serie de TV "Gloompers".

Gabriel Gonzalez

2011-03-08T14:27:00.001-08:00

Abi Feijó

2008-11-23T12:00:00.000-08:00

Abi Feijó was born in Braga, Portugal in 1956 and graduates from the Oporto School of Fine Arts. In 1984 he makes the short film Oh que Calma. Soon After, he founded Filmógrafo.

In 1993, he made Os Salteadores / The Outlaws, an animated short using drawings on paper won numerous international awards. It was followed by Fado Lusitano (1995), a sort of self-portrait of Portugal, his history, art and culture, using paper cut-out animation. In 2000, in co-production with RTP and the French Program's Animation / Youth Studio, he completed Clandestino / Stowaway, a sand animation.

At Filmógrafo, Feijó serves as producer and artistic advisor. He also gives workshops and training around the world. He is currently involved in establishing The Animation House, a cultural center devoted to the art of animation in Porto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS6CrwrFH4o&feature=related

Andrea Pierri

2008-11-23T10:00:00.000-08:00

Andrea Pierri was born in Turin, Italy, in 1968. He studied animation at the ADT in Milan, and he graduated in Film and Video Directing at the UCLA, University of California Los Angeles. He collaborated for reknown studios and production companies both in Italy and in the United States, such as Acme Filmworks, Klasky & Csupo, The Animation Band. Today Andrea Pierri is based in Italy where he runs a small advertising company, producing TV commercials, TV Programes and film documentaries. His works have been shown at the major international film festival and broadcasted on several TV channels worldwide.

Andrew Gordon

2008-11-23T09:00:00.000-08:00

He has been a character animator for over ten years, and his professional career begins in Warner Bros. classic animation. He became part of Pixar Animation Studios in 1997, where he worked in Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. He was the chief animator of the "Mike wazowski" character in Monsters S.A., and he's won the Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Movie award of the Society of Visual Effects for his contribution in the "speaking whale" sequence in Finding Nemo. Andrew shares his experience teaching animation at schools such as Van Arts in Vancouver, Canada.

Anne Laure To

2008-11-23T08:01:00.000-08:00

Anne Laure To, a Background, Matte Painting, 3d Animator and Visual Development artist from France. Former student from Les Gobelins, Paris and Folimage, Valence. Her professional experience, goes from 3D animation to Backgroud painting or Visual Development. Out of her last projects we can point out her collaborations with Core/Disney, Studios Macguff at Paris and Sparx in projects like "Pat & Satanley" de Macguff, or "Azur et Asmar" of Michel Ocelot.

Barbara Meyers

2008-11-23T08:00:00.000-08:00

Barbara is a north-american artist specialized mainly in direction and supervision of lightning in animation projects. In her curriculum there are several of the most important animation studios in the world as Dreamworks and Weta Digital Inc and movies like Ants, Shrek, Madagascar and Lord of the Rings.
Now-a-days she lives in Spain working in Ilion Animation Studios working on one of the most ambicious animation projects of Spain. The feature film “Planet 51”.

Bart Vandewege

2008-11-23T07:00:00.000-08:00

Belgium music composer for theater, ballet, soundtracks and for "The flemish Opera". Creates and composes very imaginatives soundscapes, using his own "street-sounds recordings" and inventing new instruments. 90% of Ars Animation Schools musical projects has been composed by him, including the soundtrack of all film festival vignettes ever made by the studio.

Carlos Martínez

2008-11-23T05:02:00.000-08:00

He is an artist completely devotes to animation, mostly in the 2D one, however he works in 3D animation too.
His experience like professor go back to 10 years ago, He has been graduated in traditional animation's specialty in Ars Animación, Film Animation School in Madrid.
He gave animation's speciality in the master of 3D animation realized by "Zinkia Enterntaniment" in colaboration with European University of Madrid. He realized a course with Richard Williams in Denmark and he has been associate professor in masterclasses realized in Madrid by great animators like Alan Barilllaro from "Pixar", Barbara Meyers from" Dreamworks" and Joanna Quinn from UK.

In his professional carrer he participated in different animation's productions, recently he has been working like animator in" Planet 51" movie and he has been animation supervisor in one of the most important Madrid animation's studio: "Sergio Pablo Animación" (famous ex animator of Disney Animation Studios).

"Carlos Martínez right now is one of the best animation teacher in Spain".

Irina Yebenes

2008-11-23T05:00:00.000-08:00

Spanish animator with an extensive experience in 3D animation, she has participated in some of biggest national and international animation's projects. Regardless of the production she spends much of her time teaching animation in various Spain and in Latin America universities and training center, her specialty is Lypsinc.

Irina Yebenes 2008 Animation Reel from irina yebenes on Vimeo.

James Nik Phelps

2008-11-23T04:00:00.000-08:00

As a curator presenting programs and workshops on the history of music for animation, on the art and ideas of soundtrack composition and on the process of creativity. As a musical director producing lively musical accompaniment to film in concert and to providing the proper ambience to functions of all kinds.As a composer creating and producing unique music/sound design for the moving image.

Jimmy Murakami

2008-11-23T03:00:00.000-08:00

Jimmy Murakami started his carrer in 1956 at the UPA Studios in Burbank, CA. Later on he did move to London where he got hired as Director and producer for TV Cartoons London. In 1965 comes back to California and stablished his own company, the Murakami Wolf Films. Later on, in 1984 he directs the feature film "When the wind blows", Annecy Grand Prix winner in 1987.

Nowadays, he lives in Dublin, Ireland where he is still directing and producing animated films and TV Shows and teaching animation.

Joanes Urkixo

2008-11-23T02:00:00.000-08:00

Joanes Urkixo is a script writer with a long experience within the spanish entertainment industry and specially related to the vasque country media. Along his carreer he has written scripts for many feature films and tv shows. Joanes also has special relationship with animation, media for which has developed many scripts. Besides his carrer as script writer, he has taken part in many literary events. As a matter of fact, he has founded some literary magazines and collaborate with many others. His works they go from narative to plays or poetry but always with a very special attention to ficcion for kids an youngsters.

Joanna Quinn

2008-11-23T01:00:00.000-08:00

Exceptional artist, animator and illustrator of British origin. She has been nominated for Oscar awards for two of her shorts. She is famous on the festivals around the world for her personal film productions like "Elles", "Brittania" or "El fabuloso Fred", as well as for her advertising work for "Whiskas" or "United Airlines". She is an excellent teacher and more than a year ago, we have the honor of having her collaboration and friendship, we hope to have it back shortly.

Jose Miguel Ribeiro

2008-11-23T00:58:00.000-08:00

Portuguese Animator born in Amadora, in 1966. Graduate in Escuela superior de Bellas Artes de Lisboa, The start his career as an illustrator in 1990 . He studied film animation Lazennec-Bretagne in Rennes, and in "El filmografo" at Oporto in 1993/94. He made several short films, most notably "El Huevo" or "El Banquete de la Reina". In 1999, did "The Suspicion," with which film received the award Carton d'Or 2000. In the recent past has done a TV series for children entitled "Las cosas de la Casa" as well as the short film "Abraço do vento."   At present, Jose Miguel makes a new film "O passeio de domingo".

Lawrence Marvit

2008-11-23T00:56:00.000-08:00

He is now-a-days an independent layout, background, and character design artist, as well as a comic drawer. His professional trajectory is marked by productions such as Bug's Life, Monsters S.A., Monkey bone, Raygun, Chicken and the Cow, and many others. He has worked at some of the most important animation companies such as Thrave, Cartoon Network, Pixar, Turner Feature Animation, Disney Television, Nickelodeon, etc... His contribution to the teaching of animation stands out for his permanent collaboration with Animwork in Denmark.

Les Mills

2008-11-23T00:54:00.000-08:00

Scriptwriter and producer at the British studio Beryl Productions International Ltd. Les Mills is the main character of this studio, having produced several of their projects as Joanna Quinns shorts and the publicity spots for Wiskas, United Airlines and Charmin.

Mario Cambi

2008-11-23T00:50:00.002-08:00

Italian director and screenwriter. He has directed several projects in 3D animation: the film "Leo's story", co-director in the film "Little bee and Mrs. Giulia Life", director of TV series, director and co-writer of TV program "Sfera", among many other projects. He has published the novel "Genesis beyond the light" and he has won several literary awards. He has been Teacher of screenplay, adaptation, narratology and linguistics at the NUCT Accademy of Rome.

Miguel Angel Fuertes

2008-11-23T00:50:00.000-08:00

Another major entertainers Spaniards. He worked at Industrial Light & Magic from 1994 to 2004, "Casper", "Dragonhearth," "Hulk," "The Phantom Menace" and "The Mummy Returns" among many more titles, endorsing his professional experience. Regardless, of course, their collaborations in video games, TV series, films and master classes, as done in collaboration with Richard Williams in Denmark.

Nicolai Troshinsky

2008-11-23T00:49:00.000-08:00

Born in Russia but grown up in Spain he studied illustration in Madrid. He has been working as a children´s books author and illustrator since 2006. His work as an comics artist and illustrator has been awarded with several prizes and has been selected for the Bologna Children´s Bookfair, and the Sarmede "L´Immagine della fantasia" exhibitions. In 2009 he finished his studies on animation film direction in the prestigious french school "La Poudríère". Since then he is teaching storytelling and cinematographic language in the Ars Animación school

Oscar De Santillana

2008-11-23T00:48:00.001-08:00

Professional animator currently engaged in animation training. Director and creator of "Ars Animación The Film Animation Animation Academy" that is a Spanish school, famous for organizing specialized courses given by some of the most prestigious professionals in the international animation industry. Permanent member of the Training for Trainers Media and EUROPEAN TRAINING NETWORK FOR ANIMATION SCHOOLS, groups formed by the 26 major animation schools in Europe. Also working with various International Animation Festival participating as jury, organizing conferences and workshops focused on the divulgation of animation's art.

Paco Rodriguez

2008-11-23T00:48:00.000-08:00

Paco Rodriguez is responsible for the other side of the animation, often forgotten, much not less important. He has already worked in all business areas of the animation field. Director of the International Sales department of Grupo Filmax, Executive Producer of Filmax Animations, Business Consulter for the area in many different places as PIPE, ICE, the Cámaras de comercio and the UE.
Nowadays, he is the Director of the Media Training & Consulting doing what he is the best at: instructing others about his know-how acquired during the last 20 years.
Paco Rodriguez also held several speeches and master classes in different events all over Europe and is an active member of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.

Patricia Hannaway

2008-11-23T00:46:00.000-08:00

Patricia grew up in Marblehead, Mass . And resides in both new York and California. Upon graduation, she went on the train at Walt Disney Feature Animation Intershipworking on the feature film Mulan. She also animated at Dreamworks SKG, Industrial Light and Magic, and Weta Digital under director, Peter Jackson. She was the senior animator for “Gollum” in The Lord of the rings: The Two Towers” and was instrumental developing his facial system and performance.

Patricia was a Visiting Professor of Art at Stanford University and taught at locals colleges. She is completing her animated short film entitled “The Storm” and preparing for the first gallery show of her drawings and paintings with Kathelen Avery Fine Art Gallery in San Francisco.

She is the featured artist in “American Artist Drawing Magazine” in San Francisco in February 2008

Raul Garcia

2008-11-23T00:44:00.000-08:00

Traditional animator who lives in Los Angeles who has worked with Disney Animation Studios and participated in the production of films such as "Aladdin," "The Lion King", "Hercules", "Tarzan" or "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." He has written several books on animation and distributes his time in courses and lectures by the world besides carrying out projects themselves. He was recently been honored with two awards for his work "The Tell Tale Heart" as best director and best short film in Spanish II Certamen Andaluz short films.

Regina Pessoa

2008-11-23T00:40:00.000-08:00

Born in Coimbra in 1969. Graduates at the Porto University of Fine Arts. In 1992 begins working in Filmógrafo with Abi Feijo, where she collaborates as an animator.

In 1999 animates and directs her first author film “A Noite” (The Night), engraving in plaster plates and won 9 awards.
2005 animates and directs her second short animation film “Tragic Story with Happy Ending”, whose project received 50 prizes around de world included 3 prizes in Annecy. the best european animation festival Actually she work in Canada in her new animation project.

Rodri Torres

2008-11-23T00:39:00.000-08:00

Professional animator specialized in 3D animation. Rodrigo has worked on many animation projects, among which he stands out for his participation as a senior animator in Spanish film "Planet 51". He is a professor specialist in acting and he has been main professor of 3D Animation School in "ARS Animación" school. Currently he's working in several studies of the British capital.

Ruben Garcia

2008-11-23T00:38:00.000-08:00

Traditional animator who has focused his skills mainly to vector animation, producing pieces of author and TV series. He has worked with many biggest animation studios in Spain and TV networks. During his time as a teacher he has taught in several of the most iconic animation schools in Spain.

Sandra Ramos

2008-11-23T00:36:00.000-08:00

Portuguese filmmaker and entertainer graduate of one of the most elite schools in France animated "The Poudrière." The specialty of this great artist is the realization of short films with some of the more sophisticated techniques and crafts. Sandra works at the moment with exceptional filmmaker Portuguese Jose Miguel Ribeiro, one of the award-winning artists in the latest edition of "CINANIMA 2004," our most valued festival.

Vuk Jevremovic

2008-11-23T00:34:00.000-08:00

According to the filing of the retrospective of his work at the Catalonian animation Film Festival, Animac; "His natural talent to the moving image of their work makes an audiovisual show where the narrative flows organically." A great German artist graduated in architecture at the University of Belgrade and in Fine Arts in Munich, known in animation festivals for his short films, including "Panther" has reached the Oscar nominations for the awards.