Meet the twenty international participants who will take part in the third edition of the workshop.
Meet the twenty international participants who will take part in the third edition of the workshop.
Claudia Ruiz
Oblivion
Claudia Ruiz
Oblivion
Oblivion
Project description
Year 1950. Benilde is captured by Angel, who claims to be her father, and takes her to live in the country with his wife and daughter. The family worries about the "forgotten state" of the young girl, but one day, an episode of abuse comes to light and Benilde finds a way to escape.
Bio
Born in northern Argentina, Ana Inés Flores is a director, animator and illustrator. Graduated in Plastic Arts at the National University of Tucumán, she extended her training to filmmaking at other Universities (IUAV in Italy, UNICAMP in Brazil and GNOMON in the United States) and specialized in the Master of Animation at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. After working three years in Brazil she returned to Tucumán and founded the animation studio Yunga, specialized in motion graphics, where she was animation director. She has worked for clients such as Cartoon Network, Adidas and TicTac. She is currently an animator at the videogame studio Digital Sun and combines it with her personal work as a multidisciplinary author.
Enric Sant
Lumen
Enric Sant
Lumen
Lumen
Project description
Lumen, a small luminous being, wakes up in an arid and hostile land, lost and unprotected, soon discovers several signs in nature that show him the way and help him to survive. One day, after seeing another group of beings like him in the distance, he decides to leave his familiar territory to investigate further.
Bio
Graduated in Fine Arts, Enric's artistic beginnings were in the world of urban art and graffiti, along with the group Mixed Media, who experimented with different techniques overcoming popular conventions. Later he began to dedicate himself to design and art direction in video games and founded his own studio in 2013, Omnidrone. Thanks to his more than 10 years of experience in the digital industry, he is currently dedicated to art direction and production design in animation. He collaborates with several animation studios and audiovisual production companies, such as Bliss and Dvein, among others, to carry out both advertising and film projects.
João Furia
40 Days without the sun
João Furia
40 Days without the sun
40 Days without the sun
Project description
Through the eyes of Laura, Claire and Lucas' 6-year-old daughter, we will follow this family's journey of grief when Claire suffers a miscarriage. It will be 40 days of darkness inside their home until Claire embraces life and death so they can move on.
Bio
He studied at the Brazilian Naval School but left the military career to become a visual artist. In 2003 he began his career as an illustrator working for magazines, books and advertising. In 2015, with the birth of his daughter, he decides to change his professional direction. He works alongside companies with storytelling and visual thinking for human development and strategic planning. In 2018, she focuses her services on storyboards and concept art for film, animation and games. In 2021, he becomes a concept artist for virtual reality video games at ARVORE, an Emmy-winning studio.
Marcos Sánchez Lastra
Adalion: Land Of Maokis
Marcos Sánchez Lastra
Adalion: Land Of Maokis
Adalion: Land Of Maokis
Project description
A twelve-year-old boy appears in a mysterious world inhabited by powerful beings called Maokis. They will help him escape from a dangerous monster that tries to hunt him. To be safe, he must find the only city in this world where humans congregate: Atlan. There he will find a new home.
Bio
Head of the drawing department of the ESDIP school. He has several publications of manga drawing, specifically in the magazine Shonen GOLD with the work Mechanical, and works as an illustrator of the book "Adálion: Tierra de maokis", awarded at the International Latino Book Awards. He is about to publish his book "El valor del Trono", with the label "Héroes de papel", a graphic and philosophical review of the work "Akira". Head of the drawing department in character and concept design for the Oscar-nominated "Klaus" and the Goya-winning "Blue and Malone".
David Mingorance Puga
Amplitune
David Mingorance Puga
Amplitune
Amplitune
Project description
Augmented Reality music platform. It is a new way to experience music and expand the artist's universe, taking video clips to the next level. The user will be able to interact with the 3D elements he/she will see around him/her, while listening to the music.
Bio
Designer, artist and creative. He defines himself as an "early adopter" and experimenter, being an identifying factor in his work, the combination of art + technology. Throughout his career, he has worked in different aspects related to creativity and art direction, including design and editorial direction, audiovisual creation, extended reality, product design and art direction.
Christian Garnez
Animal Drone League
Christian Garnez
Animal Drone League
Animal Drone League
Project description
Kiara's life is shaken when she discovers that her pet "Gano" has a degenerative disease. Roma, Kiara's gifted friend is a "geek" of the Animal Drone League and proposes her to participate in order to win the prize money and buy a bionic body for Gano. But first they will have to form a team, train and win the local tournaments.
Bio
Since he was very young he spends his afternoons drawing comics and writing stories in his free time. After specializing in Audiovisual Production, he spent 10 years working in different audiovisual production companies, television and advertising agencies while writing and directing several live action short films. In 2014 he specialized as a Previs & Layout Artist, working on a dozen animated productions such as "Wonder Park", "Pocoyo" or "Moomios". In 2021 he takes the leap to animation direction, co-directing the second season of the series "Momonsters" for ClanTV, combining it with the creation of various projects of series, animated and live action feature films, stories and comics.
Inés Vecilla Fernández
Looking for Ana
Inés Vecilla Fernández
Looking for Ana
Looking for Ana
Project description
The emotional development of a girl through play and imagination during three different stages of her life. In each of them and, through a character that symbolizes it, shows the essential part of her personality as well as her behavior.
Bio
4th year student of Animation Degree at the European University of Madrid. Previously she did a Higher Degree in Illustration and Graphic Arts getting an Erasmus scholarship to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Macerata. He is currently doing animation internships in two different companies: in OTRI, where he animates a digital 3D character and in Polo digital, in the creation of a VR videogame focused on learning disorders.
Paula J. Bueno and Sonia Sanchez
Cherry Tree House
Paula J. Bueno and Sonia Sanchez
Cherry Tree House
Cherry Tree House
Project description
After an altercation three brothers are transported, without knowing how, to the Victorian era in a place that will be familiar to them, but at the same time is very different. Their only motivation is to discover how to return home. Their journey will be surrounded by magic and charismatic characters.
Bio
Graduated in Fine Arts from the faculty of Cuenca, after dedicating a few years to illustration she decided to specialize in concept art, studying a master's degree at Lightbox Academy. During that time she participated in the making of the Goya winning short film "Madrid 2120" doing character and props design work. He is currently finishing his storyboard studies at ESDIP school and working with Sonia Sanchez at Meiga Studio.
Rafael Carmona González
Cretaceous 96
Rafael Carmona González
Cretaceous 96
Cretaceous 96
Project description
The summer of '96 has not started very well for Dani Saurez. He didn't get good grades, the city is starting to empty out and he has to go to the summer academy. But, well, it's not the end of the world, is it? What adventures await Dani and his friends during the summer in the city?
Bio
He began his career 17 years ago collaborating in the development of 3D animated TV series such as "Pocoyo" or "Jelly Jamm". Later, as a freelance 3D generalist, he has participated in projects for advertising, motion graphics, video clips, comics, video games, museography and layout for VFX and animation productions with studios, production companies and agencies such as Zinkia, User T38, Serial Cut and Twin Pines, among others. He currently combines his freelance career with teaching, collaborating with Domestika as an online teacher and with other schools as a trainer.
Lorenzo Degl ́Innocenti and Xosé Zapata
Draw-Tables
Lorenzo Degl ́Innocenti and Xosé Zapata
Draw-Tables
Draw-Tables
Project description
What relationship does a Spanish chess player have with the most famous world champion in the history of chess, the dictatorship of General Franco and the silent strike of the Asturian miners with racial repression in the United States and Malcolm X, the Cuban missile crisis and a chess game played in Stockholm in 1962?
Bio
Lead animator at Parrocha Studios Animation, lead animator for the upcoming series "Alice's Diary". Previously he was 2D Cut-Out animator at Birdland Animation for projects such as "Didou construis-moi" and 2D Cut-Out animator at Mighty Studio for the fifth season of "Rick and Morty".
José Antonio Cerro
Hades, The Underworld
José Antonio Cerro
Hades, The Underworld
Hades, The Underworld
Project description
In a large European metropolis, in a dystopian society, in the near future. The MOLES live off what they find in the sewers of the city as scrap metal dealers. TOMI, a shy and lonely teenage mole, embarks with FERMIN, his authoritarian and overprotective father, on a subway quest to find legendary loot from a bank robbery.
Bio
Senior animator and storyboard artist with nearly 30 years of experience in both feature films and series. Among all the titles where he has worked are the feature films "Los tres Reyes Magos", "Gisaku", "El ilusionista", and the series "Emmy y Gooroo" for Tomavision, "Mint" for Cartoon Saloon, "Cleo y Cuquín" for Anima Kitchent, and "Nella the Princess Knight" for Brown Bag Films, among other titles. In addition, from 2008 to 2014 he was the coordinator of the animation specialty at ECAM, Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid.
Belinda Bonan
Marla & the guardians of the time
Belinda Bonan
Marla & the guardians of the time
Marla & the guardians of the time
Project description
Marla Jones, a fearless 10-year-old girl, is chosen by the Guardians of Time to restore the space-time paradox, which the evil tycoon Fox has damaged in his quest for the Elixir of Youth.
Bio
Screenwriter, director and producer, specializing in animated films. She has a degree in Economics and Audiovisual Communication and a diploma in Advanced Character Animation Studies from Animation Mentor School. Since 2011, she has worked as a 3D animator in several TV series, such as "Desafío Champions Sendokai", and has also taught 3D animation in two schools in Barcelona. In 2015, she joins Most Wanted Studio, where she directs and produces her first works: "Back in Fashion", "Me, a Monster?" and "Codi Ictus".
David Tomaselli & José M. Villena
Onion & Pea
David Tomaselli & José M. Villena
Onion & Pea
Onion & Pea
Project description
Leo is a ten-year-old boy who leads an almost normal life in the village of Villanueva de Gilabert. He goes to school, he is in love with Sara, the most dedicated girl in class, and besides having his gang of friends he lives with an onion and a pea dressed as superheroes! Well, we already said that his life was "almost" normal.
Bio
With a degree in Economics, he has worked for more than ten years in the marketing and advertising department as art director in different companies. He is currently a freelance designer and illustrator, and is co-author and co-creator, along with David Tomaselli, of Onion & Pea. Since his childhood he has always wanted to be a comic book artist to be able to capture on paper all those crazy images and stories that come to his mind. In addition to drawing and painting, he is passionate about movies, music and martial arts. He is a member of the National Cartoonists Society.
Esther Ji
Osikran
Esther Ji
Osikran
Osikran
Project description
Osikran, a rich boy, ventures across the mysterious lake that separates the elite from the village but is swept away by the forces of the water and ends up meeting Ekko a girl with unfavorable conditions. He discovers that if he does not return soon the village will suffer a terrible confrontation with the elite.
Bio
Student of 3rd year of Audiovisual Design at BAU, University Center of Arts and Design of Barcelona. Her interest in creating new imaginaries began when she was a child, both for the mini-stories she wrote and for the illustrations and characters she transferred to paper. She has found in audiovisual design a tool to communicate this imagination and at the same time entertain with her own vision and voice.
Javier Bernardino Alonso
Plock
Javier Bernardino Alonso
Plock
Plock
Project description
Animated series about the adventures of Plock, a 12 year old boy who will travel through a world of floating islands. On each island he will have to solve a crazy situation, all this with a lot of humor and friends.
Bio
He has been working since 2005 in the animation and video game industry. He is currently art director in the animation series Superzoo from Sunnysideup Studio with millions of followers on Youtube. Previously he has worked in several videogame companies such as Social Point doing animation and character design on "Dragon City" and "Monster Legends" and in Crema Games as art director on the videogames "Oh My Goat" and "Ridiculous Triathlon".
Shaool Levy and Daniel Sweed
The Elephant I Found Under My Skin
Shaool Levy and Daniel Sweed
The Elephant I Found Under My Skin
The Elephant I Found Under My Skin
Project description
At the age of 25, Gali, for the first time in her life, faces the possibility of contracting cancer, which leads her on a journey of self-awareness and communication with her own body. During this journey, Gali revisits her life experiences and rediscovers her expectations, while at the same time becoming concerned about the difficulties her body presents.
Bio
Animation director and independent content creator. Graduated in Animation. His graduation film has been screened at the Tel Aviv Museum of Arts, and has been sold to "Cellcom TV", an Israeli screening company. He met Daniel Sweed, and together they partnered to create "The Elephant I Found Under My Skin" to promote breast cancer awareness in an art film.
Valentin Urziceanu
The Iron Dragon
Valentin Urziceanu
The Iron Dragon
The Iron Dragon
Project description
A crew of fishermen sets out on a brief, routine expedition. The captain of the boat is convinced that he is going to catch the biggest flying fish. Our heroes are lucky: they manage to catch a giant fish. But the fight also attracted the biggest water worm. Not wanting to give up his prey, the captain fights the worm. Unsuccessfully. The ship is destroyed, but suddenly the crew is rescued by an iron dragon, a creature hitherto considered legendary.
Bio
He got to know the world of animated films in 1992, when he started working as a 2D animator. He had the opportunity to work on titles such as "Tiny Toon Adventures - Toonenstein: Dare to Scare", the TV series "Old Tom" or "Pablo the Little Red Fox". From 2000, he kept up with technology and entered the field of 3D art and animated short films as a director. As a 3D animator, he worked on projects such as "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey", "Hyper Scape" and "Star Wars: Hunters". As a director, he debuted in 2004 with "Dream Forest", an experimental film in which he learned 3D techniques.
Noelia Mª Muíño González
Journey To The Forgotten Forest
Noelia Mª Muíño González
Journey To The Forgotten Forest
Journey To The Forgotten Forest
Project description
Paula is a girl who lives in a village in Galicia in the 90's with her brother Pablo, who has Down Syndrome. One day, a strange old man named Tubolcaín gives her an amulet that transports her to the Forgotten Forest, a place inhabited by magical creatures. Paula will help save its inhabitants from their imminent disappearance, while finding the opportunity to rediscover her relationship with her brother.
Bio
Writer, director, director of photography and producer of several short films with numerous selections and awards at festivals. She studied a Masters in 3D Animation at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) and later completed a Masters in Film Directing at New York University (NYU) after receiving the prestigious La Caixa scholarship. She worked as Layout Artist in companies such as Dneg VFX (Venom, Fast&Furious, Death on the Nile) Trixter (Tabaluga) and Lightbox (Tadeo Jones 2). Currently, Noelia works as a Layout Artist for Skydance Animation, regularly edits videos for The New York Times and has just co-directed her first TV movie for TVG.
Victor Monigote
Wan
Victor Monigote
Wan
Wan
Project description
After a frantic chase, three prehistoric hominids confront an old man and his hyena dog. We will feel their fear of dying at the hands of the enemy, their helplessness when facing a cave bear, the pain for the loss of a loved one and the anguish of seeing their end near, with the surprise of an unexpected outcome.
Bio
Animation Director of "La Gallina Turuleca", together with Eduardo Gondell, awarded with the Goya Award for Best Animated Film 2021 and Platinum Award 2021 for Best Latin American Animated Film. He has also been in charge of Art Direction, Character Design and Storyboard Supervisor on numerous feature films and animated and live-action series. In 2015 he was nominated for a Goya Award as Best Art Director for "Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy El Cachondo".
These were the professionals who accompanied the workshop participants to get the most out of the tools.
Raúl Colomer
During the last few years he has been linked to Pinkman.tv studio as senior lighter and CG Supervisor with three projects completed, among them the Oscar winning "The Windshield Wiper", and the two Emmy winning "Jibaro", both directed by Alberto Mielgo. He has also been CG Technical Supervisor at In-Efecto, with the series project "Tara Duncan", where he was part of the studio's pipeline design team. He is currently the CTO of Hampa Studio, with more than ten projects in parallel in different states, focused on the development and implementation of proprietary and free software in workflows with "realtime" technology in 2D and 3D animation.
Raúl Colomer
Bio
During the last few years he has been linked to Pinkman.tv studio as senior lighter and CG Supervisor with three projects completed, among them the Oscar winning "The Windshield Wiper", and the two Emmy winning "Jibaro", both directed by Alberto Mielgo. He has also been CG Technical Supervisor at In-Efecto, with the series project "Tara Duncan", where he was part of the studio's pipeline design team. He is currently the CTO of Hampa Studio, with more than ten projects in parallel in different states, focused on the development and implementation of proprietary and free software in workflows with "realtime" technology in 2D and 3D animation.
Daniel Martín Peixe
A character animator with 12 years of experience at Disney ("Tangled", "Zootopia" and "Moana", the latter two Oscar winners), he currently works at Moon Studios as a cinematics animator. Daniel has worked in the animation industry as a traditional 2D and CGI animator in a variety of projects and locations around the world. Mentor of the professional online workshop Animsquad since 2017. Writer, director and creator of the virtual reality short film "The Remedy" (2019), created entirely with the virtual reality app "Quill".
Daniel Martín Peixe
Bio
A character animator with 12 years of experience at Disney ("Tangled", "Zootopia" and "Moana", the latter two Oscar winners), he currently works at Moon Studios as a cinematics animator. Daniel has worked in the animation industry as a traditional 2D and CGI animator in a variety of projects and locations around the world. Mentor of the professional online workshop Animsquad since 2017. Writer, director and creator of the virtual reality short film "The Remedy" (2019), created entirely with the virtual reality app "Quill".
Edu Martín
He started working in the field of computer graphics in the mid-90s. Throughout his career he has been part of a wide variety of projects, although he ended up specializing in lighting for animated feature films. He has worked in internationally renowned companies such as Animal Logic, Pixar or Skydance Animation.
Edu Martín
Bio
He started working in the field of computer graphics in the mid-90s. Throughout his career he has been part of a wide variety of projects, although he ended up specializing in lighting for animated feature films. He has worked in internationally renowned companies such as Animal Logic, Pixar or Skydance Animation.
Federico Moreno Breser
He studied filmmaking at the University of Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later specializing in animation doing 3D short courses at Image Campus and finally returning from Animation Mentor in 2009. In 2005 he founded Mcfly Studio, one of the leading animation studios in Buenos Aires working for a wide range of clients and projects during all these years such as Legendary Pictures, Disney, Fox, Netflix, Ubisoft, Unicef, Bradesco, Marvel, Boca Juniors, Ford, among others. In 2009 he founded Moushon! a monthly magazine specialized in animation that spread animation in Latin America. Federico is the creator and director of the award-winning animated series Tierra de Rufianes, and the co-director of El Paraíso, an Epic Mega grant winning animated feature film noir that will hit theaters in September 2022. Towards the end of 2021 he released REBELS in association with Facebook Oculus, a virtual reality narrative story that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2021. Federico is currently based in Montreal working for Reel Fx as VFX Supervisor in the new Virtual Production department where they have just launched on Netflix, Super Giant Robot Brothers, the first animated series created using virtual production under the direction of acclaimed director and Pixar veteran, Mark Andrews.
Federico Moreno Breser
Bio
He studied filmmaking at the University of Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later specializing in animation doing 3D short courses at Image Campus and finally returning from Animation Mentor in 2009. In 2005 he founded Mcfly Studio, one of the leading animation studios in Buenos Aires working for a wide range of clients and projects during all these years such as Legendary Pictures, Disney, Fox, Netflix, Ubisoft, Unicef, Bradesco, Marvel, Boca Juniors, Ford, among others. In 2009 he founded Moushon! a monthly magazine specialized in animation that spread animation in Latin America. Federico is the creator and director of the award-winning animated series Tierra de Rufianes, and the co-director of El Paraíso, an Epic Mega grant winning animated feature film noir that will hit theaters in September 2022. Towards the end of 2021 he released REBELS in association with Facebook Oculus, a virtual reality narrative story that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2021. Federico is currently based in Montreal working for Reel Fx as VFX Supervisor in the new Virtual Production department where they have just launched on Netflix, Super Giant Robot Brothers, the first animated series created using virtual production under the direction of acclaimed director and Pixar veteran, Mark Andrews.
An international jury of industry professionals selected the three winning projects.
Arnaud Miquel
Arnaud Miquel is Head of Professional Meetings and General Audience at CITIA and Coordinator of the XR program at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. After graduating, he worked as Head of Digital Business Development at the animation studio Millimages before being appointed Head of the Film and Digital Media Department at the French Embassy in Indonesia. Upon his return to Paris, Arnaud joined Google's marketing teams in charge of YouTube's B2B strategy. He moved to Annecy at the beginning of 2018.
Arnaud Miquel
Bio
Arnaud Miquel is Head of Professional Meetings and General Audience at CITIA and Coordinator of the XR program at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. After graduating, he worked as Head of Digital Business Development at the animation studio Millimages before being appointed Head of the Film and Digital Media Department at the French Embassy in Indonesia. Upon his return to Paris, Arnaud joined Google's marketing teams in charge of YouTube's B2B strategy. He moved to Annecy at the beginning of 2018.
Carmen Cordoba
A computer engineer with more than 8 years of experience in the ICT sector, in January 2012 she decided to take a big professional leap and dedicate herself to what she is truly passionate about: telling stories through animation. Her first animated short film "Roberto", of which she is screenwriter, director and producer, already has more than 140 national and international awards and more than 320 selections, including 8 festivals that qualify for the Oscars. She is currently directing and producing "Amarradas", a traditional animated short film supported by the ICAA and the Community of Madrid, which received the Movistar+ Award for best short film project at Weird Market 2021. This project was one of the participants in the first edition of NextLab. At the same time, he is directing the traditional animation feature film "Un mundo propio", currently in development and produced by Nico Matji from La fiesta P.C. The project has obtained the development aid of the Comunidad de Madrid in 2021 and has been selected for Cartoon Movie 2022 (Bordeaux). Carmen has been included in Variety's 10 On the Rise Cineastes From Spain list, published in March 2021.
Carmen Cordoba
Bio
A computer engineer with more than 8 years of experience in the ICT sector, in January 2012 she decided to take a big professional leap and dedicate herself to what she is truly passionate about: telling stories through animation. Her first animated short film "Roberto", of which she is screenwriter, director and producer, already has more than 140 national and international awards and more than 320 selections, including 8 festivals that qualify for the Oscars. She is currently directing and producing "Amarradas", a traditional animated short film supported by the ICAA and the Community of Madrid, which received the Movistar+ Award for best short film project at Weird Market 2021. This project was one of the participants in the first edition of NextLab. At the same time, he is directing the traditional animation feature film "Un mundo propio", currently in development and produced by Nico Matji from La fiesta P.C. The project has obtained the development aid of the Comunidad de Madrid in 2021 and has been selected for Cartoon Movie 2022 (Bordeaux). Carmen has been included in Variety's 10 On the Rise Cineastes From Spain list, published in March 2021.
Manuel Gonzalez
He holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Seville (Spain). Mainly, his career has been linked to the audiovisual world and digital and technological content. After creating different television formats for channels such as AXN, FOX, Canal Satélite Digital (Canal C:), Canal + or Telecinco, he started working in TVE for the program Miradas 2 dealing with contents about digital entertainment. Since 2006, he has directed the program Zoom Net (TVE), a weekly format that brings the world of technology, culture and digital art closer to the viewers. During all these years, he has had the opportunity to interview some of the most relevant figures of digital creation, technology and video games. In addition, he has carried out VR projects related to art and fashion.
Manuel Gonzalez
Bio
He holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Seville (Spain). Mainly, his career has been linked to the audiovisual world and digital and technological content. After creating different television formats for channels such as AXN, FOX, Canal Satélite Digital (Canal C:), Canal + or Telecinco, he started working in TVE for the program Miradas 2 dealing with contents about digital entertainment. Since 2006, he has directed the program Zoom Net (TVE), a weekly format that brings the world of technology, culture and digital art closer to the viewers. During all these years, he has had the opportunity to interview some of the most relevant figures of digital creation, technology and video games. In addition, he has carried out VR projects related to art and fashion.
Nick Ladd
Canadian VR artist and animator, founding member of the Virtual Animation community. He creates illustrative 3D art using Quill VR painting software and has worked with a variety of clients including Facebook, Nickelodeon, TEDtalks, Baobab ("Namoo", short film shortlisted for the Oscars 2022) and Studio Syro ("Tales from Soda Island", series made entirely in Quill). His work has helped pioneer the field of virtual reality art and storytelling and he shares his knowledge through his YouTube channel "Animbrush Academy".
Nick Ladd
Bio
Canadian VR artist and animator, founding member of the Virtual Animation community. He creates illustrative 3D art using Quill VR painting software and has worked with a variety of clients including Facebook, Nickelodeon, TEDtalks, Baobab ("Namoo", short film shortlisted for the Oscars 2022) and Studio Syro ("Tales from Soda Island", series made entirely in Quill). His work has helped pioneer the field of virtual reality art and storytelling and he shares his knowledge through his YouTube channel "Animbrush Academy".
Ursula Garcia
Director and Executive Producer of The Frank Barton Company. She has been doing 3D animation since she was 19 years old, when she coincided in 1991 almost by chance (she wanted to do a research project on virtual reality) with colleagues from the Complutense University of Madrid who were part of TIPO, a Computer Image Workshop whose members occupied with great enthusiasm a small room in the Faculty of Information Sciences. After a couple of short animation films in the faculty workshop, Pepe Jordana gave her her first job opportunity. She worked as a 3D operator until 1998, when she joined the Esfera team as a producer. After a 4-year adventure in the United States, where she worked as a professor in the New Media Department at the University of Hawaii, she returned to Spain to continue working as a Visual Effects Producer at El Ranchito. Some credits from this period were "Alatriste" with Viggo Mortensen, "The Ghosts of Goya", directed by Milos Forman, or "Che El Argentino" and "Guerrilla" by Steven Soderbergh, her last production in 2008 before founding The Frank Barton Company.
Ursula Garcia
Bio
Director and Executive Producer of The Frank Barton Company. She has been doing 3D animation since she was 19 years old, when she coincided in 1991 almost by chance (she wanted to do a research project on virtual reality) with colleagues from the Complutense University of Madrid who were part of TIPO, a Computer Image Workshop whose members occupied with great enthusiasm a small room in the Faculty of Information Sciences. After a couple of short animation films in the faculty workshop, Pepe Jordana gave her her first job opportunity. She worked as a 3D operator until 1998, when she joined the Esfera team as a producer. After a 4-year adventure in the United States, where she worked as a professor in the New Media Department at the University of Hawaii, she returned to Spain to continue working as a Visual Effects Producer at El Ranchito. Some credits from this period were "Alatriste" with Viggo Mortensen, "The Ghosts of Goya", directed by Milos Forman, or "Che El Argentino" and "Guerrilla" by Steven Soderbergh, her last production in 2008 before founding The Frank Barton Company.
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