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Last month I finished my job on ‘Hexe Lilli: Die Reise nach Mandolan’ a German feature produced at Trixter. Unfortunately I can’t show any of my work till it will be released. It was a fun working on the project. I learned a lot and made new friends who I would like to thank for the great time in Munich. ‘Hexe Lilli: Die Reise nach Mandolan’ is scedueld to hit the cinemas in January 2011.
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The Gruffalo was voted runner up for the Audience Award at this year’s Palm Springs International Short Film Festival.
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I still can’t believe it but ‘The Gruffalo’ has won the Award for best TV special at Annecy 2010. And Studio Soi’s second Short ‘Der Kleine und das Biest – The Little Boy and the Beast’ got the Cristal for best TV production … 2010 if definitely a good year for Soi.
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Last Wednesday Jakob (one of the Gruffalo Directors) took me to the PRIX JEUNESSE ceremony which was a lot of fun especially because Studio Soi was quite successful. “The Little Boy and the Beast” was awarded in the category “Up to 6, Fiction”, “The “Gruffalo” won both the Prix Jeunesse in the category “7 – 11 Fiction” and the “Prix Jeunesse of the Children’s Jury”.
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17th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
Last Sunday the Gruffalo won the first prize at the 17th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) in the category ‘Tricks for Kids’. Congrats to everyone who worked on it. Let’s hope for more 
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Play (QuickTime) · Play (Flash) · Download · iPhone
Finally it’s done … I just uploaded my latest reel that includes some of the work I did on the Gruffalo. Hope you like it
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CV & Shot Breakdown (password on request)
Shot Breakdown
| Shot | Project · Responsibilitie | Software |
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The Gruffalo (BBC One Christmas Special) (December, 2009) · Animation |
Maya |
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AnimationMentor Assignment 305: (July, 2007) · Animation |
Maya |
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AnimationMentor Assignment 411: (December, 2007) · Animation |
Maya |
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Merkaba: (February, 2006) – team Animation · Compositing |
Maya Shake |
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AnimationMentor Assignment 211: (June, 2007) · Animation |
Maya |
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AnimationMentor Graduation Film: (June, 2008) · Animation |
Maya |
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Play · Official Website · CG Society Thread
„Descendants“ is a short done by some friends of mine. I just helped them by animating some of the ‘deer like animal’ scenes. A few days ago it has been released on CG Society. – Synopsis: The two main characters are flowers (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg and Christy Scott Cashman) who grow on the edge of a clearing next to one another. One is old and jaded by a mysterious history – the other one still young, vivid and curious. Destiny has brought these two together and it seems as if they would exist without possibility for change, until one day a visitor to the clearing brings something unexpected to their lives.
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Film Awards Nominations
A few days ago the BAFTA nominations where announced and I’m really happy that the The Gruffalo is nominated for the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2010 in the category SHORT ANIMATION. Let’s hope for the best
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I just came back from a two and a half month trip. First two month in South America and ending in Austria snowboarding. During my journey the latest project I worked on got released as lead animator… THE GRUFFALO … and I have to say that I’m proud being part of the Gruffalo team. Alli, Max S., Max L., Jakob, Maciek, Thomas, Uwe & Ole, thanks for the great time in Berlin and of course all the other guys in Ludwigsburg. It was a pleasure working with you guys.
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I found some time to put a selection of sketchbook pages I drew during my way to work and back … nothing fancy but at least I make some progress and that’s the most important thing