Category: director

Director Biography – Txemi Pejenaute (TAKE IT)

Bachelor of cinema at the University of Navarra. He has worked as an assistant director in film, television and theater in Spain. He has recently written and directed his first play “Desde el cerco (Dance of Death)”. In 2019 he also has directed his first short film “Take it” and the art installation “Look” during… Continue reading Director Biography – Txemi Pejenaute (TAKE IT)

Director Biography – Sunny Wai Yan Chan (GODSPEED)

Sunny is born and raised in Hong Kong. After finishing his bachelor’s degree in Surveying at The University of Hong Kong, he decided to pursue his dream in animation. He is currently an animation student based in the United States, studying Master of Fine Arts in Animation at Savannah College of Art and Design, focusing… Continue reading Director Biography – Sunny Wai Yan Chan (GODSPEED)

Director Biography – Gray Hodgkinson (COLOUR ME FREE)

Gray Hodgkinson is an animator and associate professor of animation and game design at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Gray has been developing animation education for 20 years, and has been instrumental in creating links between tertiary institutes and industry in New Zealand and internationally. Gray has presented papers and workshops on animation research and pedagogy… Continue reading Director Biography – Gray Hodgkinson (COLOUR ME FREE)

Director Biography – Lisbet Byler, Grace Wagner (AFRAID)

First-time directors, Lisbet Byler and Grace Wagner, reside in Lancaster, PA where they work for MAKE films, a film company producing commercial and original content. At MAKE, Grace works as Coordinating Producer and Lisbet as Studio & Marketing Manager. The two bonded over their shared love of true crime podcasts and dogs (dachshunds in particular).… Continue reading Director Biography – Lisbet Byler, Grace Wagner (AFRAID)

Director Biography – Sofia Streisand (ONE TWICE A DAY)

Sofia’s career path and her background provide a unique segue into the film business. She was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and started working in theatre at the age of 14. She has worked virtually every backstage job. Her career developed quickly and by age 25, she had already produced and directed a number of… Continue reading Director Biography – Sofia Streisand (ONE TWICE A DAY)

Director Biography – Erin Collins (THUNDERBIRD)

Born and raised in Fort William FN Ontario, Erin Collins began working with Wapikoni in May 2017, in order to further explore film from an Indigenous perspective. Having recently graduated from the film production program at Confederation College, Erin is passionate about filmmaking and hopes to pursue a career in postproduction.

Director BIO – Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi (LOUD AND PROUD)

Director Statement I’m 24, a post-graduate filmmaker, amateur rapper and crisp-crunching enthusiast. Recently I saw an advert for gendered crisps for women that don’t crunch – because women apparently “don’t like crunching in public”. I disagree, I love crunching crisps. I wanna be unapologetic about it. I’m gonna be LOUD AND PROUD. So I decided… Continue reading Director BIO – Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi (LOUD AND PROUD)

Director Biography – Matthew D. Gilpin (THE DOCKS)

Matthew D Gilpin is a Writer, Director, and Actor based in Bristol, UK. After graduating from The University of Westminster’s Film and Television program, specialising in Editing and Sound, he began to direct his own short films. Director Statement I like to focus on shorter, more finely crafted pieces, rather than longer ones. I’d rather… Continue reading Director Biography – Matthew D. Gilpin (THE DOCKS)

Director Biography – Riccardo Oggioni (CRUEL WINTER)

Riccardo Oggioni was born in Monza (Italy) in 1958. He is a doctor and began taking nature photos about forty-five years ago. He is specializes in Macro photography but also some pictures of birds, mammals and landscapes. His photographs are today mainly managed by Alamy agency and his videos by agency Pond5. In 2001 he… Continue reading Director Biography – Riccardo Oggioni (CRUEL WINTER)

Director Biography – Michael Pizzano (SAY NO TO DRIFT WALKING)

A native New Yorker, Michael has been obsessed with movies since birth. The son of an architect and structural engineer, he threw a major curveball at them when he decided to pursue filmmaking as a career. His work has been screened at various film festivals across the country, most notably Workplace Woes: Scavengers Among Us,… Continue reading Director Biography – Michael Pizzano (SAY NO TO DRIFT WALKING)