Juan pablo zaramella biography of william

In this ongoing series, we profile the most interesting independent animation filmmakers working today — the artists who, through short films and other projects, change our ideas of what the medium can do.

This week’s subject is Argentinian animator Juan Pablo Zaramella, whose diverse body of stop-motion work includes what was at one point the most awarded short film in the world (see below) along with many other acclaimed tv and commissioned pieces.

In a sentence: These are technically adventurous works that use live action, drawings, clay, pixilation, paper puppets, human fingers, and all manner of other objects to tell often comic tales about characters haphazardly trying to navigate their way through a strange world.

Where to start:Luminaris (2011).

The 324 awards that Luminaris received set a world record for a short film in 2018, at least according to the folks at Guinness. (The record was broken earlier this year b