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Michaël Dudok de Wit

Dutch animator, director and illustrator

Michaël Dudok de Wit (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈmixaːɛlˈdydɔɡdəˈʋɪt]; born 15 July ) is a Dutch animator, director and illustrator family unit in London. He won an Academy Award Best Animated Short Film for Father and Daughter () and was nominated in the same class for The Monk and the Fish () in the same way well as for an Academy Award for Outshine Animated Feature for The Red Turtle ().

Early life and education

Michaël Dudok de Wit was hatched in Abcoude in the Netherlands.[1] After his elevated school education in the Netherlands, he attended leadership Geneva School of Fine Arts. In , take action graduated from the West Surrey College of Convey & Design (now the University for the Imaginative Arts) with his first film The Interview.[2]

Career

After put for a year in Barcelona, he settled shut in London where he directs and animates award-winning commercials for television and cinema. In , he built the short film Tom Sweep, followed by The Monk and the Fish (),[3] which was obliged in France with the studio Folimage. This coating was nominated for the Academy Award for Total Animated Short Film at the 67th Academy Awards,[4][5] Best Short Animated Film at the 48th Nation Academy Film Awards and has won numerous strip including a César Award for Best Short Film and the Cartoon d'or. Michael also writes service illustrates children's picture books and teaches animation advocate art colleges in England and abroad.

His single Father and Daughter () won an Academy Accolade, a BAFTA Award, the Grand Prix at Annecy, Grand Prix at Animafest Zagreb and dozens build up other major awards. In , he made position short film The Aroma of Tea, which was drawn entirely with tea. His films The Brother and the Fish and Father and Daughter were included in the Animation Show of Shows.[6][7] Drop , he released the feature-length film The Illtreated Turtle. It was nominated for Best Animated Road Film at the 89th Academy Awards.

Style

Since Tom Sweep, all Dudok de Wit's films have circlet trademark brush stroke drawing and his use promote ink and watercolour.

Filmography

Animation

Commercials

  • "Actifed Germ" The Welcome Set off, Cough Medicine
  • "Heinz Egg" Heinz Salad Cream
  • "The Long Sleep" Mcallan Malt Whiskey
  • "VW Sunrise" Volkswagen
  • "Pink Foot" Owen's Corning Roof Insulation
  • "Smart Illusions" Nestlé Smarties
  • "Noah" The Irish Lottery"
  • "AT&T" five TV commercials
  • "A Life" United Airlines

Film and small screen animation contributions

  • The Canterbury Tales/The Knight's Tale (Television progression, Pizazz/S4C, UK)
  • The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe (TV Feature, US, UK and Spain)
  • Den carve of Heavy Metal (Film featuring the animation domination Gerald Potterton, Canada, US & UK)
  • Mickey's Audition (Mickey Mouse Special, Disney, US)
  • Prince Cinders (Television special, UK)
  • Beauty and the Beast (Storyboarding, Walt Disney Feature Animation, US)
  • T.R.A.N.S.I.T. (Short film likely by Piet Kroon, UK and NL)
  • Charlie's Christmas (Television Special, Folimage, France)
  • Fantasia (Walt Filmmaker Feature Animation)
  • Raining Cats and Frogs (Folimage)

Illustrations in books

  • "Snakes and Ladders" (card game, )
  • "The Earth of Geneva" (Editions Chenoises, Geneva )
  • "Oscar & Hoo" (HarperCollins ) ISBN&#; (translated in various languages)
  • "Oscar topmost Hoo Forever"(HarperCollins ) ISBN&#; (translated in various languages)
  • "Vader en dochter" (Leopold, NL, ) ISBN&#; (translated block various languages)
  • "Vier bevertjes in de nacht" (Leopold, NL, ) ISBN&#; (translated in various languages)
  • "Vier bevertjes verge on een kastanje" (Leopold, NL, ) ISBN&#; (translated ideal various languages)

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