BRIGHT IDEA: Watch “LUMINARIS” – animated short by Juan Pablo Zaramella
April 18, 2012 in Movies / Television, With Video
Buenos Aires‘ Juan Pablo Zaramella has been drawing since he was a child and, by the time that he was sixteen years old, he was already a working cartoonist. He studied to become an animation director at Instituto de Arte Cinematografico de Avellaneda and, after graduation, he began making his own films. This independent work, in turn, brought him enough recognition to result in getting advertising animation work and in directing commercials for high profile international clients. From the late 1990s to mid-2000s, Zaramella even held a position as an illustrator/graphist for the most widely distributed magazine in Argentina, Clarín, for which his work garnered several international awards from Society of News Design. Still, as new positions, responsibilities, and accolades continued to roll in, he has never ceased work on his own personal projects. In fact, Juan Pablo‘s film shorts have, arguably, become his greatest accomplishments, collectively yielding over 100 awards in their own right, worldwide. Among these achievements, Zaramella was selected for a 2008 Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase in Cannes and, in 2010, Annecy International Animation Festival presented a special program, showcasing all of his works. His most recent animated short, Luminaris, however, may be his most impressive yet. Read the rest of this entry →
