Michael Dudok de Wit

Michael Dudok de Wit (nacido en 1953 en Abcoude) is a Dutch animador, director y illustrator basada en Londres. After his high school education in the Netherlands, Dudok de Wit attended the Geneva School of Fine Arts. En 1978, pp graduated from the West Surrey College of Art (now the University for the Creative Arts) with his first película The interview. After working for a year en Barcelona, pp settled en Londres, where he directs and animates award-winning commercials for television y cine. En 1992, pp created the short film Tom Barrido, followed by The Monk and the Fish (1994), which was made in France with the estudio Folimage. This película lo nominated for a Oscar and has won numerous prizes including a César Award for Best Short Film and the Cartoon d'or. Michael así que writes and illustrates children's picture books and teaches animación at tipo college, en Inglaterra y en el extranjero. His most well-known película Father and Daughter (2000) a won de Premio de la Academia, a los BAFTA Award, the Grand Prix atAnnecy, and dozens of other major awards. His most recent short film is The Aroma of Tea" (2006), drawn entirely with tea. All of his película since Tom Barrido característica Michael's trademark brush stroke drawing and his use of ink and watercolour, very much inspired by Chinese and Japanese art. His film: The Monk and the Fish and Father and Daughter were included in the Animation Show of Shows.