Evert de Beijer
Evert de Beijer (1953, NL) studied graphic design and came in contact with animation via a project study. De Beijer only started getting really involved with animation during his third year at the State Academy fine Art Dortlinfenced by Joji Kuri's drawing style and encouraged by lecturer Jef Nassenstein, De Beijer made the animation film Gerard as his final exam project. Internationally, this was received very enthusiastically. His second film, The Characters (1986) was just as successful and has won various prestigious prizes. A commercial commission from the Nike sports brand came out of this. For his last film Car Craze (2003) he switched from analogue to digital technique which he taught himself, as an autodidact. He received a special jury mention for the futuristic Car Craze in Annecy and an AnyZone Award at the Holland Animation Film Festival 2004.
Andreas Hykade
Andreas Hykade (Germany, 1968) is the director of personal, moving films like We Lived in Grass (1995) and Ring of Fire (2000) which were sometimes also experienced as controversial. Recently his latest film The Runt had its première. He learned to draw in the bar, while his father was playing cards with friends. He studied at the Baden-Württemberg film academy. The coming-of-age We Lived in Grass tells the story of sexual development, seen through the eyes of a child. From the moment that Hykade went to work for Studio Film Bilder he steadily built on an astonishing oeuvre of commissioned films, including countless prize-winning commercials and video clips. The television series for children Tom from the Studio Film Bilder is also by him. In addition he teaches animation and gives workshops.
An ecological inspector gets stranded in a forgotten oil town, dominated by monstrous cars. Cars evolve into parasitic live forms, enchanting mankind and taking vital juices from the earth. De Beijer learned 2D and 3D computer graphics and sound design to create this eco-scifi short, which was awarded a Special Distinction at Annecy in 2003.
In 1979, Evert de Beijer made his graduation film. Gerard is a film about a dog that roams and rambles around, witnessing a few peculiar incidents concerning chairs.
The narcism of a young man in an exotic holiday country leads to blindness for the danger that's lying on the lurk for him.
De Beijer's first professional production, The Characters, was elected by the Dutch animated film community as the best Dutch animated film of the 20th century. It shows an amorous but jealous couple that is confronted with graphic symbols and letter-forms which have come to life.
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