Muy buenas y gracias por tu visita – Welcome and thanks for stopping by
About
I specialise in 2D animation and film direction with strong storytelling and editing skills. I am also a musician experienced in sound recording and sound design. I am looking for projects with an interesting background that focus on creative storytelling. I would also be thrilled to work with musicians to help them add a visual dimension to their songs.
Utilizando la animación 2D, realizo desde las ideas iniciales y el story-board, pasando por el diseño y la animación hasta completarlas con la edición y el sonido con el fin de contar una historia. Mis trabajos hasta ahora han sido en colaboración con científicos haciendo videos divulgativos, con asociaciones de protección del medioambiente realizando historias para la educación, y con músicos para crear un mundo visual y una historia paralela que acompaña sus canciones en los videoclips.
Education
BDes (Hons) Animation, DJCAD, University of Dundee 2014 – 2017
HNC Music, Benbecula, University of the Highlands and Islands 2013 – 2014
Awards and Nominations
(Personal work)
FilmG – Glasgow, 2014 – Scottish Gaelic Film Competition – Award for Best Student Film “Gàidhlig mo rùn”
FilmG – Glasgow, 2015 – Nomination for Best Animation “Gentle Romance”
FilmG – Glasgow, 2016 – Nomination for Best Animation “Faca t’un Coileach”
Ironstar Film Festival – Dundee, 2017 – Award for Highly Recommended Animation “Swam inside your eyes”
COINS Film Festival – Sri Lanka, 2017 – Official Selection “Swam inside your eyes”
Lift-off Global Network Film Festival – Tokyo, 2018 – Official Selection “Swam inside your eyes
St. Andrews Film Festival – St. Andrews, 2018 – Award for Best Editing “Swam inside your eyes”
Reading Film Festival – Pennsylvania, USA, 2018 – Official selection “Swam inside your eyes”
Caribbean Sea International Film Festival – Island Margarita, Venezuela, 2019 – Award for best music video “Swam inside your eyes”
Ecozine International Film Festival – Zaragoza, Spain, 2019 – Official selection of “Waders’ Lullaby”
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival – Llanelli, Wales, 2019, Official selection of “Waders’ Lullaby”
Ironstar Summer Shorts Festival – Dundee 2019 – Award for best UK Animation “Waders’ lullaby”
Coinstantin’s Gold Coin Film Festival – Serbia 2019 – Finalist “Waders’ lullaby”
Good Natured: a Conservation Optimism Short Film Festival – Oxford, UK 2019 – Selection of “Waders’ lullaby”
The John Byrne awards annual short list – “For demonstrating a deep and informed understanding of the forces shaping our world” – Official selection of Waders’ lullaby. Edinburgh, UK 2020
(Collaborative work)
Dingle Animation Film Festival – Ireland, 2016 – Composed and performed, with Neill Calder playing accordion, the music for the animated film Buoy that was nominated for Best Soundtrack award. “Buoy” directed by Olly Blake
Musician
Links and media
June 2020
Drawing trees…
https://www.instagram.com/fi_mcandrew/
February 2018
Here is an invitation to check out a wee animation I made for Project Godwit and learn about what they are doing to protect black tail godwits in the UK.
July 2017
If you are in Edinburgh from the 27 July until the 28 October head out to the Botanic Gardens and see some of my prints which are part of the Shoreline exhibition. I recommend checking out what the people involved in the Shoreline Project are working towards as well.
http://edinburghshoreline.org.uk/
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