Daniel Sousa
Daniel Sousa (* 1974 in Cape Verde ) is a Portuguese animator .
Life
Sousa was born in Cape Verde, but grew up in Portugal not far from Lisbon . He moved to the United States with his family in 1986. Here he studied animation and painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and then worked in advertising in Boston for six years. He settled in Providence in 2001 .
Sousa was a founding member of the Handcranked Film Project, which is dedicated to the production of independent films. Sousa's first major success was the short animation film Fable in 2006 , which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and the Hiroshima Kokusai Animation Festival and was nominated for the Cristal d'Annecy at the Festival d'Animation Annecy in 2006 . For his short animation film Feral (2012), he and Dan Golden received an Oscar nomination in 2014 in the category Best Animated Short Film . Sousa is an animation professor and has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design since 2001; has also taught at Harvard University and Wheaton College .
Filmography (selection)
- 2000: Minotaur
- 2006: Fable
- 2007: The Windmill
- 2009: drift
- 2012: Feral
Awards (selection)
- 2006: Nomination Cristal d'Annecy , Festival d'Animation Annecy , for Fable
- 2013: Nomination Cristal d'Annecy, Festival d'Animation Annecy, for Feral
- 2013: Junior Jury Award, Festival d'Animation Annecy, for Feral
- 2013: FIPRESCI Prize (Special Mention), Festival d'Animation Annecy, for Feral
- 2013: Nomination for the jury award (best short film), Sundance Film Festival , for Feral
- 2014: Oscar nomination, Best Animated Short , for Feral
Web links
- Daniel Sousa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Daniel Sousa's website
- Interview with Daniel Sousa on claralieu.wordpress.com, November 1, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Curta-metragem do realizador português Daniel Sousa nomeada para os Óscares , ionline.pt, January 16, 2014.
- ↑ Short film by Cape Verdean director shortlisted for Oscars ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , asemana.publ.cv, November 11, 2013.
- ↑ See Daniel Sousa on 2006.poff.ee
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sousa, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cape Verde |