Harry Flosser

Harry Flosser (actually Andre Baschmakov, Russian Андре Башмаков ; born February 1, 1967 in Ulyanovsk ) is a German animator, designer and illustrator of Russian descent. He mainly works in flash animation and stop motion technology .

Life

Born in Ulyanovsk (Simbirsk) in 1967, he began to pursue his artistic path at an early age: at the age of 6, he was accepted into the studio of the famous painter Lev Netsvetajev (Russian Лев Нецветаев), attended a children's art school and took part in various exhibitions . In 1986 he received a diploma as a drawing teacher. 1986–1988 he did military service in the Soviet Army, where he a. a. Graphic artist and illustrator the art of agitation. In 1992 he completed further training as an animator at the state television in Moscow with Fyodor Chitruk . In 1998 he graduated as a desktop publisher from the Wildner Akademie, Munich, where he was taken on as a lecturer for Flash animation and multimedia design after completing his diploma thesis.

He worked as a technical draftsman at the municipal architecture office in Uljanovsk and as a freelance animator on various animation projects from Moscow to Bielsko-Biała . Since 1994 he has lived in Germany as a freelance animator, illustrator and web designer. 1994–95 in Bad Sulza and Apolda, district of Weimarer Land (Free State of Thuringia), he was naturalized and worked there as a freelance graphic artist and painter and took part in various exhibitions (Kromsdorf Castle, Bad Sulza Town Hall). 1996–1997 collaboration for Curt Linda on his animation project Die kleine Zauberflöte . Since 2000 he has been creating animated films and music videos in his animation studio Harry Flosser Studios . In 2006 there was a cooperation with the Munich illustrator Bernd Wiedemann , which brought it to the exhibitions of the Munich illustrators Illustrat-o-rama , as well as animation evenings with his colleague Alla Churikova . Collaboration with the writer and essayist Stefan Lindl since 2008 has led to numerous series of images and animations on the subject of wine and philosophy, such as B. Would be thirsty . During this time, the topic of wine became one of the most important, not least because of the influence of Jörg Linke . Since 2009 he has been leading various workshops and events on the subject of animation, supporting his wife Swetlana Baschmakov in her children's art studio Lichtrad in Munich. Twice a year (since 2008) he draws live cartoon portraits of the talk guests on the TV talk show Hilton Talk in Munich.

Filmography, bibliography (selection)

• 1997 Die kleine Zauberflöte , directed by Curt Linda.
• 1998 A case for Theo and Berti - A CD-ROM infotainment project about the flu virus. (Together with Stefan Schulze and Benjamin Schulteß).
• 2001: I don't like - music video for the Munich band Mary Jane's Revenge (awarded at the Noos Devient Media Contest in Paris in the "Music Video" category)
• 2002–2003: Let's get happy for Lou & Band for Eurovision 2003 - Dieter Bohlen , Stefan Raab and Ralph Siegel as cartoon characters in a secret agent story
• 2002: ISH-WM Studio 2002 (8 episodes) - the caricatured duo of Gerhard Delling and Günter Netzer and a number of studio guests like Franz Beckenbauer , Giovanni Trapattoni , Rudi Völler , who dragged the 2002 World Cup games through the cocoa
• 2005: Chocowland - adventure of a Swiss cow
• 2006: The Circle of Life - a visual novel about love, existence and unstoppable time;
• 2007: Nomonkey music video for Munich reggae singer Wally Warning (film festivals in Ottawa, Rio, Philadelphia, Boston, Shanghai, Tehran, New York and many more);
• 2008: Ersgutterarre - music video for Raper Razpect (HAFF - Filmfestival in Utrecht), Green Leaf - music video for the Munich band Jamaram (Children's Film Festival in Seattle, REDCAT International Children's Film Festival in Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater in Los Angeles);
• 2008–2009: TRIZ-Tales - animation series of 5 episodes (and in 12 languages) for the TeTRIs project (Teaching TRIZ at School) - Leonardo, Long Live Learning Program of the European Commission;
• 2009: Dragonboatrace - Video about the dragon boat race of Bavarian gastronomy on Lake Starnberg; Schnuckiman - an animated cartoon novella about and for photographer Armin Faber;
• 2010: Angel Wings - music video for Burkhart Wolters guitar music (produced by Wildner Records, Munich), The Bottle - music video for Bernd Wiedemann and Future Bob;
• 2010–2012: PASS - Parents as successful teachers - complete CI design, website, illustrations and learning material in 8 languages ​​for the EU-funded PASS project, Grundtvig program.
• 2013–2014: OTSV - Over The Shoulder View - a stop-motion series of live drawings at cultural events (such as FXMuschelkalk and others) and the Hilton Talk TV program in Munich.
• 2017: Mission Possible - an animated image film for the Cologne wine trading agency SMART-WINES.
• 2018: A cooperation with South African screenwriter and wine journalist Graham Knox began, followed by illustrations on the history of South Africa, as well as cooperation with schools in the Cape Region, such as Chris Hani Arts and Culture High School in Khayelitsha in Cape Town.
• 2018: a new music video for Wally Warning: Do it, Do it .

Web links

• harry flosser studio
• andre baschmakov
• lichtrad studio (art school)