Sejong Park

Sejong Park , Korean 박세종, (* 1966/1967 in Busan ) is a South Korean animator who lives and works in Australia .

Life

Park grew up in South Korea and studied in Seoul , where he later taught art and gained experience in (advertising) illustration and 2D animation. He came to Australia in 1998; he first visited the country in 1994 as part of an English course. He initially worked as an in- betweener on the feature-length animation film Peter Pan: New Adventures in Neverland , which was released in 2002. He also made several short animated films, which, however, remained unpublished.

From 2003, Park studied, among other things, 3D animation and digital media at the Australian Film Television and Radio School , from which he graduated in 2004 with a master's degree. His graduation film was his first 3D animation film, Birthday Boy . By his own admission, Park only studied at AFTRS in order to be able to create the film, the plot of which he had already worked out before starting his studies. Set in Korea in 1951, the film tells of an alleged birthday present that a young boy receives. Park processed memories of his childhood in the film, among other things. Birthday Boy was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short Film category in 2005.

Filmography

• 2002: Peter Pan: New Adventures in Neverland (Return to Neverland)
• 2004: Birthday Boy
• 2006: Brother Bear 2 (Brother Bear 2)

Awards (selection)

• 2004: Jean-Luc-Xiberras-Preis for best debut film and nomination Cristal d'Annecy, Festival d'Animation Annecy , for Birthday Boy
• 2004: Yoram Gross Award, Sydney Film Festival , for Birthday Boy
• 2004: AFI Award for Best Animated Short Film , Australian Film Institute , for Birthday Boy
• 2005: Oscar nomination, Best Animated Short, for Birthday Boy
• 2005: British Academy of Film and Television Arts , Best Animated Short , for Birthday Boy

Web links

• Sejong Park in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AFTRS Birthday Boy Oscar nominees available for radio interviews . radioinfo.com.au, January 28, 2005.
2. ^ ^{A b} Taylor Jessen: Children and Animals (and Reluctant Animators): The 2005 Oscar Nominees for Best Animated Short . awn.com, February 24, 2005.
3. ↑ Birthday Boy on archive.j-mediaarts.jp
4. ↑ Can Birthday Boy make it an Aussie animation Oscar double ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2017 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. . abc.net.au, January 26, 2005.