Sarah Benson
✿ Award-Winning Director, 2D Animator and Character Designer ✿
Experience
+ 2D Animator at Boulder Media November 2023 - Present
+ Storyboard Artist at Fictions Picture Company October 2023 - November 2023
+ Designer & 2D Animator at Scribble Room Animation May 2023 - October 2023
+ Studied at Gobelins at the Summer School of Visual Storytelling, Paris July 2023
+ Designer & 2D Animator at Studio Orca April 2023 - May 2023
+ Director on Freelancing Project (to be released) April 2023 - June 2023
+ Completed Character Design Course taught by Esther Morales at La Galería Roja January 2023
+ 2D Animator at Calico & Co. (Clip Studio Paint) October - November 2022
+ 2D Animator at Studio Meala on Disney's "Kizazi Moto" Anthology - (TV Paint) April 2022 - July 2022
+ Director, Co-Writer, Character Designer and Animator on short film 'Hermit' funded by Screen Ireland and RTÉ as part of the Frameworks scheme May 2021 - June 2022
+ 2D Animator at Studio Meala 'The Amaazing Project' (Youtube) and 'Storybots Answer Time' (Netflix) both in TV Paint October 2021- December 2021
+ 2D Animator at Kavaleer Productions on 'Alva's World' (RTÉ Jr.) Adobe Animate September 2020 - October 2021
+ 2D Animator at Calico & Co. (Adobe Photoshop Animation) December 2020 - February 2021
+ 2D Animator on '20 Shots of Opera' short film for Irish National Opera, dir. Patrick Moynihan (Adobe Photoshop Animation) November 2021
+ Director, Character Designer and 2D animator of short film 'Tenant' (Adobe Photoshop Animation) September 2019 - May 2020
+ Animator on short film 'The Beekeeper' (TV Paint) February - March 2019
+ Directed, animated and composited short film '1800-LVE' (Adobe Photoshop Animation) November 2018 - January 2019
+ Lead Animator on Creative Team at 'Explorium National Sports and Science Centre' Sandyford, Dublin (Adobe Photoshop and After Effects Animation) June 2018 - September 2018
+ Co-Head of the Animation Society at IADT, 2018-2019
+ Directed, animated and composited short film adaption of 'Where the Wild Things Are' January 2018 - May 2018
+ 2D Animator on short film 'Fishbone' February - May 2018
+ Studio Experience at JAM Media, Belfast, July 2015
+ Studio Experience at JAM Media, Dublin, February 2014
+ Piano teaching diploma awarded by Victoria College of Music, London May 2015
Awards
+ Audience Choice Award and Best Irish Graduate Film Dublin Animation Festival September 2020
+ Miquel Guillem award for Best Experimental Short Film Prime The Animation Valencia 2020
+ Best Student Animation British Animation Film Festival 2021
+ Best Student Animation Nominee Irish Animation Awards 2021
+ Best Animation Nominee Korean International Film Festival 2022
Programmes
TV Paint, Toonboom, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Animate, Clip Studio Paint, Premiere Pro, Procreate and currently learning Blender 3D
Languages
English, basic French and currently studying Japanese and Korean