sarah is a director, animator and designer from ireland, based in paris
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residencies & education
‣ Gobelins Paris, Mastère Concepteur et Réalisateur de films d'Animation
‣ Filmvarksted Viborg, Denmark (formerly Open Workshop)
‣ Galería Roja storyboarding course with Maca Gil
‣ Galería Roja character design course with Esther Morales
‣ Gobelins Paris, visual storytelling summer course
‣ BA (Hons) Animation, The National Film School IADT, Dublin, Ireland
‣ Victoria College of Music, Piano teaching diploma
awards
‣ Audience Choice Award and Best Irish Graduate Film Dublin Animation Festival
‣ Miquel Guillem award for Best Experimental Short Film Prime The Animation Valencia
‣ Best Student Animation British Animation Film Festival
‣ Best Student Animation Nominee Irish Animation Awards
‣ Best Animation Nominee Korean International Film Festival
‣ Miquel Guillem award for Best Experimental Short Film Prime The Animation Valencia
‣ Best Student Animation British Animation Film Festival
‣ Best Student Animation Nominee Irish Animation Awards
‣ Best Animation Nominee Korean International Film Festival
experience
‣ senior 2D animator at Studio Meala (TV Paint) (project under NDA)
‣ director & writer of Boglach supported by Screen Ireland and the NTAA for the Osaka World Expo 2025, Dublin
‣ 2D animator at Boulder Media Grimsburg season 2 (Toonboom Harmony)
‣ storyboard artist for short film Mero at Fictions Picture Company, Dublin
‣ designer & 2D animator at Scribble Room Animation IP development, Mrs Wordsmith, Studio Stings
‣ designer & 2D animator at Studio Orca How to Rob a Bank (netflix documentary)
‣ freelance director on short for Spotify Reels
‣ 2D animator at Calico & Co. advertisement for finnish supermarket chain
‣ director and co-writer of 'Hermit' short film at Studio Meala funded by Screen Ireland and RTÉ as part of the Frameworks scheme
‣ 2D animator at Studio Meala on Disney's Kizazi Moto Generation Fire Anthology, Netflix's Storybots: Answer Time and The Amaazing Project YouTube opening TV Paint
‣ junior 2D animator at Kavaleer Productions Alva's World for RTÉ Jr.
‣ 2D animator at Calico & Co. studio showreel
‣ 2D animator for Irish National Opera 20 Shots of Opera short film dir. Patrick Moynihan
‣ director and writer Tenant graduation film
‣ 2D animator on The Beekeeper short film dir. Robyn Conroy
‣ 2D animator for exhibitions at Explorium National Sports and Science Centre
‣ 2D animator on Fishbone short film dir. Patrick Moynihan
‣ studio experience JAM Media Belfast
‣ studio experience JAM Media Dublin
languages
‣ fluent english
‣ B1 level french
‣ currently studying Japanese and Korean
programme proficiencies
‣ TV Paint, Toonboom, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Animate, Clip Studio Paint, Premiere Pro, Procreate and currently learning Blender 3D