sarah is a director, animator and designer from ireland
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residencies & education
‣ Filmvarksted Viborg, Denmark 2024 - 2025 (formerly Open Workshop)
‣ Gobelins Paris, visual storytelling summer course 2023
‣ Galería Roja storyboarding course with Maca Gil 2024
‣ Galería Roja character design course with Esther Morales 2023
‣ BA Animation, The National Film School IADT, Dublin, Ireland 2020
‣ Victoria College of Music, Piano teaching diploma 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
‣ 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
experience
‣ director & writer of Boglach supported by Screen Ireland and the NTAA for the Osaka World Expo 2025, Dublin 2024-25
‣ 2D animator at Boulder Media Grimsburg season 2 Toonboom Harmony 2023 - 2024
‣ storyboard artist for short film Mero at Fictions Picture Company, Dublin 2023
‣ designer & 2D animator at Scribble Room Animation IP development, Mrs Wordsmith, Studio Stings 2023
‣ designer & 2D animator at Studio Orca How to Rob a Bank (netflix documentary) 2023
‣ freelance director on short for Spotify Reels 2023
‣ 2D animator at Calico & Co. advertisement for finnish supermarket chain 2022
‣ director and co-writer of 'Hermit' short film at Studio Meala funded by Screen Ireland and RTÉ as part of the Frameworks scheme 2022
‣ 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 2021 - 2022
‣ junior 2D animator at Kavaleer Productions Alva's World for RTÉ Jr. 2020 - 2021
‣ 2D animator at Calico & Co. studio showreel 2020
‣ 2D animator for Irish National Opera 20 Shots of Opera short film dir. Patrick Moynihan 2021
‣ director and writer Tenant graduation film 2019-2020
‣ 2D animator on The Beekeeper short film dir. Robyn Conroy 2019
‣ 2D animator for exhibitions at Explorium National Sports and Science Centre 2018
‣ 2D animator on Fishbone short film dir. Patrick Moynihan 2017
‣ studio experience JAM Media Belfast 2015
‣ studio experience JAM Media Dublin 2014
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