Thomas Stellmach
Thomas Stellmach (* 1965, Straubing, Germany) directed, animated and produced several independent films and received many international awards e.g. the Oscar© of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) 1997 granted for the puppet animation film Quest (short film).
Thomas Stellmach studied at the Department of Animation at the University of Kassel Art College in Germany, being taught by the well-known artist Paul Driessen. Having received his Degree of Arts in 1999 Stellmach founded the animation studio "Lichthof, Film & Animation" in Kassel with two partners and produced animation films for television and advertising. He has handed off his share of the company to focus on artistic animation projects since 2009. His field of experience contains computer animation, stop motion, animated cartoon and pixilation. Till autumn 2012 he is co-directing the experimental film 'virtuoso virtual' with the artist Maja Oschmann to the classic music composition "The Alchymist" by Louis Spohr in stereoscopic.
So far he held workshops at various academies, e.g.
- Royal Film Commission, Amman, Jordan
- Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Academy of Media Arts Cologne
- University of Television and Film Munich
- Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
- University of Kassel Art College
- City of Hanau, Youth Training Institute
His film, Quest, was included in the Animation Show of Shows.
Filmography
- 2009-now: Virtuoso Virtual, experimental film in production (directors: Thomas Stellmach, Maja Oschmann)
- 2001-2008: Commercials, computer animation / cartoon animation / stop motion animation, Client: Wrigley's HubbaBubba / BBDO-Düsseldorf, German Pay-TV Premiere / Goldammer, Landesbausparkasse / BBDO-Berlin, Lindt & Sprüngli / FCB Wilkens, MTV-Germany, ZDF-German Television / Kika (Direction, Animation, Production: Lichthof - Film & Animation)
- Short films and commercials during study
Direction, Animation, Production: Thomas Stellmach (As far as nothing else is mentioned.)
- 2000: Chicken Kiev, cartoon animation, 9 min
- 1998: Lebenshilfe-Commercial, cartoon animation, 0:30 min, (Idea, Director, Animation: Monika Stellmach), Client: Lebenshilfe e.V.
- 1996: Quest, puppet animation, 11 min, (Director: Tyron Montgomery)
- 1995: 100 Years of Cinema, cartoon animation, 3 min, (Idea, Director, Animation, Production: Students of the Art College Kassel), Client: HR-Television
- 1994: Old Super Lady, cartoon animation, 0:30 min, Client: MTV-Europe
- 1994: Small Talk, pixilation, 5 min, (Animation: Students of the Art College Kassel)
- 1994: Filmladen-Trailer, pixilation, 2 min, (Animation: Students of the Art College Kassel), Client: Filmladen Kassel
- 1992: Weeds, cartoon animation, 5 min
- 1988: Gulp, experimental / life action, 5 min, (Idea, Director, Animation, Production: Mark Feuerstake; Actor: Thomas Stellmach)
- 1988: Tee-Hee, cartoon animation, 2 min
- Short films before study
- 1987: White, puppet animation, 11 min
- 1986: Let me live, clay animation, 6 min
- 1986: Rom and Jul, object animation, 14 min
- 1985: The last Leaf, clay animation, 6 min
- 1985: The big Labyrinth, clay animation, 5 min
- 1985: Competition without Winners, object animation, 12 min
- 1984: Clay, clay animation, 5 min
- 1982: Domino Play, 5 min, object animation
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