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Creative Director, Editor for film, video and TV commercials for several clients Screenwriter, Director and Producer of the 2D-animated short film “FLOCKY” (in post- production) and the animated feature film “TAO” (under development) 2017
Director and Editor of the teaser for the feature film "Tao" 2016
VFXs artist for the comedy feature film “Aladdin” by Adam Green, released in 2016 2012-Present
Freelance animation director for SEMAFOR studios (Academy-awarded Film Production for “Peter ad the Wolf” 2006, (Poland)
Director and Producer for “Claymaniak” Production Company (Stop-motion, 2D- animation and VFXs)
2015
Jury member of “FILMETS International Film Festival”, Barcelona, Spain 2014
Awarded with the “Advance Scriptwriting Workshop” by the Mediterranean Film Institute
(Greece) for the screenplay of the feature film “TAO” 2013-2014
Editor of the feature documentary “The Perfection of Giving”. Released in fall 2015. Compositor, VFXs artist for the feature film “The lifeguard”, premiere at “Sundance” 2010-2015
Freelance animator and VFXs artist for commercials at CHARGED studios (Brooklyn, NY) 2009-2013
Writer and director of the multi-awarded stop-motion animated short film:
“CREAMEN”. Screened in more than 100 film festivals around the globe
(including Cannes Film Festival), won 15 international film awards, including
“Audience Award” (Spain), “Best Film”(UK), “Best Animation”(China), among others. 2008-2009
Teacher of Claymation courses at the DCC-Manhattan Youth School (filming and editing) New York International Children's Film Festival, Taught “Film Production Workshop" 2007-2008
Director, Producer and Animator of the stop-motion short animated film:
“CHECK DATE, AN UNDERDOG LOVE STORY”. Screened in dozens of USA and European film festivals, winner of “Honorable mention” at Very Short Movies, USA. The New York Times, Howard Johnson Hotels, Reebok International, Sony Pictures Ltd, Bayer, Kellogg’s®, Rebecca Minkoff, M&Ms, VOCATIV, among others. 2009: Illustration Now 3,Taschen Publications. Worldwide distribution 2007: Online magazine Group show, International Design Network’s, IdN (Tokyo, Japan) 2007: Online exhibit individual show, School of Visual Arts (New York, USA) 2005 & 2006: Sculpture Group show, The Art students League (New York, USA) 2006: Digital Compositing and Adobe After Effects, School of Visual Arts (New York, USA) 2005: Sculpture, stone carving II, The Arts Student League (New York, USA) 2003-2004: Stop-motion animation, School of Visual Arts (New York, USA) 1996-2000: BS in Molecular Biology, University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) Creative Director, Film Director and Producer, Video editor Also qualified in motion design, stop-motion animation Software: Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Mocha, DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe In design Fluent in English, Spanish and Catalan
Esther Casas Roura
Editor and Film Director, Creative Director
Cell: 917-***-**** Email: ad0lja@r.postjobfree.com
Website: www.claymaniak.com IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3186003 Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/claymaniak
Instagram:@claymaniak
My directorial & editing reel: WWW.CLAYMANIAK.COM
A diverse portfolio showcasing various styles (editor, VFXs & color): FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
- Footage selected from 200 shooting hrs and B-roll: https://vimeo.com/231085649 TRAILERS
- Savoring Overtown, assistant editor: https://vimeo.com/688914875 pswd: so trailer
- The Perfection of giving (documentary):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B50YHTAAdgQ
- Short film Creamen: https://vimeo.com/56718934
COLOR CORRECTION: https://vimeo.com/138323054
Award winning short FILM "Creamen": https://vimeo.com/116983527 MUSIC VIDEO Imagine Dragons
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z8akk8787417y06/EstherCasas_Believer_Make%20the%20C ut.mov?dl=0
DANCE SIZZLE REELS
https://vimeo.com/116704041
https://vimeo.com/125080275
COMMERCIALS/BROADCAST
- Waterford: https://vimeo.com/77719375
- Pike Creek: https://vimeo.com/74141834
- Sesame Street (PBS): https://vimeo.com/130773298 BRANDED CONTENT
- NY Fashion Week 2016:
https://vimeo.com/229131684
https://vimeo.com/151699314
- Rebecca Minkoff Christmas Campaign: https://vimeo.com/80502011