Shoko Hara
Animation Director, Art Director,
Motion Designer, Lecturer
Shoko Hara is born on June 28, 1988, in Okayama / Japan. At the age of ten, her family moves to Lake Constance in Germany. In 2012, she obtains her Bachelor of Arts in Media Design at the DHBW Ravensburg. Her graduation film „Abita” receives much critical acclaim and is screened at festivals around the world. With her emphasis on analogue and experimental works in graphic design and art, Shoko Hara moves on to study Motion Design at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg between 2012 and 2016 where she graduated with the animated short WHAT THEY BELIEVE. Her debut film JUST A GUY was awarded with the Golden Dragon at Krakow IFF 2020, Grand Prize at the Animafest Zagreb 2020, Golden Centaur at Message to Man 2020, among many others, was qualified for the Oscars 2021 and nominated for the German Short Film Award 2020.
Shoko Hara is currently teaching Motion Graphics at the at the DHBW Ravensburg and works as Freelance Motion Designer and Animation Director for commercials spots and music videos.
Projects / Clients
// Bausa, RedBull, Aldi, ZDF / Stay Live / Deadlines, Netflix, Sony Music Entertainment / Ina Müller / Lotte, Universal Music Germany / Herbert Grönemeyer / Lena Meyer-Landrut, Bosch, Mercedes Benz, Nivea, Merck, Julius Bär, Philipp Plein, Philipp Plein Sports, Fanta, Thyssenkrupp, FX Networks / Cake, Adult Swim / Toonami, Augsburger Puppenkiste and many more.
Personal works
// JUST A GUY | 2020 | 15 min. | Animated documentary short | Debut film | Production: Studio Seufz
// WHAT THEY BELIEVE | 2016 | 11 min. | Animated Short | Graduation Film | Production: Filmacademy Baden-Wuerttemberg | Producer: Michaela Edl
// ABITA | 2012 | 4 min. | Animated Short | Graduation Fiilm | DHBW Ravensburg, Media Design
Awards / Nominations
/// Just a Guy > Oscars 2021 qualified / longlisted
/// Just a Guy > most successful short film in Germany, 2020
/// Just a Guy > 4th successful short film worldwide 2020
/// Just a Guy > Grandprix Animafest Zagreb 2020,
/// Just a Guy > Golden Dragon 60. Krakow Film Festival
/// Just a Guy > Nominated for the German Short Film Award 2020, category: documentary
/// Just a Guy > Grandprix: Message2Men, St. Petersburg 2020
/// Just a Guy > Best Documentary & Jury Award: Zubroffka Int. Shortfilm Festival 2021
/// Just a Guy > Best Documentary: La Guarimba Film Festival, 2021
/// Just a Guy > Best Documentary: Festival Stopmotion MX, 2020
/// Just a Guy > Best Animated Documentary: Reanima Festival, 2020
/// Just a Guy > Best Animated Documentary: London int. Animation Festival, 2020
/// Just a Guy > Best Director: Aguilar Film Festival 2020
/// Just a Guy > Best Animation in National Competition, Filmfest Dresden 2021
/// Just a Guy > Best Sounddesign in National & International Competition, Filmfest Dresden, 2021
/// Just a Guy > Special Jury Award: Paris int. Animation FF, 2021
/// Just a Guy > Special Jury Award: Animakom, 2021
/// Just a Guy > High Risk Award: Fantoche, 2021
/// Just a Guy > High Risk Award: GLAS 2021, Berkeley, CA 2021
/// Just a Guy > No Violence Award: Ann Arbor FF, 2021
/// Just a Guy > Special Distinction Prize: Bucheon int. Animation Festival, 2020
/// Just a Guy > Special Jury Award: Sapporo Short Fest, 2020
/// Just a Guy > Special Jury Award: Torino FF, 2020
/// Just a Guy > Nominiert: Best Documentary Short, Odense Film Festival 2020
/// Just a Guy > Special Mention: Anibar 2020 , Kosovo
/// Bausa – "Ich bin die Nacht" > Nomination @HipHop.de-Awards 2019, national music videos
/// What they believe > Best Student Animation @Animafest Zagreb 2016
/// What they believe > 2nd Prize Experimental Animation @Athens Animfest, 2016
/// What they believe > Best Animation @Filmschau Baden-Württemberg, 2016
/// Thyssenkrupp "Around the World / dir. by David Gesslbauer > Silver Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards, student films, 2016
/// Abita > Grand Prix Mr. I Development of Rising Artists Award, Okayama Japan, 2015
Other fame stuff
/// Lecturer @DHBW-Ravensburg Media Design since 2014
/// Jury member @Animafest Zagreb, 2021
/// Presentation Master Class @Animafest Zagreb, 2021
/// Interview, Portrait @LIFT, Stuttgart Magazine / „Ganz schön hässlich“, 08/2021
/// Paneltalk @Filmakademie BW / Equality and Diversity 2021
/// Paneltalk @Spaces of Animation / House for Film and Media, Stuttgart, 2021
/// TV-report @SWR Kunscht! / Animationsfilmerin Shoko Hara und ihr Debüt „Just a Guy”, 2021
/// Presentation @HMKW Berlin / „How to make an Oscar-qualified film“, 2021
/// Interview @Stuttgart newspaper / Stuttgarter Regisseurin räumt mit Filmdebüt Awards ab, 2021
/// Talk @Dokville Stuttgart "Animated Reality –Between fact and fiction", 2019
/// Talk @ITFS "Work in Progress / Just a Guy", 2019
/// Jury member @ITFS "Young Animation", 2019
/// Mentor @Filmakademy Baden-Württemberg 2018, 2019
/// Jury member @Rookies 2017, 2018
/// Talk @Ottawa International Animation Festival "Japanese Animators on the world stage", 2016
/// Talk @TEDxBodensee "The power of design", 2015
/// Essay for "100 Letters to Germany" by Kirill Serebrennikow 2015
Paul Brenner
Motion Designer, Lecturer
Creative Director at FIELD.io
Paul Brenner is born in 1988 in Tübingen / Germany.
He obtains a Bachelor of Arts in Media Design from the DHBW Ravensburg and graduated from the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2015.
In 2015 he moved to London to get engaged in the digital design world and soak up inspiration. After his personal Brexit his path lead him to Berlin in 2018 where he built a Berlin Team for the London based design studio FIELD.io.
His work centers around aestethics of the future and digital design techniques like Generative CG or interactive Installations.
Studios / Agencies
// FIELD.io, Builders Club, Jung von Matt, Publicis, Studiovier, FG Branddesign, Meiré und Meiré, Ogilvy
Clients / Brands
// IBM, Google, ABB, Nike, Adidas, Porsche, ON Running, Apple, Swarovski, Siemens AI Lab, Chivas regal, Space10, Huawei, Oppo, Microsoft, Fanta, Mercedes Benz
Personal works
// EIDOLOZÄN | 2015 | 4 min. | Animated short
// ABITA | 2012 | 4 min. | Animated Short | Graduation Film | DHBW Ravensburg, Media Design
// Fuku No Shima – Island of Fortune | 2013 | 4 min. | Video Art
Awards
/// ADIDAS Generative Motion System with FIELD.io, Wood Pencil, Graphic Design, Integrated Graphics, 2020
/// SIEMENS AI LAB with FG Branddesign, GERMAN DESIGN AWARD „WINNER, 2018
/// Chivas Ultis with FIELD.io, GERMAN DESIGN AWARD „WINNER, 2018
/// Best Animated Film, International Uranium Filmfestival, Rio de Janeiro, 2013
/// Abita, Grand Prix Mr. I Development of Rising Artists Award, Okayama Japan, 2015
Other fame stuff
/// Lecturer @DHBW-Ravensburg Media Design since 2014
/// Guest Lecturer @Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Motion Design since 2019
/// Talk @OFFF Tel Aviv "FIELD.io, Aesthetics of the Furture", 2018
/// Talk @US BY NIGHT "FIELD.io, Aesthetics of the Furture", 2018
/// Guest Lecturer @Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, 2019
/// Publication @It's Nice That with FIELD.io, System Aesthetics, Creative studio Field updates the visual language surrounding AI, 2017
/// Publication @Wired Magazine, WIRED WORLD 2018 MAGAZINE, System Aesthetics, 2017
/// Talk @TEDxBodensee "The power of design", 2015
/// Exhibition @Kunstmuseum Ravensburg "Opening Exhibition", 2015
/// Essay for "100 Letters to Germany" by Kirill Serebrennikow 2015
