Simone Giampaolo to Escape Studios 7 April

Simone Giampaolo

We're delighted to welcome back Oscar-shortlisted animation director Simone Giampaolo to Escape Studios on Thursday 7 April to give our second year animation students feedback on their film projects.

Simone Giampaolo is a veteran animator and animation director whose short film "Only a Child' was short-listed for an Oscar this year.  Simone is currently Creative Director at Jellyfish Animation in London. 

Simone will help guide our student projects, part of Module PR5001 in which our students create short films in teams.

Simone Giampaolo - Animation Director Reel 2018 from Simone Giampaolo on Vimeo.

Simone Giampaolo

Simone Giampaolo
Simone Giampaolo is an experienced animator, storyteller, and animation director with multiple film credits. He has worked for many UK studios including Blue Zoo, Jellyfish and Aardman. 

PR5001 - Studio Project

Our students will be pitching their ideas for their short film projects as part of Module PR5001, a Studio Project Module in which students work together in small teams to produce a short film.  Industry feedback is at the very heart of what we do at Escape Studios, one of the five pillars of "The Escape Method".

Where and When 

Simone will be giving feedback to our animation students on the morning of Thursday 7th April from 9.30am to 12.30pm on the third floor at Escape Studios at 190 High Holborn in Winterfell and Toontown.

Official Site

To see more of Simone Giampaolo's work, check out his website here. 

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our new BA/MArt, now recruiting for September 2022, follow this link.   To apply, visit the official page here.