Jake Lee: Short Films, Awards & Festival Success

At last week's EscapeVerse Live event, Jake Lee explained how he achieved short film festival success with his short film "Am I Dreaming?".

Jake explained the need to build a team, in this case a producer, composer, singer and songwriter. Film-makers rarely work alone - you need to build a team of enthusiastic partners to collaborate and deliver the vision.

"Am I Dreaming?" Wins Best Musical at UK Awards

"Am I Dreaming?" wins Best Animated Musical at UK Awards

Congratulations to director Jake Lee and the makers of the short film "Am I Dreaming?" which has won Best Animated Musical at the UK Film Awards. 

"Am I Dreaming?" is a short film 

directed by Jake Lee, and produced by Escapee Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis.  

"Am I Dreaming?" is an animated musical featuring an original song written and composed by Lilianne Coeverden and performed by Kiersten Nielson. 

"Am I Dreaming?" By Jake Lee

Introducing "Am I Dreaming?" directed by Jake Lee, and produced by Escapee Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis.  "Am I Dreaming?" is an animated musical featuring an original song written and composed by Lilianne Coeverden and performed by Kiersten Nielson.  Am I Dreaming? is currently being entered into film festivals; to see more, watch the trailer above.

Mafia Mix-Up Wins "Five Stars Award" at BIAFF

BIAFF wins 5 Stars Award

Congratulations to the makers of "Mafia Mix-Up", which has won a "Five Star Award" at The British International Animation Film Festival (BIAFF).

Mafia Mix-Up was written and directed by Jake Lee, and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis. 

This is the fourth festival award for Mafia Mix-Up.

Mafia "Best 1st Time Director" (Hon Mention)

"Mafia Mix-Up" wins Best First Time Director

Congratulations to the makers of "Mafia Mix-Up", which has won an Honourable Mention in the category of Best First-Time Director at the Art Film Awards.

Mafia Mix-Up was written and directed by Jake Lee, and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis. 

This is the third festival award for Mafia Mix-Up.

Mafia Mix-Up Wins Best 1st Time Director

Congratulations to the makers of "Mafia Mix-Up", which has won Best First-Time Director at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.

Mafia Mix-Up was written and directed by Jake Lee, and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis. 

This is the second festival award for Mafia Mix-Up, which also won Best Micro Short at the Vesuvius Film Festival.

Mafia Mix-Up Best Micro Short at Vesuvius

Mafia Mix-Up wins Best Micro Short at Vesuvius

Congratulations to the makers of "Mafia Mix-Up", the latest short film created by animation students at Escape Studios, which has won Best Micro Short at the Vesuvius Film Festival.

Mafia Mix-Up was written and directed by Jake Lee, and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis. 

This is the first festival award for Mafia Mix-Up.

Meet "Mafia Mix-Up"

Mafia Mix-Up | 3D Animated Short Film from Jake Lee Animation on Vimeo.

Meet "Mafia Mix-Up", the latest short film created by animation students at Escape Studios.  Set in 1950’s America, Malcom owes money to the Mafia - but his efforts to pay up do not go to plan.  Written and directed by Jake Lee, and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis, Mafia Mix-Up was completed by animation students studying for their master's degree in 3D animation, and is currently being entered into film festivals.

Jake Lee AfterCare Co-ordinator at Escape

Jake Lee

A warm welcome to Escapee Jake Lee, who took our Animation Short Course, and has just joined Escape Studios as our new "After Care Co-ordinator", helping us to deliver the best possible student experience.

After Care is one of the ways that we keep in touch with our students after formal classes have ended, helping students to keep polishing their work and cut together a successful demo reel. 

Many students at Escape Studios will know Jake already; he is a talented actor, animator and film-maker, who led the MoCap performance for the award-winning short film "Alma".