Juan Pablo Zaramella is an independent director and animator. He started studying illustration when he was a child, and he did his first jobs as a cartoonist at the age of sixteen. After his graduation at the Instituto de Arte Cinematografico de Avellaneda as an Animation Director, he started directing and animating his own films. As a result of the recognition of those first works, he started to work in animation for advertisements, directing commercials for renowned international brands. Between 1998 and 2005 he also worked as an illustrator, winning several international awards from Society of News Design. All his independent shorts have been awarded all around the world, and in Argentina he won the most important prize for cinema, Condor de Plata Award, in 3 opportunities. In 2008 he was selected for Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase in Cannes. In 2010, Annecy International Animation Festival presented a special program with all his works. His film Luminaris has won 324 awards, and the Guinness World Record to the Most Awarded Short in history, including the Audience Award and Fipresci Award at Annecy 2011, and was also Oscars Shortlisted. In 2016 he created and directed The Tiniest Man in the World, a 52 episode series made in co-production with France and Argentina, and The way things are.
El Festival Internacional de Cine de Guanajuato
