Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
Known for
Directing
Born
March 2, 1987 (age 39)
Birthplace
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Biography
Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat (b. 1987, Santo Domingo) is a storyteller from the Dominican Republic. Working primarily on video, animation and drawing. He was granted a full year scholarship at Fabrica, Benetton's Design Research center, in Treviso, Italy in 2013. Tomás received his BFA in Art and Media at Parsons, the New School of Design in 2010. And his AA degree in fine arts, at Altos de Chavón, in 2008.
Pichardo's work has hints of magic realism. Evoking the colorful, surreal and sometimes disorienting experience of growing up in the Caribbean. His world is personal and intimate, with characters full of colors and textures, drawn into situations outside of their comfort zone. Recent solo ex...
Best known work
Olivia & the Clouds
2025
El Club de Chichiguas
2020
Línea Confín
2011
Floating Islands
2013
El Regreso al Planeta M
2020
Dante
2013
Midnight's Children
2019
The 1937 Haitian Massacre
2018
Las Mariposas: How Three Sisters defied a Dictator
2021
The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire
2020Filmography
TBA
Where the Bees SleepDirector, Writer
2026
2025
Olivia & the CloudsDirector, Writer, Art Direction, Director of Photography, Editor
2024
RootsSupervising Animation Director
2023
2022
The Rebel Radio that brought down a war criminalStoryboard Artist, Director
2021
Can Love and Independence Coexist?Storyboard Artist, Animation, Director
2021
The Secret Society of the Great Dismal SwampDirector, Storyboard Artist
2021
What really happened during the Attica Prison RebellionDirector, Animation, Storyboard Artist
2021
2020
The Rise and Fall of History's First EmpireDirector, Storyboard Artist
2020
The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empireDirector, Storyboard Artist
2020
El Club de ChichiguasDirector, Screenplay, Animation Director, Editor, Producer
2020
El Regreso al Planeta Mas Niño, Screenplay, Editor, Animation Director, Director, Producer
2020
AsteriscoDirector, Writer
2020
The life, legacy & assassination of an African revolutionaryDirector, Storyboard Artist
2019
Short Stories About LonelinessDirector
2019
Divine ComedyAnimation, Storyboard Artist, Director
2019
The Aztec myth of the unlikeliest sun godAnimation, Storyboard Artist, Director
2019
Harvey Milk's radical vision of equalityAnimation, Director, Storyboard Artist
2019
Why Should You Read Sci-fi Superstar Octavia E. Butler?Director, Animation, Storyboard Artist
2019
Midnight's ChildrenDirector, Storyboard Artist, Animation, Editor
2018
Waiting for GodotDirector, Storyboard Artist, Animation
2018
The psychology of post-traumatic stress disorderStoryboard Artist, Director
2018
The 1937 Haitian MassacreDirector, Storyboard Artist