Andrei Simkin

Biography

Born in Moscow in 1999, lives in Spain since 2012. He studied film studies at ESCAC, specializing in Animation. He focused his last years of study and work on design and stop-motion animation. He created Kapitan, his first short film directed and produced in collaboration with ESCAC Films. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon, where he works as a stop-motion animator at the prestigious Laika Studios, while continuing to develop his authorial projects focusing his imaginary on the fantastic and using the story as a tool for self-knowledge in the everyday life of his characters.