Dann Parry

Dann Parry

Stop Motion Director and AnimatorLondon, United Kingdom
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Dann Parry

Dann Parry

Stop Motion Director and AnimatorLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Lovely to meet you! I’m a passionate stop-frame animation director and animator. Stylistically, I specialise in films that although 3D have a drawn element to them; whilst also being quite heavily influenced by Germanic Expressionist films. Along with my strong style and bizarre narratives, I am also confident in set lighting and design; often combining painted lines and shadows to create strong contrasts and experiment with perspective. Although ever so slightly quirky a person, I’m hardworking, enjoy coming up with unique ideas and creating strange and beautiful worlds through animation. Also partial to a bitof drawing and sketching.
Projects
  • 'Apple Tree' Music Video
    'Apple Tree' Music VideoAn stop motion animation music video for Universal Music of Another Sky’s single, ‘Apple Tree’. A feminine young man spends his days sketching and talking to the flowers, much to the misunderstanding of his masculine peers. © Universal Music, 2019 and Dann Parry, 2019
  • Birds of a Feather
    Birds of a FeatherAn emotionally wresting animation that packs as much punch into its four and a half minutes as most features do in two hours - Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest. Birds of a Feather is an animated short film that follows a man and his struggle with his identity, projected anxieties and relationships over the course of an evening. He has to contend with his insecurities with being seen with another man and his fear as feathers start to grow from his body. The film explores the worries and upset a pe
  • Bound
    Bound Struggling to escape a desolate forest of his own making, a man is being followed by the creature he is bound to. Royal College of Art, 2016 Contains Mature Content Directed and Written by Dann Parry Soundtrack Composed by Mau Loseto Additional Foley by Patrick O’Mahony Costume by Andrew Dhesi Reviews 2016: ShortPole, London IFF: Dann Parry’s production is a real success: it grips your hand as rigidly as the shadowy figure grasps the central character, and holds tight until the very end. Watching this film is like taking a ride on one of those horror tunnel carts – it’s short, sweetly disturbing, and leaves you wondering what is really was that you actually saw in the darkness. Read the full review here. Screenings 2016: Sunday Shorts, Peckham. 12th June Drunken Film Festival, Bradford. 28th July Short Pole London International Film Festival, London. Summer Selection. BAFTA qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York. 3rd – 6th November. Awards 2016: Semi-Finalist in the Elche International Independent Film Festival, Spain in Animation. July Best Student Film: Nominee; Shortpole IFF, London. Summer Best Animation: Nominee; Shortpole IFF, London. Summer
  • Without Fair Trials
    Without Fair Trials An animation for a charity campaign that explores what would happen in a world without the right to a fair trial; created with my collective, Tripstitch. Visit withoutfairtrials.org for more information. Fair Trials is a human rights organisation that works to uphold fair trial rights around the world. Our vision is a world where every person’s right to a fair trial is respected. Directed By: Dann Parry, Patrick O’Mahony, Rachael Olga Lloyd Lead Model Maker: Rachael Olga Lloyd Animator: Patrick O’Mahony Lighting Designer: Dann Parry Sound Designer and Foley Artist: Morgan Muse Composer: Segun Akinola Co-Composer and Guitarist: Ben Quinn Special Thanks: Jago Russell, Alex Mik, Johnny Lillis, Georgia Greenfield, Evangelos Papadakis, Birgitta Hosea, Joe King, Mike Wyeld, Guy Nesfield & David Dixon PRESS 2016: Animation Students Imagine a World Without Fair Trials, RCA News A Powerful Animation On A World Without Fair Trials, Rights Info
  • Subject 16 | Matija Cop
    Subject 16 | Matija Cop Directed shoot of Matija Cop's garment. Shown on loop beside the garments on display. Honourable mention: Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb | September 13 - October 16 Exhibition of Croatian Design 1516 Designer: Matija Cop Director: Dann Parry Assistant Director: Patrick O'Mahony Model: Felicity Taylor
  • Love and Papercuts
    Love and Papercuts'A lonely man, struggling to find romance, finds love in origami.; My stop-frame graduation film of UCA Farnham. Nominated for the Southern RTS Student Awards in Animation, 2016 Screenings 2015: Short Sighted Cinema: With or Without You, London. 21st June Guildford Fringe Festival: Fresh from Farnham, Guildford. 9th June Puppet Place Festival: New Visions, Bristol. 26th Aug – 6th Sep Post Mortem: International Horror & Bizarre Short Film Festival, Aguascalientes, Mexico. 1st – 4th Oct Dorking Film Festival: Adult Short Films, Dorking. 17th Oct
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Work history
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    Freelance DirectorVarious (Contract / Temp roles)
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    See my projects for more information on my commercial work.
Skills
  • Film
  • Art Direction
  • Drawing
  • Character Developer
  • Animation
  • Films
  • Object Animation
  • Photoshop
  • Lighting
  • Set Design
  • Prop Building
Education
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    MA AnimationRoyal College of Art
     - London, United Kingdom
    Studied MA Animation and created two films
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    BA(Hons) AnimationUniversity for the Creative Arts
     - Farnham, United Kingdom
    I studied BA (Hons) Animation at the Farnham campus of the University for the Creative Arts in Surrey where I was awarded a First Class Honours. I specialised in stop-frame direction and animation and my student films have been shown in a number of festivals.
Awards
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    Best Editing and Best MusicCINEVERSATIL
    WINNER: Best Editing. CINEVERSATIL, International Short Film Festival LGBTIQ+ , Buenos Aires, Argentina. June WINNER: Best Music. CINEVERSATIL, International Short Film Festival LGBTIQ+ , Buenos Aires, Argentina. June For my film, Birds of a Feather
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    Best UK FilmCamberley International Festival
    WINNER: Best UK Film. Camberley International Festival, UK. June For 'Birds of a Feather'
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