MARIANA LEAL
marianamendesleal@gmail.com
Hi, my name is Mariana, I am a story-driven Portuguese animator based in London.
I am interested in exploring personal stories through character and materiality, giving each piece it's own form.
This has led my work to take different shapes and formats utilising a range of techniques from stop-motion to 2D digital collage and hand-drawn animation.
My work has ranged from animated films to installations not only for Art and Animation Festivals, but also theatre plays.
I work with Tv-Paint as well as Toon Boom Harmony, Photoshop and After Effects.
Feel free to drop me an email, if you are interested in my work.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
2023 Animating for the BFI Animated Short Film Plunge (in production) by Ellie Land and Tyke Films
2023 Colouring for the BFI Animated Short Grown In The Dark (in production) by Josh Saunders
2023 Animation for Drunk? Adventures in 16th century Brewing (2023) by Shreepali Patel
2021-22 Animating for My Brother Heinz (unreleased) by Megan Horvath for Bright Life Films
2021 Animating for the music video Making It (2021) by Ringlefinch
2021 Working as a lead-animator for Claypots Productions' film Hunama (unreleased)
2020 Directing and animating The Garden (2020) for the British Library collection If Homes Had Ears
2019 In-betweening, clean-up and colour for the BFI Animated Short Chado (2020) by Nica Harrison
2019 Inbetweening and clean-up for the short film The Monkey (2021) by Lorenzo Degl'innocenti and Xosé Zapata produced by Sardinha em Lata
2019 Directing and animating the music video Pomme de Lune (2020) by Ringlefinch
2019 Animation for the Barbican Box (2019) performance at the Barbican Centre
2018 Prop-making and set assembly for the film The Peculiar Crime of Oddball Mr. Jay (2019) by Bruno Caetano produced by Co.La
CLIENTS
BFI Network
British Library
Barbican Centre
Animate Projects
Tyke Films
Cola Animation
Sardinha em Lata
Riff Raff
Bright Life Films
MONSTRA Animation Festival
Les Nuits des Bassins Festival
EDP Live Bands
German School of Lisbon
(amongst others)