PASTEURIZED - Animated Short Film
NIETA - Animated short film
LA CASA DE COLORES - Animated short film
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP - Live action short film.
ON/ OFF - Animated short film - Guinness World Record with 1125 International Awards.
THE TENANTS - Live action short film.
About
BIOGRAPHY
Nicolás P. Villarreal is an Argentinean film and animation Director. He is the writer and director of the awarded animated short films “Pasteurized”, “Nieta”, "ON/OFF", “The House of Colors” and the live-action short film “Things are looking up” and “The Tenants”. Nieta won Best Animated Film at the Toronto Kids International Film Festival in 2015. His film ON/OFF is the current title holder of the Guinness Award Record for most awards won by a short film with 1125 International Awards.
In 2020 Nicolás was featured in VOGUE Latin America as one of the creative minds molding the future.
He has worked as a Director, Character Designer and Animator, Sculptor, Fine Arts artist and Visual Development artist for Studios and video games including Walt Disney Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment, Jim Henson Studios, Sega, Reel FX, Digital Domain, Duncan Studios, and Amazon Studios among others.
He has given presentations at Pixar Animation Studios, Dreamworks Animation, Apple, Stanford University, The Sydney Opera House and La Sapienza as well as a TEDx talk. Currently Nicolás is the Executive Director of Visual Development and Traditional Animation for films at Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California.
FILMOGRAPHY
DEEP FAKE - Feature film. Live Action - In development.
COURAGE or DESTINY | We become who we are - Short film Animation - In production
THE TENANTS - Short film Live Action - 2024
ON/OFF - Short film Animation - Guinness World Record most awards won by a short film - 2020
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP - Short film Live Action - 2020
THE HOUSE OF COLORS - Short film Animation - 2016
NIETA - Short film Animation - 2013
PASTEURIZADO - Short film Animation - 2012
News
Interview with TV Channel
Infocielo - Argentina
Fine Art
