Hello !
Laura is an award-winning Animator/Illustrator based in London.
She has worked on documentaries about animals of the American West, experimental dance-animation films and commercials with big studios.
What ties her practice together is a love of drawing, blending both digital and analogue techniques masterfully to craft images and films.
Her artistic talent is at the service of her desire to tell stories.
She values animation’s limitless abilities to weave tales that move us, communicate ideas, and spark conversations.
A graduate of the Royal College of Art (UK) and Ecole Emile Cohl (France), she is French-Indonesian.
Sometimes, she carries croissants in her pockets.
Clients
AWARDS
2023 TRUE SOUND FACADE : Edit Award - Homescreen Festival, USA
2022 TRUE SOUND FACADE : Best Art/Experimental Film - San Francisco Dance Film Festival, USA
2022 TRUE SOUND FACADE : 2nd place nomination in Experimental category, Bolton Film Festival, UK
2021 TRUE SOUND FACADE : 3d place nomination in “World Animation” category, Anim!Arte, Brésil
2018 IT STARTS WITH : Nominated for the Lefj Marcussen, Void Animation Festival, DK
2017 THE WITCH'S MASK : Elf Factory prize for my graduation film
2022 TRUE SOUND FACADE : Best Art/Experimental Film - San Francisco Dance Film Festival, USA
2022 TRUE SOUND FACADE : 2nd place nomination in Experimental category, Bolton Film Festival, UK
2021 TRUE SOUND FACADE : 3d place nomination in “World Animation” category, Anim!Arte, Brésil
2018 IT STARTS WITH : Nominated for the Lefj Marcussen, Void Animation Festival, DK
2017 THE WITCH'S MASK : Elf Factory prize for my graduation film
Festival selections : Ann Arbor Film Festival 2023, Aesthetica 2022, Hiroshima Animation Festival, 2020, ASIFAC, Encounters, Athens Animfest, AnimaSyros, Animation Marathon, Anime Caribe, DAN.CIN.FEST, Das Tanzfest/La Fête de la Danse, La Guarimba, M&C Saatchi Shiny Awards and many more.
Press/PODCAST
Apollo Magazine
Girls in Film
Barbican
ZippyFrames
Skwigly (Witch's Mask)
ZippyFrames (It starts With)
Skwigly (It Starts with)
AnimationMagazine.net
Skwigly at Encounters - Filmmaker Q&A “Herstory” Podcast
Girls in Film
Barbican
ZippyFrames
Skwigly (Witch's Mask)
ZippyFrames (It starts With)
Skwigly (It Starts with)
AnimationMagazine.net
Skwigly at Encounters - Filmmaker Q&A “Herstory” Podcast
QUALIFICATIONS
2015-2017 Royal College of Art (London, UK) - MA in Animation
2010-2014 Ecole Emile Cohl (Lyon, France) - BA in drawing and short film
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2024 She Drew That mentorship with BAFTA-winning animation director Maryam Mohajer
2017 Grand Atelier d’Animation Japonaise - NEF Animation - 5 day masterclass with Koji Yamamura
2016 4-day Woodblock printing masterclass at the Royal College of Art
2015-2017 Royal College of Art (London, UK) - MA in Animation
2010-2014 Ecole Emile Cohl (Lyon, France) - BA in drawing and short film
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2024 She Drew That mentorship with BAFTA-winning animation director Maryam Mohajer
2017 Grand Atelier d’Animation Japonaise - NEF Animation - 5 day masterclass with Koji Yamamura
2016 4-day Woodblock printing masterclass at the Royal College of Art
Software
TVPaint
Photoshop
After Effects
Animate
Premiere
Indesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
After Effects
Animate
Premiere
Indesign
Illustrator
JURY & PANELS
2023 World Animation Jury at Leeds International Film Festival
2020 Speaker at Storytelling for Animation panel, chaired by Evgenia Golubeva, Cardiff Animation Festival, UK
2019 Skwigly at Encounters - Filmmaker Q&A “Herstory” Podcast
2023 World Animation Jury at Leeds International Film Festival
2020 Speaker at Storytelling for Animation panel, chaired by Evgenia Golubeva, Cardiff Animation Festival, UK
2019 Skwigly at Encounters - Filmmaker Q&A “Herstory” Podcast
TEACHING
2022-current Speaker at Ravensbourne University
2020-current Digital Illustration Tutor at The Art Academy London
2018 1-day Animation workshop for high school teachers with Nicolas Thys for French Ministry of Education
2022-current Speaker at Ravensbourne University
2020-current Digital Illustration Tutor at The Art Academy London
2018 1-day Animation workshop for high school teachers with Nicolas Thys for French Ministry of Education
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Exhibiting at Riposte Queer Art Techno day rave at The Cause London
2019 Super Collider x Sail Britain - The Fragile Ocean , London UK
2019 Commission Riposte Queer Art Techno day rave
2018 “It starts with” production art - Vitrine Garage Junot, Paris, France
2017 Brightside, Natan Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2017 Ghosts/Bodies, Natan Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2016 In collaboration with Deborah Tchoudjinoff for 'Psyterratica II', Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that, Lights of Soho, London, UK
2016 In collaboration with Deborah Tchoudjinoff for 'Psyterratica II', Creative Matters, London Design Festival, London UK
2023 Exhibiting at Riposte Queer Art Techno day rave at The Cause London
2019 Super Collider x Sail Britain - The Fragile Ocean , London UK
2019 Commission Riposte Queer Art Techno day rave
2018 “It starts with” production art - Vitrine Garage Junot, Paris, France
2017 Brightside, Natan Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2017 Ghosts/Bodies, Natan Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2016 In collaboration with Deborah Tchoudjinoff for 'Psyterratica II', Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that, Lights of Soho, London, UK
2016 In collaboration with Deborah Tchoudjinoff for 'Psyterratica II', Creative Matters, London Design Festival, London UK
FILMS DIRECTED
2021 “True Sound Façade” Barbican Museum, UK. Production : The Smalls
2018 “It starts With” Channel 4 Random Acts, UK. Production : Little Dot Studios
2017 “Two Minutes” co-directed with Yero Timi-Biu & Adebanji Alade for Channel 4 Random Acts, UK. Production : Little Dot Studios
2017 “The Witch’s Mask” Royal College of Art graduation film
2014 “Modern Yokai Story” Ecole Emile Cohl graduation film
2013 Film Canal J Espoirs de l’Animation, co-directed with Marion Nail, Alexis Turchet, Etienne Vautrin
2013 Carrefour du Cinéma d’animation Festival trailer, Forum des Images, FR
2021 “True Sound Façade” Barbican Museum, UK. Production : The Smalls
2018 “It starts With” Channel 4 Random Acts, UK. Production : Little Dot Studios
2017 “Two Minutes” co-directed with Yero Timi-Biu & Adebanji Alade for Channel 4 Random Acts, UK. Production : Little Dot Studios
2017 “The Witch’s Mask” Royal College of Art graduation film
2014 “Modern Yokai Story” Ecole Emile Cohl graduation film
2013 Film Canal J Espoirs de l’Animation, co-directed with Marion Nail, Alexis Turchet, Etienne Vautrin
2013 Carrefour du Cinéma d’animation Festival trailer, Forum des Images, FR