STRUSS
Słowacja
MICHAL STRUSS
(1976)
lives in Bratislava
1994-1999 Animation department at the Film and Television Faculty of Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava
From the year 2000
I have been following studies at a PhD program at the Film and Television
Faculty, AMDA with a thesis „Aesthetics of Animation Design in Digital
Form“. In past 2 years I lectured computer animation at the Animation
Department, AMDA.
In recent years I have directed TV spots for number of public service
organizations (ncluding Unicef, Slovak Film Institute, Transparency
International/ as well as for Advertising Agencies /including BBDO,
Leo Burnett and Ogilvy&Mather).
In the year 2002 I was present as a jury-member at the international
film festivals in Bologne and Tel Aviv. In these days I am working as
a supervisor on the puppet animation film „Cathy & the Devils“,
which is the biggest short puppet animation film production in Slovakia.
selected awards:
- 7th International Film Festival Art Film Trencianske Teplice, Slovak
Republic - 2nd Prize in the Category "On the road"
- Internationale Munchner Filmwoche - Cilect, Munich, Germany - Special
Prize of the Jury President, Roland Emmerich /ex aequo/
- Mediaschool, Lodz, Poland - Main Prize
- Premiers Plans Festival d'Angers, France - Audience Award in the Category
"European Student Films"
- 27th Annual Student Academy Awards /Oscars/- nomination in the cathegory
„The Best Foreign Film.“
- The World Animation Celebration, L.A. - 1st Prize in the Category
"Best 1st work Intended for Public Exhibition"
- 11th Balticum Film & TV Festival, Bornholm, Denmark - 1st Prize
in the Student Film Category
- Igric 2000 - Awarded Best Slovak Animation Film of 2000
- Etiuda 2000, Krakow, Poland - "Silver Dinosaur" Award
- Goldfish - International Children´s Animation Film Festival, Moscow,
Russian Federation - Goldfish Award for the Most Original Film from
the Children´s Jury
- European Film Festival of Film Schools, Bologne, Italy – Award for
the Best Script
- Misaf Melbourne, Australia – Award for the Best Film in their Session
in the International Competition Screening
- UNESCO annual awards 2001 – the Best European Student Film.
selected festivals:
- Acko 1999 - International Student Film Showcase, Bratislava, Slovak
Republic
- 7th IFF Art Film Trencianske Teplice, Slovak Republic
- Internationale Munchner Filmwoche – Cilect, Munich, Germany
- IFF Karlovy Vary –Czech Republic
- IFF of Animation Fantoche 99, Baden, Switzerland
- IFF Cinemagic, Lleida, Spain
- IFF Sitges 99, Barcelona, Spain
- Prix Europa, Berlin, Germany
- IFF of Documentary Films Leipzig, Germany
- Bienalle of Animation, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Mediaschool, Lodz, Poland
- Shortfilm Night, Lausanne, Switzerland
- IFF Bilbao, Spain
- IFF of Film & New Media on Art, Athens, Greece
- Black Nights Film Festival, Tallin, Estonia
- Premiers Plans Festival d'Angers, France
- IFF of Animation Stutgart 2000, Germany
- Cleveland International Film Festival, USA
- IFF Grenzland Filmtage, Selb, Germany
- International Festival of Independent Young Artists "Break 21",
Ljublana, Slovenia
- International Documentary & Short Film Festival, Krakow, Poland
- IFF Cilect Tel Aviv, Israel
- IFF Cannes 2000 - Kodak European New Talents Showcase, France
- The World Animation Celebration, Los Angeles, USA
- 11th Balticum Film&TV Festival, Bornholm, Denmark
- International Animation Festival - Annecy 2000, France
- International Animation Festival - Hiroshima 2000, Japan (Selected
for screening "Best of the World")
- Telluride Film Festival, Telluride - Collorado, USA
- The Hamptons International Film Festival, New York, USA
- St.Louis IFF, St.Louis, USA
- Matita Film Festival, Chiety, Italy
- IFF Tinklai, Vilnius, Latvia
- International Festival of Student Films, Pisek, Czech Republic
- Etiuda 2000, Krakow, Poland
- AFI FEST, Los Angeles, USA
- 1Reel Film Fest 5, Seattle, USA
- Goldfish - International Children´s Animation Film Festival, Moscow,
Russian Federation
- European Film Festival of Film Schools - Cilect, Bologne, Italy
-Festival of Festivals, Aarhus, Denmark
- Curtacinema Short Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- The New Zeland Film Festival
- MISAF Melbourne, Australia
- Cinestud International Student Film Festival, Amsterdam, Holland
