Andy London
Astoria,NY
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
MET
OPERA
01.2023 - Current
- NYSCA Grant Recipient, $10,000 “THE ENGLISH TEECHER”, 21 mins 2017 Audience Award, Supertoons, Croatia “149th and Grand Concourse”, 3 mins 2016 Best Experimental Film, Golden Movies Award, London, UK Best Documentary Film, the 15th Arouca Film Festival, Portugal Best Film, Chhatrapat Shivaji International Film Festival, India “OUR CRAPPY TOWN”, 9 mins 2016 Audience Award, Iron Mule Comedy Festival, New York Best Animated Short, 16th Coney Island Film Festival “HIGHWAY OF HELL”, 7 mins, 2014 Excellence in Writing Award, ASIFA East Jury Award, Iron Mule Comedy Festival “GRAND CENTRAL DIARY” Commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design for the exhibition “On Time/Grand Central at 100”
- An on-site new media installation on display from
Lecturer, Animation Program Director
Hostos Community College
01.2010 - Current
Visiting Professor
Harvard University
01.2016 - 01.2020
03.2013 - 07.2013
Animation Director
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Directed “Self Assembly”
- Directed “Illuminating Photography”
- Directed “Shape Memory Alloys”
- Directed “Elevators and Physics”
MOMA “TALK TO ME
07.2011 - 11.2011
- Short film featured in MOMA exhibition about design, technology and communication
- Curated by Paola Antonelli
- Vimeo Staff Pick YouTube Spotlight Film “A Letter to Colleen”, 8 minutes 2007 Cine Golden Eagle Award Best Animation -- Trenton Film Festival & Holly Shorts Award for Writing and Humor -- ASIFA East Film Festival Featured in American Cinematographer & Stash Magazine
- Programmed in over 120 international film festivals including Annecy Animation Festival, Ottawa Animation Festival & and Raindance
- The Backbrace", 6 mins 2004 Grand Prize in Animation - New York Television Festival Jury Award for Best Animation - Woodstock Film Festival Best in Show – Animation Block Party Programmed in over 75 film festivals including Ottawa and the Tribeca Film Festival
- Subway Salvation", 8 mins 2003 Audience Award for Best Short Film - Florida Film Festival Best in Show – ASIFA Hollywood Film Festival Best Animation – Sedona Film Festival Award for Writing and Humor; ASIFA East Film Festival
Adjunct Professor
Parsons School of Design
01.2006 - 01.2011
Adjunct Professor
University of the Arts
01.2006 - 01.2010
Adjunct Professor, • Traditional Animation Program Coordinator
Pratt Instittute
01.2005 - 01.2009
Commercial Director
BENT IMAGE LAB
Portland, Oregon
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Directed a national advertising campaign for Leo Burnett
- Independent Animated Films “CARNY TOWN”, Work in Progress
Animation Director
01.2018
- Directed “Holiday Star” 1st Place Commercial Films, ASIFA East
- Directed “Cinderella”
- GODS BEHAVING BADLY, Feature Film, 2013
- Animated Title Sequence
- TED-ED, Educational Division of Ted Talks
THE LOST
CITY, NEW YORK
01.2008
- TRIBES OF
Education
M.A. - Fine Art
Paris American Academy
Paris, France06-1995
B.F.A. - Fine Art
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY06-1990
Affiliations
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Voting Member, 01/01/20, Present
- Animation Speak/Easy, Founding Member, Co-Director
Grants
- Adelante Grant, 2023, $10,000, Animating Science Labs
- New York State Council of the Arts Grant, 2022, $10,000, Carny Town
- RF-CUNY Grant, 2015, $6,000, The English Teecher
Independentanimatedfilms
- CARNY TOWN, Work in Progress, 01/01/23, NYSCA Grant Recipient, $10,000
- THE ENGLISH TEECHER, 21 mins, 01/01/17, Audience Award, Supertoons, Croatia
- 149th and Grand Concourse, 3 mins, 01/01/16, Best Experimental Film, Golden Movies Award, London, UK, Best Documentary Film, the 15th Arouca Film Festival, Portugal, Best Film, Chhatrapat Shivaji International Film Festival, India
- OUR CRAPPY TOWN, 9 mins, 01/01/16, Audience Award, Iron Mule Comedy Festival, New York, Best Animated Short, 16th Coney Island Film Festival
- HIGHWAY OF HELL, 7 mins, 01/01/14, Excellence in Writing Award, ASIFA East, Jury Award, Iron Mule Comedy Festival
- GRAND CENTRAL DIARY, 03/01/13 to 07/31/13, Commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design for the exhibition 'On Time/Grand Central at 100'.
- THE LOST TRIBES OF NEW YORK CITY, 3 min, 01/01/08, MOMA 'TALK TO ME' July-2011- November, 2011, Short film featured in MOMA exhibition about design, technology and communication., Vimeo Staff Pick, YouTube Spotlight Film
- A Letter to Colleen, 8 minutes, 01/01/07, Cine Golden Eagle Award, Best Animation Trenton Film Festival & Holly Shorts, Award for Writing and Humor ASIFA East Film Festival
- The Backbrace, 6 mins, 01/01/04, Grand Prize in Animation - New York Television Festival, Jury Award for Best Animation - Woodstock Film Festival, Best in Show – Animation Block Party
- Subway Salvation, 8 mins, 01/01/03, Audience Award for Best Short Film - Florida Film Festival, Best in Show – ASIFA Hollywood Film Festival, Best Animation – Sedona Film Festival, Award for Writing and Humor; ASIFA East Film Festival
Timeline
MET
OPERA
01.2023 - Current
Animation Director
01.2018
Visiting Professor
Harvard University
01.2016 - 01.2020
03.2013 - 07.2013
MOMA “TALK TO ME
07.2011 - 11.2011
Animation Director
01.2011 - 01.2012
Lecturer, Animation Program Director
Hostos Community College
01.2010 - Current
THE LOST
01.2008
Adjunct Professor
Parsons School of Design
01.2006 - 01.2011
Adjunct Professor
University of the Arts
01.2006 - 01.2010
Adjunct Professor, • Traditional Animation Program Coordinator
Pratt Instittute
01.2005 - 01.2009
Commercial Director
BENT IMAGE LAB
01.2004 - 01.2006
M.A. - Fine Art
Paris American Academy
B.F.A. - Fine Art
Pratt Institute
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