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Sarah Van Den Boom | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 49–50) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Film director,screenwriter,animator |
Sarah Van Den Boom is a Frenchanimationfilm director and co-founder of the Papy3D Productions production company.[1]
Van Den Boom studied arts in the ESAG Penninghen, then in the animation workshop of the ENSAD inParis, France. After graduating in 2000, she started the production of her first animation short film,Novecento, pianist, adapted from the famous novel byAlessandro Baricco. She then worked as atechnician onanimated TV series andshort films, before creating several commercials for Acme Filmworks.
In 2009 she directed her second personal film,The Skeleton-Woman, inspired by a famousInuit story. The film was included in the list of 10 selected short films for the Cesar for the Best Animation Film, 2011.[2]
Her third film,In Deep Waters, co-produced with theNational Film Board of Canada, was released in 2015, and won awards inAnnecy, inClermont-Ferrand and inBrooklyn.[3][4][5] It was included in the online My French Film Festival.[6][1] It was included in the list of 12 animation short films selected for the Cesar for the Best Animation Short Film, 2016.[7]
Her laststopmotion filmRaymonde Or The Vertical Escape was nominated for the Cesar for the Best Animation Short Film in 2019.[8][9] It won major awards inLeeds,Vila Do Conde, Brooklyn andBrisbane.[10][11][12][13] It also won the French broadcast France Télévisions award in 2019, awarded during the Clermont-Ferrand festival.[14]
| Year | Title of film | Roles |
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| 2005 | Novecento, pianist | director, screenwriter, art direction, backgrounds and animation |
| 2009 | The Skeleton-Woman | director, screenwriter, editing, art direction and backgrounds |
| 2015 | In Deep Waters | director, screenwriter, editing, art direction, and backgrounds |
| 2018 | Raymonde Or The Vertical Escape | director, screenwriter, editing, art direction, sets, puppets and costumes |
| International | |
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| Other | |
