Jelle van Meerendonk
animation director, animator, illustrator
Rucphen / NL
about me
In 2016 I graduated from AKV St.Joost Breda with Master of Animation. During my studies I created films that where screened in many international festivals. Around the time of making my second short film, after Erasmus semester at KASK in Ghent, I discovered the unlimited possibilities of non-realistic art. My growing interest in live drawings, human behavior and surrounding allowed me to create untold stories on a single page.

My interest is a mixture of live drawing, expressiveness and abstractionism. In my paintings I translate how I see things. They capture my feelings at the moment of time. It's an intuitive process, where in return I need to give a piece of myself away.

Moving between Netherlands and Belgium, I try to find new sources of inspiration and disseminate my art internationally.

ask me for
Animatie en Illustratie

trackrecord
Playgrounds Festival Titles 2016
What Else (short film)
A Morning Without Coffee (short film)
No Man's Bush (short film)

awards
A Morning Without Coffee winner of Best film in Competition LUFF 2016, Switzerland
Best student of 2015 Playgrounds Digital Festival 2015

software knowledge
Adobe Photoshop
Toon Boom Animation
After Effects
Premiere Pro

discipline
Animation, Corporate film, Short film, Experimental

Jelle van Meerendonk
Rucphen / NL
animation director, animator, illustrator