Full
Sail Course Director Credited on Florida Film Festival Winner
On Saturday April 13, 2013, in Winter Park, Fla.,
Randall Christopher's independent animated short "Kleeman and Mike in
Backyard Jam" won the Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short in the
Florida Film Festival. Full Sail University Course Director Hugo Giraud is among
the animators who helped make the short come to life.
In addition to being a full-time instructor at
Full Sail, Hugo is an animation industry veteran whose work has appeared in
productions by Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks
Animation, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, MTV Animation, and Cartoon
Network. "Kleeman and Mike in Backyard Jam" is the third film Hugo
has worked on that has made it to the Florida Film Festival and the first
winner. He previously represented the first "Kleeman and Mike: Animated
Short" film and supported the Walt Disney Feature Animation documentary
"Dream On Silly Dreamer" at the festival in 2005.
About
Hugo Giraud:
Hugo Giraud is a Central Florida-based
illustrator, animator, fine artist and instructor. He is currently the Course
Director for the on-campus Design and Art Theory class in the Digital Arts and
Design and Graphic Design programs at Full Sail University. Hugo attended the
famed Barbara Bassett Art Workshop in Winter Park and the Columbus College of
Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio. He is a 15-year animation industry
veteran with former clients including Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks
Animation, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, MTV Animation, and Cartoon
Network. His fine art has been exhibited throughout Orlando at OMA, Winter Park
Sidewalk Art Festival, Full Sail University, Überbot, The Peacock
Room, Substance, Thee Grotto, and craft beer bar Redlight Redlight.
About
the Florida Film Festival:
The Florida Film Festival is the premier showcase in Central Florida for
American independent and international film. Celebrating its 22nd anniversary,
the Festival debuted in 1992 and is a core program of ENZIAN, a nonprofit
cultural organization founded in 1985. ENZIAN and the Florida Film Festival
have served more than 1.5 million guests and hosted hundreds of notable
celebrities including Paul Newman, Christopher Walken, Oliver Stone, Glenn
Close, John Waters, Emma Stone, Campbell Scott, James Caan, Ed Burns, Jason
Lee, Gena Rowlands, William H. Macy, Jon Voight, Barry Levinson, and Edward
James Olmos. The Festival is funded in part by national and local businesses
including Primary Sponsor Full Sail University and receives support from United
Arts of Central Florida and the State of Florida, Department of the State,
Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, National
Endowment for the Arts, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. In
addition, this project is funded in part by Orange County Government through
the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program.
About
Full Sail University:
Full Sail University is an award-winning
educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment and media
industry. Founded in 1979, Full Sail has been recognized as one of the Top Five
Game Degree Programs by Electronic
Gaming Monthly, one of the Best Music Programs by Rolling Stone Magazine, and one of the Best Film Programs by UNleashed Magazine. In 2011, Full Sail
received the “21st Century Best Practices in Distance Learning Award” from the
United States Distance Learning Association, was named the “School/College of the
Year” by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges, and was
recognized as one of the Top 100 Social Media Colleges by Studentadvisor.com.
Full Sail offers Master, Bachelor, and
Associate campus and online degree programs in areas related to animation, art,
business, education, graphic design, film, marketing, web development, music,
recording arts, sports, and video games. Full Sail graduate credits include
work on OSCAR®, Emmy®, GRAMMY®, ADDY®, MTV Video Music Award, and Spike Video
Game Award nominated and winning projects.
