Hisko Hulsing Explained

Hisko Hulsing
Birth Date:7 July 1971
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Known For:
  • (directed by Brett Morgen, 2015)
  • Junkyard (2012)
  • Seventeen (2004)
  • Undone
Occupation:

Hisko Hulsing (born 7 July 1971 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch director, animator, composer, painter and storyboard artist.

His animated films won many awards, including the Grand Prize for Junkyard at the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival[1] and the Grand Prize at the Shanghai Television Festival.[2]

Hisko Hulsing's film Junkyard had its online release in 2014 on Vimeo and was chosen as Top Ten video 2014 by Vimeo Staff,[3] Vice USA and SOTW.

Hisko Hulsing composes the orchestral soundtracks for his animated films.

In 2014 Hisko Hulsing Studio animated large sequences for ,[4] the first authorized documentary about Kurt Cobain, directed by Brett Morgen. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released by Universal Pictures worldwide. HBO and Netflix broadcast Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck in 2015.[5]

Hulsing directed and production designed Amazon's first adult animated series, Undone, which was created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg for Michael Eisner's company Tornante.[6] It premiered on 13 September 2019 on Amazon Prime Video.[7]

Filmography

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Notes and References

  1. Sarto, Dan. "Hulsing’s 'Junkyard' Takes Grand Prix for Best Short at Ottawa", Animation World Network, Sunday, September 23, 2012
  2. Amidi, Amid. "An Interview with “Junkyard” Director Hisko Hulsing", Cartoon Brew, New York, Friday June 28, 2013
  3. Vimeo Curation. "Staff Blog / Vimeo presents: The Top 10 Videos of 2014", Vimeo, New York, Dec 23, 2014
  4. Walsh, Katie. "Sundance Review: 'Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck' Is An Entertaining And Moving Rock Star Portrait", Indiewire, januari 27, 2015
  5. Web site: Dennis . Harvey . Sundance Film Review: 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck' . . February 2, 2015 . February 7, 2015.
  6. Amidi, Amid. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/amazons-new-series-undone-looks-and-feels-refreshingly-original-175346.html, Cartoon Brew, June 9, 2019
  7. Web site: Breaking News - New Rotoscope Animation Series "Undone" to Premiere Sept. 13 on Amazon Prime Video. The Futon Critic. September 17, 2019.
  8. Web site: Undone (TV Series 2019–) - IMDb. .