Max Porter &
Ru Kuwahata

ANIMATION DIRECTORS, TINY INVENTIONS

Hear more from Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter of Tiny Inventions on using grants and residencies in Europe to fund their animation practice, negotiating the slow, labor-intensive process of stop-motion animation with the demands of commercial clients, how even an Oscar nomination didn't prevent future failures or rejections, making the hard decision to shelve a feature film they'd worked on for years, and how they balance their time between family, teaching, and running a small business. 

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Follow more of Max & Ru's work at tinyinventions.com and on Instagram @tinyinventions

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"Something Left, Something Taken"

"Make it Bigger" by Paula Scher

"CARTOON PHYSICS"

Sundance Screenwriting Lab

Torino Film Festival Script Lab

"NEGATIVE SPACE"

Netherlands Institute for Animation Film  

 

 

 

 


 




 

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