Alberto Vázquez

Alberto Vázquez

Birth : 1980-10-13, A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

History

Animation director, illustrator and cartoonist. His books and comics have been published in countries like Spain, France, Italy, Brazil and Korea and his illustrations have been published in magazines and newspapers around the world. He has written and directed short animation as "Birdboy" , "Unicorn blood"or "Decorado"based in his comics. He just finished his first featured film "Psiconautas", whose is director, scriptwriter, art director and based on the graphic novel of the same name by the own Vázquez. His works have won three times the Goya Awards (best animation film and best animation short film twice) and He has won over 100 awards in international events such as the Festival of Annecy, Platino Awards, Chicago, Foyle, Silver Meliés or Expotoon. His works have been exhibited in prestigious festivals worldwide as Cannes, EFA Awards, Toronto, Annecy, Clermond-Ferrand, Animafest Zagreb or Slamdance.

Profile

Alberto Vázquez

Movies

Unicorn Wars
Sonrisas (voice)
An army of bear cubs train and indoctrinate young recruits for the war against the unicorns, which threatens the safety of the cubs. Brothers Bluet and Tubby, along with a group of inexperienced cadets, are sent on a dangerous mission to save the Magic Forest, where the unicorns live, and start a terrible battle.
Unicorn Wars
Art Direction
An army of bear cubs train and indoctrinate young recruits for the war against the unicorns, which threatens the safety of the cubs. Brothers Bluet and Tubby, along with a group of inexperienced cadets, are sent on a dangerous mission to save the Magic Forest, where the unicorns live, and start a terrible battle.
Unicorn Wars
Writer
An army of bear cubs train and indoctrinate young recruits for the war against the unicorns, which threatens the safety of the cubs. Brothers Bluet and Tubby, along with a group of inexperienced cadets, are sent on a dangerous mission to save the Magic Forest, where the unicorns live, and start a terrible battle.
Unicorn Wars
Director
An army of bear cubs train and indoctrinate young recruits for the war against the unicorns, which threatens the safety of the cubs. Brothers Bluet and Tubby, along with a group of inexperienced cadets, are sent on a dangerous mission to save the Magic Forest, where the unicorns live, and start a terrible battle.
Homeless Home
Sucia Bestia & Niño Fantasma
"No one can escape their roots, however rotten they may be"
Homeless Home
Character Designer
"No one can escape their roots, however rotten they may be"
Homeless Home
Background Designer
"No one can escape their roots, however rotten they may be"
Homeless Home
Art Direction
"No one can escape their roots, however rotten they may be"
Homeless Home
Writer
"No one can escape their roots, however rotten they may be"
Homeless Home
Director
"No one can escape their roots, however rotten they may be"
Scenery
Screenplay
The world is a wonderful stage, but its characters are disgraceful.
Scenery
Director
The world is a wonderful stage, but its characters are disgraceful.
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Director of Photography
Teenagers Birdboy and Dinki have decided to escape from an island devastated by ecological catastrophe: Birdboy by shutting himself off from the world, Dinki by setting out on a dangerous voyage in the hope that Birdboy will accompany her.
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Art Direction
Teenagers Birdboy and Dinki have decided to escape from an island devastated by ecological catastrophe: Birdboy by shutting himself off from the world, Dinki by setting out on a dangerous voyage in the hope that Birdboy will accompany her.
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Writer
Teenagers Birdboy and Dinki have decided to escape from an island devastated by ecological catastrophe: Birdboy by shutting himself off from the world, Dinki by setting out on a dangerous voyage in the hope that Birdboy will accompany her.
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Director
Teenagers Birdboy and Dinki have decided to escape from an island devastated by ecological catastrophe: Birdboy by shutting himself off from the world, Dinki by setting out on a dangerous voyage in the hope that Birdboy will accompany her.
Unicorn Blood
Storyboard
Two teddy-bears go hunting unicorns, their favorite prey.
Unicorn Blood
Background Designer
Two teddy-bears go hunting unicorns, their favorite prey.
Unicorn Blood
Art Designer
Two teddy-bears go hunting unicorns, their favorite prey.
Unicorn Blood
Narrator
Two teddy-bears go hunting unicorns, their favorite prey.
Unicorn Blood
Writer
Two teddy-bears go hunting unicorns, their favorite prey.
Unicorn Blood
Director
Two teddy-bears go hunting unicorns, their favorite prey.
Ramiro, dirty rat
Director
A very short story about a rat.
Birdboy
Director of Photography
A terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki's life forever. Now Dinki's fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the forest lost in his fantasies.
Birdboy
Art Direction
A terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki's life forever. Now Dinki's fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the forest lost in his fantasies.
Birdboy
Writer
A terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki's life forever. Now Dinki's fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the forest lost in his fantasies.
Birdboy
Director
A terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki's life forever. Now Dinki's fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the forest lost in his fantasies.
Judas, Catholic Squirrel
Director
Judas, a squirrel that seeks to find its place in the world. Shortfilm made for Stripburger magazine's 18th anniversary.
Decorado
Writer
Arnold, a middle-aged mouse in existential crisis, lives in constant suspicion: unlike his wife María, he has long felt that the world is unreal, a fake, like a SCENERY! Arnold decides to rebel against society by confronting his so-called friends, neighbors, doctors, and even the corporation A.C.M.E. (A Company that Makes Everything), blatantly ruling the whole place. Arnold goes crazy as he realizes that all his suspicions are true and that he can’t escape from his nightmarish world. Exhausted, he finally gives up and accepts his fate, becoming a model ACME citizen. Helped by the ghost of his best friend Ramiro and the outcast Mr. Mushroom, Arnold and María hatch a cunning plan to escape their town and leave behind their SCENERY, in order to start a new life, far away from ACME’s social and economic control.
Decorado
Director
Arnold, a middle-aged mouse in existential crisis, lives in constant suspicion: unlike his wife María, he has long felt that the world is unreal, a fake, like a SCENERY! Arnold decides to rebel against society by confronting his so-called friends, neighbors, doctors, and even the corporation A.C.M.E. (A Company that Makes Everything), blatantly ruling the whole place. Arnold goes crazy as he realizes that all his suspicions are true and that he can’t escape from his nightmarish world. Exhausted, he finally gives up and accepts his fate, becoming a model ACME citizen. Helped by the ghost of his best friend Ramiro and the outcast Mr. Mushroom, Arnold and María hatch a cunning plan to escape their town and leave behind their SCENERY, in order to start a new life, far away from ACME’s social and economic control.