#46: INTERVIEW W/ SIMON WILCHES CASTRO: Director at Titmouse
10/17/17 • 69 min
Simon Wilches Castro is the Creative Director at Titmouse Studio. Born in Popayán, Colombia. He Studied Visual Arts in Bogotá, Animation in Cuba and an MFA in the United States. Back in Colombia he used to do political and social satire and cartoons and got himself in trouble because of it. Now he's a director at Titmouse Studios Los Angeles. Other work includes TBS in Japan, directed projects for Disney TV, Starburns industries, Netflix, Apple, Universal and Adult Swim. His films have screened in festivals around the world like Annecy, Hiroshima and Ottawa and has won awards including a double Adobe Design Achievement Award, an Annie Award Nomination and two Student academy award semifinalist nominations. He was awarded the FULBRIGHT Fellowship for artists in 2011.
Simon Wilches Castro started very small in Popayan, which was a small town with barely any computers available. When he grew he applied to Visual Arts in Bogota and got accepted. Later he went to Cuba to get more classes and become better at animation. He started doing a lot of political satire in a web show as that was present a lot in Colombia. Eventually he won an Scholarship to do a Masters in Animation and Digital Art USC School of Cinematic Arts at Los Angeles.
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Simon Wilches Castro is the Creative Director at Titmouse Studio. Born in Popayán, Colombia. He Studied Visual Arts in Bogotá, Animation in Cuba and an MFA in the United States. Back in Colombia he used to do political and social satire and cartoons and got himself in trouble because of it. Now he's a director at Titmouse Studios Los Angeles. Other work includes TBS in Japan, directed projects for Disney TV, Starburns industries, Netflix, Apple, Universal and Adult Swim. His films have screened in festivals around the world like Annecy, Hiroshima and Ottawa and has won awards including a double Adobe Design Achievement Award, an Annie Award Nomination and two Student academy award semifinalist nominations. He was awarded the FULBRIGHT Fellowship for artists in 2011.
Simon Wilches Castro started very small in Popayan, which was a small town with barely any computers available. When he grew he applied to Visual Arts in Bogota and got accepted. Later he went to Cuba to get more classes and become better at animation. He started doing a lot of political satire in a web show as that was present a lot in Colombia. Eventually he won an Scholarship to do a Masters in Animation and Digital Art USC School of Cinematic Arts at Los Angeles.
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https://www.framefreakstudio.com/simon-wilches-castro-titmouse/
The Creative Hustlers Show is a series of interviews featuring successful artists and creative professionals from all over the world who are successful in their careers or projects and finding out how they did it so you can learn from the very best. The people interviewed here have founded their own studios, projects, won Academy Awards or worked at the best animation companies in the world such as Disney, Pixar, Cartoon Saloon, Dream Works, Frederator, and Many More.
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Ari Gibson is the Co-Founder & Co-Director of Team Cherry, a video game studio in Adelaide Australia. They created the video game success known as Hollow Knight. They launched Hollow Knight as a Kickstarter project and asked about $35,000 Australian dollars but they got $57,138 AUD and through that they were able to complete the game through hard work and dedication. He previously ran the animation studio Mechanical Apple and has worked on countless projects across film, games and music videos. Ari's been modding games from before computers were colour and has loved them since his first ever game rental: Faxanadu for NES.
William Pellen also joined our interview for a bit. William has been designing and building games for years, and loves to create silly little worlds for people to poke around in and explore. He’s been enraptured with games ever since his Dad found the wing boots for him in Zelda 2, and wants to recreate that experience of adventure and excitement for other people.
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