Learn and be inspired!
One of the many highlights of SPARK ANIMATION are the Production Sessions. Presented by some of the industry’s top talent, this is your opportunity to go behind the scenes of some of the most innovative and exciting new projects of the year.
Prepare to be wowed!
Join director Tomm Moore and art director Maria Pareja as the pair take us through the unique approach to the film's look and style and the explore the visual language of Wolfwalkers.
The discussion is moderated by assistant director Mark Mullery.
SPEAKER BIOS
MARIA PAREJA
Maria Pareja is a Spanish born, Irish based Production Designer and Art Director. She studied Engineering for three years, realised that wasn't for her and transferred to an Animation Course at U-tad (Madrid, Spain) and hasn't looked back since!
Maria moved to Kilkenny in 2018 to work for her dream studio, Cartoon Saloon, initially as a Scene Illustrator, before moving into Design, and from there into Production Design on Wolfwalkers. Currently she is art directing a project for GreenPeace.
She has also Illustrated Children's Books for Spanish Publishers SM, as well as pursuing her own animated projects.
Maria is a keen musician, passionate about plants and loves to doodle in her sketchbook for hours on the train.
TOMM MOORE
Over the company’s history, Tomm has worked as Director, Art Director, Storyboarder, Animator and Illustrator on a range of projects from commercials to service work for feature films and TV series, as well as a number of short films projects. Tomm has directed 2 universally successful feature films. Both were nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Award®: The Secret of Kells in 2010 and the spiritual follow-up, Song of the Sea in 2015.
Tomm also co-directed (with Ross Stewart) the “On Love” segment for The Prophet, a feature animation produced by Salma Hayek based on one of the best-selling books of all time. He has just finished working on his latest feature film Wolfwalkers which he co-directed with Ross Stewart.
Tomm Moore received the Directors Guild of Ireland and America’s Finder’s Series Award in 2008 and European Director of the year at Cartoon Movie in 2009.
MARK MULLERY
Mark Mullery has worked in various roles in both broadcast and feature animation, including as an editor, as a supervisor of both compositing and animation, and as an episode director for broadcast. He has worked for Cartoon Saloon since 2013 when he began as an animator on Song of the Sea.
Since then he has also served as technical director and composite supervisor on Netflix’ Puffin Rock, technical director on Nora Twomey's The Breadwinner, and most recently as assistant director on Tomm Moore and Ro
Learn and be inspired!
One of the many highlights of SPARK ANIMATION are the Production Sessions. Presented by some of the industry’s top talent, this is your opportunity to go behind the scenes of some of the most innovative and exciting new projects of the year.
Prepare to be wowed!
Join director Tomm Moore and art director Maria Pareja as the pair take us through the unique approach to the film's look and style and the explore the visual language of Wolfwalkers.
The discussion is moderated by assistant director Mark Mullery.
SPEAKER BIOS
MARIA PAREJA
Maria Pareja is a Spanish born, Irish based Production Designer and Art Director. She studied Engineering for three years, realised that wasn't for her and transferred to an Animation Course at U-tad (Madrid, Spain) and hasn't looked back since!
Maria moved to Kilkenny in 2018 to work for her dream studio, Cartoon Saloon, initially as a Scene Illustrator, before moving into Design, and from there into Production Design on Wolfwalkers. Currently she is art directing a project for GreenPeace.
She has also Illustrated Children's Books for Spanish Publishers SM, as well as pursuing her own animated projects.
Maria is a keen musician, passionate about plants and loves to doodle in her sketchbook for hours on the train.
TOMM MOORE
Over the company’s history, Tomm has worked as Director, Art Director, Storyboarder, Animator and Illustrator on a range of projects from commercials to service work for feature films and TV series, as well as a number of short films projects. Tomm has directed 2 universally successful feature films. Both were nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Award®: The Secret of Kells in 2010 and the spiritual follow-up, Song of the Sea in 2015.
Tomm also co-directed (with Ross Stewart) the “On Love” segment for The Prophet, a feature animation produced by Salma Hayek based on one of the best-selling books of all time. He has just finished working on his latest feature film Wolfwalkers which he co-directed with Ross Stewart.
Tomm Moore received the Directors Guild of Ireland and America’s Finder’s Series Award in 2008 and European Director of the year at Cartoon Movie in 2009.
MARK MULLERY
Mark Mullery has worked in various roles in both broadcast and feature animation, including as an editor, as a supervisor of both compositing and animation, and as an episode director for broadcast. He has worked for Cartoon Saloon since 2013 when he began as an animator on Song of the Sea.
Since then he has also served as technical director and composite supervisor on Netflix’ Puffin Rock, technical director on Nora Twomey's The Breadwinner, and most recently as assistant director on Tomm Moore and Ro
