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Erik van Schaaik (Maartensdijk, 24 July 1968) is a Dutch animator, screenwriter, film and television director, producer, production designer and composer.
Biography
Erik van Schaaik studied graphic design at the Academy of Art in Arnhem (ArtEZ). He created children's television programs for broadcasting companies VPRO and KRO and animated short films, including VENT which won the FIPRESCI award at the International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, and Under The Apple Tree which won a Golden Calf for Best Short Film at the Netherlands Film Festival. Erik worked with i.a. Il Luster Productions, The Drawing Room, Pedri Animation, Martin Fondse, Eric Vloeimans en Ernst Reijseger.
Filmography
1987 Side Effects – live action – 22 minutes
1990 Tower Of Pizza's – tabletop animation – 5 x 4 minutes
1991 Little Jerome – cutout animation – 3 X 4 minutes
1992 The Night Watch – live action / documentary – 22,5 minutes
1993 The Little Man In The Radio – live action / puppet animation – 3 X 6 minutes
1993 Bush Beasts – puppetry – 3 X 5 minutes
1994 Ot and Bilotte – live action – 14 X 25 minutes
1995–1996 Sausage Dog Titus – tabletop animation – 7 X 6 and 7 X 7 minutes
1998-1999-2001 Spot Light – cutout animation sequences – 13 X 3 minutes, 26 X 1 minutes, 26 X 1 minutes
1998 P. Tato and Small Frie – stop motion animation – 10 X 2 minutes
1998–2000 National Science Quiz Junior – cutout animation sequences – 8 X 2 minutes
2000 KRO's Kids Theatre – 2D animation - +/- 1,5 minutes
2000 Cinekid (leader) – 3D animation – 25 seconds
2001 Doctors Without Borders – 2D animation – 3,5 minutes
2002 That's Not All, Folks (pilot) – stop motion animation – 6 minutes
2003 Toddler Docs – documentary – 2 minutes per episode
2003–2004 Full Proof – documentary / live action / animation – 15 x 7 minutes
2003 Nemo – digital cutout animation – 30 seconds
2004 Vent – 2D animation – 4,5 minutes
2005 Child's Play – live action / 2D animation – 7 minutes
2006 Piece Of Cake – documentary – 24 X 6,5 minutes
2008 ST*CK! - live action – 9,45 minutes
2008–2011 This or That – live action – 26 X 2,5 minutes
2008 The Phantom Of The Cinema – 2D animation / 3D animation – 10 minutes, 46 seconds
2010 Pecker – stop motion animation / 2D animation – 3 minutes
2010 Ultra Short – 2D animation – 10 seconds
2011–2013 Illumations – 2D animation – 20+ x 15 seconds
2012 Under The Apple Tree, the book – Illustrated poem. A bedtime a story.
2012–2015 Under The Apple Tree – stop motion animation, CGI animation – 20 minutes
2013 Rozet – CGI animation – 2 minutes
2012–2018 Hieronymus – Original treatment and screenplay for the feature-length animation film about Hieronymus Bosch
2006–2014 Outside! – live action / 2D animation – 19 x 5,5 minutes
Honors
= Awards
=Fullproof: Jos Withagen-Eurekaprijs 2006
Vent: Special mention at the 55th International Filmfestspiele in Berlin, first prize at International Festival of animationfilms BIMINI in Latvia, FIPRESCI award at the International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, Grand Prix best short film at Kyoto Kinder Film Fest, best soundtrack at Espinho Filmfestival Portugal, best music at Neum, Bosnia Hercegovina, best animation in Taiwan.
Childs Play: Dutch Academy Award 2006
Piece Of Cake: Prix Danube 2003 at Bratislava. Third prize at Prix Jeunesse 2004
Phantom Of The Cinema: Grand Prize and trophy at Anim’est international film festival Romania (2009)
Outside: Second prize at Prix Jeunesse 2008
Under The Apple Tree: Golden Calf for Best Short Film at Netherlands Film Festival 2015
= Nominations
=Vent: short film and sound design, Nederlands Film Festival 2004
Fullproof: Golden Statue at the Dutch Academy Award 2005
ST*CK!: crime & thriller competition Shocking Shorts 2008
The Phantom Of The Cinema: Dutch entry for the Oscars 2009
Outside: Cinekid Kinderkast Audience and Jury Award 2007
References
"IMDB-profile". IMDb.
NRC Handelsblad (28 August 2008). "Phantom of the cinema entry for the Oscars 2008".
Il Luster. "Vent featured on IlLuster Productions website".
Netherlands Film Festival. "Pecker (Pik) selected at Nederlands Film Festival".
Netherlands Film Fund. "Erik van Schaaik's movies supported by the Dutch film fund". Archived from the original on 2014-05-11.
Annecy International Animated Film Festival. "2005 - Fipresci Award".
Zippy Frames (26 February 2013). "Hieronymus Bosch, animated". Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
"Filmer wil film maken via crowdfunding". de Gelderlander. 4 January 2013.
External links
Official website