Thomas Stellmach (*1965 in Straubing, Germany) is animation director, producer, author and animator. Amongst 100 international awards for his independent productions, in 1997 he received the Academy award (Oscar®) for the stop-motion film Quest. He studied animation with the cartoon artist and professor Paul Driessen at the Kassel Academy of Arts (Kunsthochschule Kassel). In 2000, after completion of his artistic studies, he founded together with two partners the animation studio “Lichthof – Film & Animation” in Kassel and until 2008 he produced for TV and advertising. At the beginning of 2009 Stellmach left the company to focus his work on artistic animation projects. VIRTUOS VIRTUELL (Virtuoso Virtual, 2013) is his first independent film after the study.
Filmography
VIRTUOS VIRTUELL (8 min, animated experimental film 2013) CHICKEN KIEV (9 min, cartoon animation 2000) QUEST (11 min, puppet animation film 1996) OLD SUPER LADY (30 sec, cartoon animation 1994) SMALL TALK (5 min, pixilation 1994) UNKRAUT (5 min, cartoon animation 1992)