Marc Craste
2021He has designed & directed three short films in the series PICA TOWERS which each inspired his 12 minute short film JOJO IN THE STARS (2003) which has won awards world-wide, including both the 2004 BAFTA for Best Animated Short Film & the 2005 Cartoon D'or!
His most recent film is a half hour short entitled VARMINTS (2008). Adapted from the childrens novel he co-wrote and illustrated, he collaborated on this project with icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.
In 2020 he directed animated sequences for the Disney+ feature film, GODMOTHERED.
Varmints
Marc Craste
Adapted and directed by Marc Craste, Varmints is a 24-minute film based on the award-winning book of the same name by Helen Ward and illustrated by Craste, that tells the story of one small creature's struggle to preserve a world in danger of being lost forever through recklessness and indifference. A crew of 35 people worked in three countries over a two year period to make the film, and an original score by Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson and sound design by Adrian Rhodes complete the picture.
Varmints
Stuck on a Sunday
Marc Craste
Who are the Sunday Family? They appear to have discovered the secret of permanent happiness...and they live in a perpetual Sunday. But all that is set to change when an apparently harmless Beast turns up out of the blue. One by one everyone will discover that even paradise has its problems... A short teaser designed & directed by MARC CRASTE for an animated opera created by composer MARC TEITLER and writers TIMOTHY WALKER & JASON MORELL in partnership with The Royal Opera House and made with the support of the BFI.
Stuck on a Sunday
Will The Summer Make Good For All Our Sins
Marc Craste
A music video directed by Studio AKA animator Marc Craste for the song 'Will The Summer Make Good For All Our Sins', by the icelandic band, Múm. Studio AKA’s team of animators used a mix of live action, photographed images and 3D animation.
Will The Summer Make Good For All Our Sins
