Short films directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys
jonkajtys@gmail.com
This is one of the coolest animation channels on Openfilm, displaying the work of Polish filmmaker Grzegorz Jonkajts . The guy has an impressive resume. He’s worked as lead animator on such effects-driven masterworks as Pan’s Labyrinth, The Mist and Sin City. He now works for CafeFx in Santa Barbara, California, and uses his free time to make the eye-popping shorts you can now watch on Openfilm.
Ark is the best of the bunch. Nominated for the Golden Palm at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the seven-minute film was three years in the making. It’s about a voyage to save mankind after a mysterious virus has wiped out much of the planet’s population. Legacy offers three of the most visually pleasing minutes of film you’ll find on this website. And Mantis was created with the same Cinema 4D technology used for the Robert Zemeckis-produced motion-capture films The Polar Express, Monster House and Beowulf.
His advice to struggling artists is to “be patient, draw, make photos and observe, always find good references.” You can also just sit back and watch and learn from him.
Note: Quote take from an interview by 3dtotal, which you can read here.
