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Computer Animation / Film / VFX Auszeichnung - Award of Distinction 2011

The External World

David OReilly
A boy learns to play the piano.

Links: http://www.theexternalworld.com/
Directed by: David OReilly

Written by: David OReilly & Vernon Chatman

Produced by: David OReilly & Henning Kamm

Sound & Music by: Bram Meindersma

Animation by: Max Stöhr, Tobias Von Burkersroda & Jim Levasseur

Rigging by: Amy Hay

Voices by: Julian Barratt, Pearl Brilmyer, Adam Buxton, Christopher Kline, Stefanie Jones, Bram Meindersma, Hanayo Nakajima & Tenko Nakajima
David OReilly (IRE) is an Irish animator based in Berlin. At 15 he began working as an assistant at local animation studios, teaching himself 3D software in his spare time. He discovered cinema in 2005 when he was given the keys to an unused private theatre with an enormous film library. Since then he has created a wide variety of independent short films. Noted for his disregard of conventions his work is regarded as a groundbreaking force in contemporary 3D animation.