Katherine Blakeney

Actor, Animator, Art Director, Author, Concept Artist, Costume Designer, Director, Film/theatre Journalist, Filmmaker, Illustrator, Model Maker, Photographer (Still), Puppeteer, Screenwriter, Set Designer, Translator, Visual Effects Artist and Voice Artist

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Member Since:
May 2014

Last online:
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About Katherine

I am an independent stop motion animator, filmmaker and author. I write, direct, design, and animate short films and commissioned projects in my studio in Edinburgh, Scotland. My debut novel, Digging in the Stars, is forthcoming March 28, 2017 with Blaze Publishing.

I have a BFA (Honours) in Stop Motion Animation from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MSc (Distinction) in Film Studies from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. I am currently studying for a PhD in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh, writing my thesis on silent film adaptations of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Gothic novels, with a special emphasis on psychological and aesthetic representations of the Monster figure.

I have been employed as an animator, screenwriter, modelmaker and art director for studios in Edinburgh, South Korea and Qatar and have worked for more than 10 years as photographer and videographer for the South Asasif Conservation Project, an archaeological expedition in Egypt. I have produced commissioned projects for IdeasTap in London, the Arts Trust Scotland and the British Library. My short films have won competitions and screened at various international festivals.

Unique traits: I am a passionate admirer of Silent Era cinema, especially films influenced by German Expressionism.

Gender:
Female

Height:
5' 3"

Hair:
Long

Hair color:
Blonde

Eyes:
Brown

Certifications

Photos

Still from my new stop motion animated short, The Burglar With the Yellow Hand

Videos

The Green Wall: IndieGoGo Campaign Video

Credits

A Modern Ozymandias (2014)
Film (short) by IdeasTap Director, Animator, Writer, Designer
The Burglar With the Yellow Hand (2014)
Film (short) by Arts Trust Scotland and IdeasTap Director, Animator, Writer, Designer
The Great Library Robbery (2013)
Film (short) by The British Library and IdeasTap Director, Director, Animator, Writer, Designer
A Thousand Slimy Things and I (2012)
Film (short) Director, Animator, Writer, Designer
The Dreams of Kings (2010)
Film (short) by School of Visual Arts Director, Animator, Writer, Designer
King Richard and the Apple (2009)
Film (short) by School of Visual Arts Director, Animator, Writer, Designer
Shakespeare, Marlowe, and the Tree Nymph (2008)
Film (short) by School of Visual Arts Director, Animator, Writer, Designer
Stone Egg: Traditional Myth from the Isle of Ciris (2007)
Film (short) by School of Visual Arts Director, Animator, Writer, Designer
How To Make Powdered Sugar (2006)
Film (short) by School of Visual Arts Director, Animator, Writer, Designer