Juan Pablo Machado is a Colombian director who fell in love with France during his studies at the Emile Cohl animation school. His graduation film ‘Rapunzel’ received rave reviews from prestigious festivals such as South Korea’s BIAF.
Since then, Juan Pablo has supervised the animation on Gendy Tartakovsky’s second season of ‘Primal’, a semi-realistic action-packed series, following a caveman and his dinosaur friend set in a Jurassic world, produced by Cartoon Network. He also directed the melancholic japanim-style music video ‘Memories’ for Sandor Waïss on which he created the whole artistic direction, staging, while fully supervising the backgrounds and animation. Most recently he directed a trailer introducing one of the last character of Supercell’s game Brawlstars : Finx, making a fun, dynamic and full of references video game trailer.
His last work before; ‘So Close’, for the Ronald McDonald Foundation has recently shortlisted a the Young Director Awards festival, proving he is one of the artists and directors to watch in the coming years.
Currently working on the conception of a 2D fantasy series with a fresh take on classic fairy tales, Juan Pablo is definitely a well-rounded artist with a unique and bold vision, focusing his work on powerful atmospheres and refined character development.