David OReilly is an Irish-born filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California.
Winner of over 70 film awards including The Golden Bear for Best Short Film, The Cartoon D’Or, IFTA for Best Animation, Grand Prizes at Ottawa, Stuttgart, Fantoche & Zagreb.
Short films selected in over 200 festivals, including several retrospectives worldwide. Work featured in Rolling Stone, Variety, Juxtapoz, Creative Review, Salon.com, BoingBoing, Cartoon Brew & Motionographer. Invited speaker at Pixar, Yale, CalArts, Pictoplasma and others.
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AWARDS
Best Short Film - Ljubljana Intl. Film Festival (2011)
Best Short Film - Anim’est IAFF Romania (2011)
Grand Prix - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2011)
“Most Actual Animation” Award - Multivision Festival (2011)
Audience award - Uppsala Intl Short Film Festival (2011)
Best Contemporary / Experimental Short - Sapporo Shortfest (2011)
CRYPTON Best Sound Award - Sapporo Shortfest (2011)
Grand Prix “Golden Kuker” - The International AnimationFilm Festival Sofia (2011)
Best Direction Award - ANIMAGE - III International Animation Festival (2011)
Best International Short (Independent) - Playgrounds Festival (2011)
Best Short Film Award - Anim’est IAFF Romania (2011)
Golden Gate Award - Best Animation - San Francisco Film Festival (2011)
Best film in category “10-50 minutes” - KROK (2011)
Grand Prix - 25FPS Festival (2011)
Audience Award - 25FPS Festival (2011)
Grand Prix - Fantoche Film Festival (2011)
Grand Prix - Silhouette Short Film Festival (2011)
Jury Special Mention - AyeAye Film Festival (2011)
European Youth Jury Special Mention - Aye Aye F.Festival (2011)
Special Achievement Award - ANIMANIMA (2011)
Audience Award - ANIMANIMA (2011)
Best International Animation - Anibar (2011)
Best Short Animation - Guanajuato Intl Film Festival (2011)
Jury Special Mention - Melbourne Animation Festival (2011)
Best Animation - Tabor Film Festival (2011)
Special Mention - Curtocircuito Festival (2011)
Vox Veronicae Award - Tabor Film Festival (2011)
Audience Award - Vienna Independent Shorts (2011)
ASIFA Austria Award - Vienna Independent Shorts (2011)
Award of Distinction - Prix Ars Electronica (2011)
Grand Prix – Intl. Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart (2011)
Grand Prix – Hallucinations Collectives (2011)
Best Short Film - Obliqua Section - Mecal (2011)
Adobe Award - Regensburg Short Film Week (2011)
Best Animation - Tampere Film Festival (2011)
International Audience Award - Minimalen Film Festival (2011)
GoShort - Best Animation (2011)
IFTA – Best Animation (2011)
Canal + Award – Clermont Ferrand (2011)
Honorary Mention - Sundance (2011)
Best Animation/Yoram Gross Award - Flickerfest (2011)
Public Award - S. de la Cinémathèque Québécoise (2010)
Youth Award for best short film - Gijon Film festival (2010)
Berlin Award - Interfilm (2010)
Grand Prize - Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (2010)
Special Mention - Cork Film Festival (2010)
Grand Prize - Ottawa Animation Festival (2010)
Best Experimental Film - Rio De Janeiro SFF (2010)
Special Mention - Rio De Janeiro SFF (2010)
Special Mention - Intl. Film Festival Bratislava (2010)
Best Animation - Dallas Videofest (2010)
Golden Zagreb Award - Zagreb Animafest (2010)
Best Art Direction - Animage Festival (2010)
Best Animated Film - RiverRun Film Festival (2010)
Best Short Film (obliqua) - Barcelona Intl Short FF (2010)
Best Animated Film - Ann Arbor Film Festival (2010)
Special Mention - Monstra (2010)
Golden Bear for Best Short film - Berlinale (2009)
The Cartoon D’or (2009)
German Film Award (Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis) (2009)
Best Narrative Film - Ottawa Animation Festival (2009)
Grand Prize - Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (2009)
First Prize for Best Short Film - Animadrid (2009)
Best German Film - Oberhausen (2009)
Special Distinction - Annecy (2009)
Silver Dove - DOK Leipzig (2009)
Special Jury Commendation - Encounters (2009)
Special Mention - Animated Dreams Tallinn (2009)
Special Jury Commendation - Filminute (2009)
High Risk Award - Fantoche (2009)
Best Animation - Darklight film festival (2008)
Best Animation - Curtas Vila do Conde (2008)
Special Mention - Berlinale (2008)
Special Mention - Prix Ars Electronica (2008)
(other)
Leonardo Da Vinci Award for contribution to the field of Animation (2011)
Cartoon D’or Nominations - 2009, 2010.
EFA Nomination - Venice Film Festival (2010)
Prädikat Besonderes Wertvoll (2010)
Animation Magazine - Rising Star of Animation (2009)
Best Online Animation - Cartoon Brew (2008)
Boards Magazine “Director to Watch” (2008)
Creative Review - “Creative Future Award” (2008)
Creative Review - “One to Watch” (2006)
RES Magazine - Student 10 selection (2006) Scholarship to Fabrica (2006)
TALKS
CutOut Festival (MX) - November 2011
Giraf Festival (CA) - November 2011
CalArts (USA) - October 2011
Yale (USA) - October 2011
Univ of Michigan (USA) - October 2011
Kavalan Intl Short FF (TAIWAN) - July 2011
Prix Ars Electronica (AU) - September 2011
Campus Party (MX) - July 2011
DePaul University (US) - November 2010
DesignWeek Monterrey (MX) - October 2010
Playgrounds (NL) - October 2010
Click NY (US) - October 2010
Offset (IE) - October 2010
GraphicPassport (JP) – September 2010
KLDW (MY) - May 2010
Courtisane (BE) - March 2010
Kask (BE) - March 2010
PIXAR (US) - January 2010
LIAA (CH) - December 2009
AHO Design (NO) - October 2009
SweetTalk (IE) - October 2009
Bangkok CG Plus (TH) - August 2009
DCA (UK) - May 2009
Republikken (DK) - April 2009
LYNfabrikken (DK) - March 2009
Pictoplasma (DE) - March 2009
Flatpack Festival (UK) - March 2009
Berlinale Talent Campus (DE) - February 2009
Kerry Film Festival (IE) - November 2008
Pictoplasma NYC (US) - September 2008
Irish Film Institute (IE) - July 2008
Darklight (IE) - June 2008
Backup festival (DE) - June 2008
Webinale (DE) - May 2008
Creative Futures (UK) - January 2008
Pictoplasma (DE) - November 2007
RETROSPECTIVE SCREENINGS
Multiplicidade (Brazil 2011)
NOVA Contemporary Culture (Buenos Aires 2011)
GIRAF Animation Festival (Canada 2011)
Kavalan Intl Short FF (Taiwan 2011)
2inone Festival (Russia 2011)
Buenos Aires International Film Festival (Argentina 2011)
Laputa Animation Festival (Japan 2010)
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