THE GRUFFALO

The Gruffalo

Reino Unido. 2009. . 27 min. Animación. .
  • Film Director: Max Lang; Jakob Schuh.
  • Scriptwriter: Julia Donaldson.
  • Editing: Julia Donaldson; Max Lang; Jakob Schuh.
  • Music: René Aubry.
A magical tale of a mouse who takes a stroll through the woods. Encountering three predators – a fox, an owl and a snake – the plucky mouse has to use his wits to survive.


Max Lang
Max Lang studied animation at the prestigious Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany, where he worked on numerous productions as director, character designer, animator and storyboard artist. He was co-director of the animated trailer which launched the 2008 Cartoon Forum held in Ludwigsburg, Germany and has worked on several productions with Studio Soi. 'The Gruffalo' is his first commercial film as director.
Jakob Schuh
Jakob Schuh was born in Munich in 1976. He started studying dramaturgy at the LMU in Munich, and after a year took up animation/direction at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, while at the same time he studied illustration in Salzburg at the Summer Academy of Fine Arts. In 1997 he attended the master's class in painting and experimental animation at the College of Applied Arts in Vienna. He has been involved in various animation film productions since 1995 and has worked as caricaturist and illustrator for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
"The Gruffalo" (2009) / "Ernst im Herbst", "Engel zu Fuss" (2007) / "Torvald und der Tannenbaum" (2005) / "Strasse der Spezialisten" (2004)