TEARS OF THE MOUNTAIN

Born and raised in sunny San Diego California, I was drawn to study animation at age 18 after leaving highschool. While studying at Santa Monica community college and Concept Design academy in Los Angeles, I was able to intern for the television show, Bob’s Burgers before going on to work as a production assistant. After that, I worked as a design production coordinator for the Warner Bros show Young Justice ( season 3) for a year. I left Young Justice in 2018 to attend the character animation department at California Institute of the Arts for a year. In October of 2019, I was fortunate to be contacted by Titmouse to leave school and work as a character design assistant on the show Legend of Vox Machina for 2 seasons and then as a character designer for the show Invincible for 2 seasons. After spending so long working with the preproduction part of the animation process, I was very keen to study at Gobelins and have more practice with animating. The program at Gobelins and working on Tears of the Mountain has been an incredibly humbling challenge that none of my previous experience prepared me for. I am eternally grateful for the patience, guidance, and kindness of my teammates, classmates, and teachers.

Born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine, I got interested in animation as a kid. In the evenings after school, I would take classes at an independent animation studio Novatorfilm, where I was able to do my own little projects and eventually work at the studio for a short time. In 2020 I entered Gobelins Bachelors, and continued with Masters in 2023. In 2024-2025 I had a chance to work on my graduation film Tears of the Mountain, which was for the most complex, interesting and challenging project I worked on so far.

I was born in Istanbul and moved to Switzerland in 2007. I discovered animation through stop motion and took a profound interest in animating dinosaurs in my pass-time. I graduated from the International School of Geneva with an International Baccalaureate and reoriented myself to study animation at Gobelins - Paris. Pitching « Tears of the Mountain », forming a team and making the film together with my fellow classmates was a great privilege and a huge pleasure.

Born and raised in Paris, France from Japanese parents, Ange grew up between the artistic influences of both the west and the east. After high school, she directly entered the Gobelins Bachelor’s program and graduated later the Master’s. Always taking her artistic practice at heart, she mixes with harmony the two worlds she grew up in and cherishes.