Raimund Krumme

An independent animation director, he has also directed commercials for the American and Japanese markets. His animated shorts Rope Dance (1986), Spectators (1989), Crossroads (1991), Passage (1994) and The Message (2000) have won numerous international awards, including the Prix du Jury in Annecy, twice the Bundesfilmpreis, the Filmband in Gold (Bonn), the Silver Dragon (Krakow) and the Grand Prix for Animation (Montréal). His films and drawings have been exhibited in galleries and institutions around the world. He recently exhibited drawings and animations in Lisbon at the Sociedade Nationalde Belas Artes at the Monstra-Animation-Festival. He has previously exhibited at UPV in Valencia, at the Fuzhong F15-museum for animation and documentary in New Taipei City, in Meknes, Morocco at the Institut Français, in Gori, Georgia, and several times in Berlin. He has extensive experience teaching Media Arts at many universities around the world.