Miguel Jiron
Animator Retrospective & Talk - SEAF 2024
Saturday, October 19, 2024 - 7:00 PM - MICA Falvey Hall Theatre
Runtime = 60 minutes
FREE EVENT! Go to this Eventbrite Ticket Link
On the Eventbrite site - Select Saturday, October 19. Then click the orange tickets button and find this specific event to reserve a seat for this screening/talk
Sweaty Eyeballs is excited to present a retrospective of short animated films, behind the scenes storyboard materials, and an in-person talk by Miguel Jiron (Los Angeles). The talk will delve into Jiron's personal, roundabout journey from the independent fine art world to the feature animation industry, along with screenings of his shorts. This screening will include an artist talk and Q&A session. Migue Jiron will also be running a Story Development Workshop at UMBC on Friday October 18, 1-4pm, details here. This event and artist talk is possible with the generous support of the Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Animator Retrospective & Talk - SEAF 2024
Saturday, October 19, 2024 - 7:00 PM - MICA Falvey Hall Theatre
Runtime = 60 minutes
FREE EVENT! Go to this Eventbrite Ticket Link
On the Eventbrite site - Select Saturday, October 19. Then click the orange tickets button and find this specific event to reserve a seat for this screening/talk
Sweaty Eyeballs is excited to present a retrospective of short animated films, behind the scenes storyboard materials, and an in-person talk by Miguel Jiron (Los Angeles). The talk will delve into Jiron's personal, roundabout journey from the independent fine art world to the feature animation industry, along with screenings of his shorts. This screening will include an artist talk and Q&A session. Migue Jiron will also be running a Story Development Workshop at UMBC on Friday October 18, 1-4pm, details here. This event and artist talk is possible with the generous support of the Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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Miguel Jiron is a Nicaraguan American director at Sony Pictures Animation. Most recently he worked as a Head of Story on “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” the sequel to the Academy Award-winning “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” on which he was a story artist. Additionally, Jiron wrote and directed an original short titled “Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham” for the home entertainment release of “Into the Spider-Verse”. Jiron has also worked as a storyboard artist on several other feature films. Jiron has directed and written several animated shorts, which have screened at film festivals around the world including SXSW, Toronto International Film Festival, Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Ottawa International Animated FIlm Festival. In 2015, Jiron was named one of Variety’s Top Animators to Watch, and in 2018, one of Animation Magazine’s Rising Stars. Prior to his work in animation Jiron was a painter for artist Takashi Murakami. He was born in Baton Rouge, LA and holds a BA from Northwestern University and MFA from USC.