Masaki Okuda

Born in 1985 Yokohama. He graduated from Department of Graphic Design, Tama Art University and completed from Department of Animation, Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. He started to make animated films studying at Tama Art University. His film ‘A GUM BOY’ has won New talent at Fantoche, and Best Short Film of Animation schools at Animadrid and also nominated at Berlinale. His films have have won several prizes and presented at a lot of film festivals.After staying at Montreal, CANADA as a trainee of ‘Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists’, he has been working as a freelance animator and illustrator. He has made CF for Yokohama, title animation for TV drama and live action film and animation for educational TV program, cover illustration for books, and so on.