Simon Wilches Castro is the Creative Director at Titmouse Studio. Born in Popayán, Colombia. He Studied Visual Arts in Bogotá, Animation in Cuba and an MFA in the United States. Back in Colombia he used to do political and social satire and cartoons and got himself in trouble because of it. Now he's a director at Titmouse Studios Los Angeles. Other work includes TBS in Japan, directed projects for Disney TV, Starburns industries, Netflix, Apple, Universal and Adult Swim. His films have screened in festivals around the world like Annecy, Hiroshima and Ottawa and has won awards including a double Adobe Design Achievement Award, an Annie Award Nomination and two Student academy award semifinalist nominations. He was awarded the FULBRIGHT Fellowship for artists in 2011.
Simon Wilches Castro started very small in Popayan, which was a small town with barely any computers available. When he grew he applied to Visual Arts in Bogota and got accepted. Later he went to Cuba to get more classes and become better at animation. He started doing a lot of political satire in a web show as that was present a lot in Colombia. Eventually he won an Scholarship to do a Masters in Animation and Digital Art USC School of Cinematic Arts at Los Angeles.
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