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My name is Fabian and I am a director at Cartoon Saloon.

For the past 25 years I have been involved with most Cartoon Saloon movies and shows:

 

I was Assistant Director on the feature films 'My Father's Dragon' and 'Song Of The Sea', and Co-director of the

Annie Award-winning short film 'There's a monster in my kitchen', alongside Tomm Moore.

Prior to this I was Animation Director on the Academy Award nominated feature films 'The Breadwinner' and 'Song Of The Sea', 

and Animation Supervisor on Saloon's debut film 'The Secret Of Kells'.

In 2021 I received the Irish Animation Award as 'Best Director of an Animated Series' for 'Dorg Van Dango',

a Nickelodeon show I created with Nora Twomey.

Recently I wrapped co-directing the TV-show 'Silly Sundays' for RTE and HBO Max.​

I have represented Cartoon Saloon at festivals such as Annecy, Cartoon Forum, Fantoche, We are Playgrounds,

Monstra, FMX, Spark, or the Shanghai Film Festival - facilitating Making-ofs, workshops, talks, and jury panels.​

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Besides my work I enjoy teaching and sharing knowledge with students.

I have taught at colleges such as The Animation Workshop in Denmark (2010 - 2017) 

and Filmakademie Ludwigsburg in Germany (2022 - 2025) as a seasonal guest teacher.

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I am a member of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and of the European Film Academy.

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We work in an amazing medium! I'm grateful to have collaborated with so many interesting people over the years.​