Fabian Erlinghäuser
Director
at Cartoon Saloon
SILLY SUNDAYS
Co-Director
I co-directed 78 episodes of the TV-show 'Silly Sundays', created by Nuria González Blanco.
I was involved across all departments from storyboard / animatic sign-off, reviews of Layout, locations and character design, in close cooperation with Art Director Fran Bravo. On to character posing supervision, animation briefing in cooperation with Anim Director Paulo Ferreira, to FX, Comp reviews. Finally, briefing and reviews of score music with composer Dean Valentine, sound mix and final picture sign-off at Gorilla Post.
Awards:
nominated for
Magnolia Award 2024
Best Animation
Magnolia Award 2024
Best Storytelling
Royal Television Society of Ireland
Best Children's Programme
MY FATHER'S DRAGON
Assistant Director
I worked across departments such as reviewing character animation, briefing and reviewing character posing with supervisor Sandra Andersen, character design and modelsheet continuity, clean animation reviews, and general quality control across all figurative departments, with an eye on inhouse teams as well as several co-production studios.
I was also involved in team casting matters such as testing, hiring, and liaising between departments overall.
Awards:
2023 Annie Award nominee for Best Animated Independent Feature
2023 Annie Award Nominee for Directing in an Animated Feature:
Winner
ReFrame Stamp Feature
THERE'S A MONSTER IN MY KITCHEN
Co-Director
I co-directed this short film for Greenpeace alongside Tomm Moore, in collaboration with
Mother Agency London.
Focusing especially on figurative departments such as reviewing art direction & character design by Maria Pareja, on to Posing, character animation supervision, and generally ensuring consistency across departments all the way to Compositing. Lastly, music briefs for composer Bruno Coulais, and final QC.
Awards:
Annie Award winner 2021 - 'Best Sponsored Animated Production'
Irish Animation Award nominee
- Best Short film 2021
Watch it below on YouTube:
DORG VAN DANGO
Co-Director
Co-Creator
I co-directed 52 episodes by 11 mins, together with Matt Ferguson from Wild Brain studio.
I co-directed across departments
such as script reviews with story editor Nick
V. Murphy, on to boards with supervisor Ben Tomczyk-Bowen; reviewed animatic edits, Character & Location Design, overseeing consistency across departments.
I am delighted to have directed composer Leo Pearson who won "Best Composer of an animated series" for his work. I co-created Dorg with fellow Salooner Nora Twomey.
Awards:
Best Director of an animated series 2021 - Winner, Irish Animation Awards
Best Music - Winner
Best Program (Leo Awards) - Nominee x 2
Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence - Nominee
Best writing x 2 - Nominee
Irish Animation Awards
THE BREADWINNER
Animation Director
+ Posing supervisor
I directed the 'Real world' animation team,directing / supervising the rough animation to maintain character performance consistency across the two studios, Cartoon Saloon and Studio 352 in Luxembourg.
I also supervised the posing team responsible for key animation reference, ensuring continuity across all sequences.
I contributed to
pre-production development, including character animation tests, character draw-overs, and acting reference.
Awards:
Academy Award nominee
Best Indy Feature Film,
2018
Emile Award 2018, Winner -
Best Character Animation
in a European Feature Film
SONG OF THE SEA
Assistant Director
Animation & Posing
I supervised the in-house team of character animators, and oversaw the quality of the character animation across two studios.
I also supervised the Character Posing Department as well as the clean animation department.
At the pre-production stage I contributed extensive animation tests to inform posing & modelsheets, and to lay a foundation the inhouse team and overseas studios could work from.
Awards:
Academy Award Nominee 2014
European Feature Film of the year 2014
Annie Award Nominee 2014
César Award Nominee 2014
Irish Film Of The Year
2014
THE SECRET
OF KELLS
Animation
supervisor
I supervised the overseas team of character animators.
I was also part of the character posing team alongside Barry Reynolds and Eve Guastella, giving design reference for the complex stylized shapes, and
helped develop the animation style through extensive
animation tests.
Five years prior to
production I was part of the small team which created the original trailer titled"Rebel", laying the foundation for this acclaimed maiden film by Cartoon Saloon.
Awards:
Academy Award Nominee 2010
Annecy Audience Award 2010
Annie Award
Best Animated Feature
European Film Award:
Nominee for Best European Animated Feature Film