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EUSONG LEE  

 Director, Art Director

 leeeusong@gmail.com

 

 

 

Eusong Lee is an LA-based director and an art director actively working in the animation industry. After studying at CalArts, he began his career with the short film Will (2012), which went on to win a Student Silver Oscar. Eusong continued directing at Jibjab Bros for Storybots (2016), which has won five daytime Emmy awards and 12 nominations. Eusong also directed numerous shorts and opening title sequences at Chromosphere-LA , such as Carmen Sandiego (2019), Green Eggs and Ham (2019), and Sprint Vector VR game (2018). Alongside his work at studios, he also pursued his own creative projects. Eusong wrote and directed Love Birds (2019) as well as the award-winning independent short film My Moon (2018), which won Best Animation at Oxford Film Festival, Deadcenter Film festival, Digicon 6 Korea and was nominated for an Annie Award for Best FX.

As an Art Director, Eusong has worked on projects in a number of different formats, from VR, commercials, TV series to feature films. He art-directed Powerpuff Girls Reboot (2016) at Cartoon Network and VR short film Namoo (2021) at Baobab Studios. Eusong was also a concept designer on Glen Keane’s Over The Moon (2020). Eusong is currently working as a colorscript artist and an assistant art director at Disney TVA, The Owl House.

 

EXPERIENCE

2019 Kakao, Netflix / series Show Runner

2019 Lovebirds / Director

2019 Baobob vr animation studios / Art director

2019 Shadows, Shadow machine / director

2019 Jest To Impress VR game, Cartoon Network, Journey VR / co-creator, designer, animator

2018 Over the Moon, Netflix, Glen Keane Production / Concept Designer

2018-2019 Dove Body Confidence Steven Universe, Chromosphere / Director

2017- 2019 My Moon,  co-produced with Chromosphere / Director, Art Director

2018 Lenny TV Series Pilot, HBO, Chromosphere / Animation Director

2018 Opening Title Sequence of Carmen Sandiego TV Series, NETFLIX, DHX, Chromosphere / Director

2018 Disney World Incredible Summer Commercial, Chromosphere / Storyboard, Animation Director

2018 illustrations, airbnb / freelance illustrator

2017 Sprint Vector Promo film, Servios, Chromosphere / Director

2017 Carmen Sandiego TV Series, NETFLIX, DHX, Chromosphere / Concept design

2017 Alpha Animation / Animated Feature Development

2017 Handstand, Short film / Director

2016 Axis Animation, UK, Monkey King TV pilot / Visual Development

2016 Unikitty LEGO TV series, Warner Bros Animation / Visual Development

2016 The Owl House, Disney TV /  Visual Development

2015 - 2016 PowerPuff Girls, Cartoon Network /  Art Director

2014 - 2015  Home, Dreamworks TV / Visual Development

2012 ­- 2014 Jibjab Bros. / Director / Art Director / Animator / storyboard artist

        Ask the Storybots TV Series / Music video director, Concept Designer

        Animals, Vehicles, Body, City, Shapes, Profession Series / Director

        2013 Year Review and etc, Emotion, Behavior Series  Design/Painter/Animator        

2013 ­Cartoon Network (Steven Universe) Garnett’s Universe, Design/Painter

2012 MTV : Rock Stories (series), a Short film ­Director

2012 Will, calarts / ­ Director

2011 Cold Stone Creamery Web commercial / Director

2011 SMU(singapore Management University), Commercial /­ Director

2011 Facebook, International commerce Seminar Openving Video / Designer/Painter

2011 Shape, A Short Film, ­/ Director

2010 PLUG, calarts / director

AWARDS & OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

My Moon (2019)

Oxford Film Festival - Best Animation Award

Spark Animation - Runner up Best Animation

The 19th annual DeadCenter Film Festival - Best animation

Redline International Film Festival -Nominated for Best Animation / Winner Best Music 

Queens World Film Festival - Best Animation Award

52nd Annual WorldFest-Houston - A Remi Winner

Digicon6 Korea - Gold Award

Anima Mundi 

FLICKERS’ Rhode Island International Film Festival

Austin Film Festival

Chandler International Film Festival

35th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Santa Barbara Film Festival

RiverRun International Film Festival 

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Encounters Film Festival 

Windy City Film Festival 

Bucheon International Animation Festival 

CapeTown International Animation Festival

Arizona International Film Festival 

St. Louis International Film Festival 

20th Animation show of the show

LA Festival Of Cinema - Best Animation

ARFF International - Yearly Paris Finalists 

Canada Shorts Film Festival - Award of Excellence

Rome Independent Prisma Film - Finalists for Best Animation

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

Fantasia film festival
indie-AniFest 

LA shorts International Film Festival

LA Festival of Cinema

Olympia International Film Festival 

Animage International Animation Festival


Sprint Vector (2017)

   nominated for The Motion Awards by Motionographer

 

Jibjab, Ask Storybots (2017)

   44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, 6 nominations

Outstanding Interactive Media Enhancement to Daytime Program Series

Outstanding Directing in Preschool Animated Program

Outstanding Main title and Graphic Design

 

Cartoon Network, PowerPuffGirls Reboot (2016)

      2016 Primetime Emmy, Nominated for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program

 

MTV Rock Stories_Series (2014)

      ADWEEK, Best Animation Series in the Programming Series category

 

Will, Short film (2012)

      40th Student Oscar Academy Awards winner, Silver (2013)

      Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival, Best Young Filmmaker award (2013)

      Big Bear Lake International Film Festival, Jury Award (2013)

      Puchon International Student Animation Festival, Jury Award (2013)

      Producers’ Show, Gracie Lantz Animation Prize, a.k.a Woody Award (2012)

      Linoleum, 2nd place in shorts competition (2013)

      BAFTA LA student film award, Finalists (2013)

      Annecy Animation Festival, Official Selection (2013)

      Anima Mundi Animation Festival, Official Selection (2012)

      Warsaw Film Festival, Official selection (2012)

      Asian Film Festival of Dallas, Official selection (2012)

      Toronto Animated Arts Festival International, TAFFI, Official Selected (2012)

      Reading & Leeds Festival,Official selection (2012)

      Festival of Roanne, Official Selection (2013)

      AFFD, Official Selection (2012)

      KCET Fine Cut, Official selection (2012)

      San Diego Asian Film Festival, Official Selection(2012)

      Nuit 4.0 Official Selection(2013)

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Shape, Short film (2011)

      Art Monastery Short Film Festival, Second Place, Best in Show (2011)

      LA movie Award, Award of Excellence (2011)

      Hiroshima Film Festival, Official selection (2012)

      Emmentaler Filmtage, Official selection (2012)

      Producers’ show, Official selection (2011)

      Donut show, Official selection (2011)

      LA movie Awards, Official selection (2011)

      PACT Essen Event, Official selection (2011)

      Art Monastery Short Film Festival, Official selection (2011)

      SEFF Binghamton, Official selection (2011)

      Santa Clarita Valley Film Festival, Official selection (2012)

      LA Animation Festival, Official selection (2012)

 

Cold Stone Creamery, Commercial (2011)

      International Singapore commercial competition, 2nd place in Animation (2011)