Only a Child
TITLE
Only a Child
DIRECTOR
Simone Giampaolo
COUNTRY
Switzerland
YEAR
2020
DURATION
6′
GENRE
Documentary, Animation
Only a Child
A visual poem created by over twenty animation directors under the artistic supervision of Simone Giampaolo, which gives shape and colour to the original words spoken by Severn Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet. With this omnibus film, through eloquent images and powerful animated allegories, the young animators scream their call through art.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Simone Giampaolo
Simone Giampaolo is a director and animator from Switzerland (Ticino) with an insatiable appetite for storytelling. In 2013 he graduated with Distinction from the BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts course at the National Centre for Computer Animation in Bournemouth (UK). Throughout his career he’s directed, story- boarded and animated on over ten animated short films, some of whom have been screened at several international film festivals gaining recognition and also winning some awards. Between 2014 and January 2018 Simone has been working as animation director and CG generalist in the commercial department at Blue-Zoo Animation (based in London, UK) on a multitude of projects for clients such as Cartoon Network, Disney, LEGO, Nickelodeon, Marvel, Lucasfilm and BBC. He is now represented by world-famous studio Aardman Animations as Animation Director.
- DirectorSimone Giampaolo
- ScreenplaySimone Giampaolo, Severn Cullis-Suzuki
- Cinematography
- Cast
- EditingSimone Giampaolo, Darren Millstone
- Producer/s Gabriella De Gara Bucciarelli
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleOnly a Child
- Project Type Documentary, Animation
- Completion Date01 Jan 2020
- Country of originSwitzerland
- Country of filmingSwitzerland
- LanguageEnglish
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Simone Giampaolo
Simone Giampaolo is a director and animator from Switzerland (Ticino) with an insatiable appetite for storytelling. In 2013 he graduated with Distinction from the BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts course at the National Centre for Computer Animation in Bournemouth (UK). Throughout his career he’s directed, story- boarded and animated on over ten animated short films, some of whom have been screened at several international film festivals gaining recognition and also winning some awards. Between 2014 and January 2018 Simone has been working as animation director and CG generalist in the commercial department at Blue-Zoo Animation (based in London, UK) on a multitude of projects for clients such as Cartoon Network, Disney, LEGO, Nickelodeon, Marvel, Lucasfilm and BBC. He is now represented by world-famous studio Aardman Animations as Animation Director.
