THE JURY 2015
Born and raised in Armenia, Lilit was influenced by an array of art mediums in her youth. From cultural and traditional drawing to contemporary art and sculpturing, her early exposure to visual expression later inspired her to study design at the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts in Armenia. Towards the end of her Academy, she started her professional career at the leading Motion Design studio in Armenia, Triadastudio. Here she gained the opportunity to build an extensive knowledge of 3D. After 10 years of work experience at Triadastudio, Lilit was invited to the Los Angeles based Design Studio, Prologue.
She currently works at Psyop as an Art Director, designer and 3D artist.
After wasting much of his youth in front of the computer, he wasted some more time with studying graphic design before deciding to do animation, which is what he wanted to do in the first place anyways.Several stints at several amazing studios in several cities – including Madrid and New York as a Creative Director at PSYOP – led him to a settled position as a Partner and Creative Director of SEHSUCHT in Berlin. Here he works with a hardcore bunch of crazy design fanatics on their signature style of moving images. His work has been rewarded in several industry awards.
Thiago Maia has being working in the design and animation industry for over 15 years. He started his career in São Paulo, where he worked for 3 years before moving to London.After many years freelancing in London, Thiago decided to open his own design and animation studio called Cake. In the last 4 years, he has being working as Creative Director for clients like MTV, Cartoon Network, BBC, Microsoft, Nickelodeon, and Nokia to name a few… after 4 years as Cake, he decided to re-brand and have a new name and look for the studio- under the name Cookie Studio. And if that wasn’t enough, he also co-organizes London’s animation nights “See No Evil” and collaborates for magazines like Computer Arts.
Actually he is the General Director of DON PORFIRIO, Mexican Broadcast Design and Motion Graphics Studio based in the city of Mérida, Yucatan.
