About me

It is not very easy to write about oneself. Maybe the work should speak for itself.

What I can say is that I like animation because it has so much to do with dreams. What I like most is the moment when a character into which much time has been invested, suddenly comes to life through animation. This never ceases to fascinate me.

Computer animation has interested me since I first viewed images of it in the 80’s. It is a medium where art and science can come together to produce surrealistic imagery. Characters and environments, which might be very simple design-wise, can be filmed as in live-action cinematography. For me, the possibility of combining simulated and abstracted elements makes it an exciting tool for storytelling.

Felix Gönnert

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In 1975 Felix Gönnert was born in Lüneburg, Germany. He recieved his degree in Animation at the HFF ‘Konrad Wolf’ University of Film and Television. Felix has completed several short film projects since 1990. He first animated a computerized character in 1994.
Aside from his own projects, he has been freelancing as Lead Character Animator for a CGI feature production and as Animation Supervisor for a number of TV commercials since 1998. His films have been shown at more than 260 film festivals across the world and have won him more than 30 awards and prizes. The music clip ‘ADOLF – ich hock’ in meinem Bonker’ has been downloaded over 8 million times.
Currently Felix is working as representative of the professorship for Computer Animation and Computer Graphics, and as the educational director in the Animation Department HFF ‘Konrad Wolf’.

 
 

Films (published)

1996 LE JOUR SE LEVE (Live Action / BW / 16mm)
1999 BSSS (Animation / Colour / 35mm)
2004 LUCIA (Animation / Colour / 35mm)
2005 ADOLF – Ich hock’ in meinem Bonker (Animation / Colour / PAL Video)
2010 APOLLO (Animation / Colour / 35mm)