Das zweite Wunder von Loch Ness

On German tv next Tuesday (Sep 28). It's about that little, a bit ugly but lovely killer-dwarf protecting the secret of Loch Ness. Animating on that one was a lot of fun - a friend started a studio on the farm of his parents: lots of green, horse-riding, boat trips,...
(© for the pic: Chris Hirschhaeuser - Sat1)

Lilli the Witch

There's a teaser of Lilli the Witch online, as well as a small trailer and a couple of pictures. The movie is about a girl called Lilli who wants to become a witch and Hector (the tiny dragon), who helps her in her quest.
I animated a couple of shots of Hector (one of them can be seen in the mentioned trailer - its the one corresponding to the pic above this post).

dh available on dvd

The Dragon Hunters (Die Drachen Jäger (German)) DVD can be preordered at amazon.fr and amazon.de. Again, that was one of my favorite projects to work on... kind of sad if this means there won't be a theatrical release anywhere outside Europe.
Well I guess it happens sometimes that you work on something you identify with that gets no attention at all and other pieces that you (and everybody else working on it) think are crap get marketed well and sell big time...

Dragonhunters trailer and website

Check out the new Dragon Hunters trailer! Again, I was having a ball working on that feature in 2006/2007 - especially with Pixar-pro Kyle Balda as animation supervisor. I learned so much. And I do think it is (animationwise at least) the best full-cg-feature produced in Europe so far.
Take a look at my previous Dragonhunters post for more details.

new Donkey Xote trailer

There's a new Donkey Xote trailer and webpage online. It's a 3D feature I animated some shots for in 2006 - seems like it hit theaters in Spain, finally.

Dragon Hunters rule!

Dragon Hunters is a 3d feature I'm doing animation for... it's by far the coolest project I ever worked on!
There's a 2d tv-series about the Dragon Hunters that you can watch some episodes of at cartoon network (if you live inside the US). If not you can see the intro on youtube (music by The Cure). Two of those dragons will have an appearance in the 3d feature as well.

There's actually a pretty old trailer around (produced by another company back then). It still kind of shows the direction our movie is heading for. The layout artists rock, too - look at those beautiful backgrounds!
Another location for trailer and designs would be the page of Guillaume Ivernel (goto projects - Dragon Hunters)

Urmel on DVD

Urmel comes to your home! The Urmel aus dem Eis - DVD is available for purchase on amazon. Maybe you want to check out some pics and clips first.
That's what I did most of 2005 - animation on Urmel aus dem Eis...

Donkey Xote

Donkey Xote is a 3D feature I animated a couple of shots for. You can see some stills on the filmax (the spanish production company) website or check out the trailer at trixter's.