Dmitry Geller

Dmitry Alexandrovich Geller (; born 12 October 1970) is a Russian animator and film director.

Biography Geller began his creative activity as an independent artist, participating in art exhibitions in St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Washington and Sofia. In his native city Yekaterinburg he participated in exhibitions in several civic centres. In 1985, together with a group of architects, he participated in creation of happenings at disco parties in a civic centre.

In the 1990s he began working as an artist at the studio "A-Film" at the Sverdlovsk Film Studio. He studied at the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors in Moscow (workshop of Fyodor Khitruk, Yuriy Norshteyn, Eduard Nazarov, and Andrei Khrzhanovsky), and graduated in the year 1997. In the same year, he made a one-minute film for the animation project Optimus Mundus.

Geller directed and animated sequences in feature and documentary films. He created graphic design for a series of documentaries about the small nations in Africa, Asia and the north of Russia, as well as opening night posters for movies.

Invited by Jilin Animation Institute in 2011–2020 he created together with students four animated films, one of which received the Chinese National Award for the best short film in 2012, and the Grand Prix of the Hiroshima Film Festival.

Films of Geller have participated in musical performances in France and the Netherlands as his film Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse ("Boy") was shown in the jubilee presentations celebrating the 60th anniversary of John Zorn in Paris and on his jubilee concert in Mexico City.

Retrospectives of Geller’s films have taken part at film festivals in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, ANIMATOR (festival), Nikozi, Kraków, and Sofia, and selected films were shown in Amsterdam on the ship Azart ("The ship of fools"). Geller's films are shown in the collections of the Hiroshima Film Festival museum, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and Cinematheque in New York.

Filmography The Mistress of the Copper Mountain, 2020 Fishes swimmers boats, 2017 Man meets woman, 2014 The little pond by the great wall, 2012 I saw mice burying a cat, 2011 The sparrow who kept his word, 2010 Boy. The Rain Horse, 2008 Declaration of love, 2006 Handicraft, 2004 The little night symphony, 2003 Hello from Kislovodsk, 2001 Mystery - it’s you, 1998

Awards

Man meets woman Grand Prix. Best animation film. Festival "Window to Europe" Vyborg, 2014 The Best Film for Adults "Tindirindis" Vilnius, Lithuania, 2014 Prize of the Guild of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists Russia. "Suzdal", 2014 2nd place in professional rating. Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, 2014 Best art director (Anna Karpova). National Animation Award "Ikar", 2015 Best composer (Artem Fadeev). National Animation Award "Ikar", 2015 Best sound director (Artem Fadeev). National Animation Award "Ikar", 2015 Best producer (Lyubov Gaidukova). National Animation Award "Ikar", 2015 "Special mention jury" WFAF. Varna, Bulgaria, 2014 Prize "the Best director". Tofuzi. Batumi, Georgia, 2014 "Special mention jury". Festival "Insomnia", 2014

I saw mice burying a cat Grand Prix. Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2012 Best Short Film in 2011. National Award of China Association of animators "Golden monkey" China, 2012 Special Jury prize. Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, 2012 Special Jury prize. Festival "Window to Europe" Vyborg, 2006 2nd place. A professional rating. Open Russian Festival of Animated Film 2006 2nd place. Festival "Multivision". St. Petersburg, Russia, 2006 Special prize. KROK International Animated Films Festival. Ukraine, 2007

The little night symphony Grand Prix. KROK International Animated Films Festival 2004 prize Grand. Open Russian Festival of Animated Film 2004 Prize of alliance of designers. "Window to Europe" Vyborg, Russia, 2001 Prize for best debut. Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2001 Prize for best debut. Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival 2001 Special prize. Festival Stuttgart, Germany, 2002 Prize "Saint Anna Second Class". Festival of student films. Russia, 2001 Prize of magazine Premier. "Window to Europe" Vyborg, 2001

Mystery - it’s you Prize of the festival of "Extra short film festival". Novosibirsk, Russia