Nina Gantz

Nina Gantz is a Dutch animation film director and daughter of the Dutch actress Loes Luca. She is best known for her animated short film Edmond, which won the Best Animated Short Film Award at the Sundance Film Festival and a BAFTA Award in 2016 and her animated short film Wander to Wonder, which won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Career In 2010, Gantz graduated from the Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost in Breda with the short animation film Zaliger (2010), which won a Golden Panda Award at the Sichuan TV Festival in Sichuan.

In 2015 she graduated with a Master's in Directing Animation from the National Film and Television School, with her film Edmond, a BAFTA-winning stop motion short film.

In January 2025, Gantz received her second BAFTA nomination and her first Academy Award nomination with her film Wander to Wonder (2023).

Filmography Zaliger (2010) (short film) - director, writer, producer, animator. Edmond (2015) (short film) - director, writer, lead animator. Wander to Wonder (2023) (short film) - director, producer, writer, character designer.