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Einar Baldvin is an Icelandic artist, writer and animation director.
He holds a BFA degree in Experimental Animation from Calarts and MFA in Animation from USC School of Cinematic Arts.
His master’s thesis from USC ‘The Pride of Strathmoor’ premiered at The Telluride Film Festival in 2014 and went on to win awards at several top festivals, including the grand animation prizes at Slamdance and Florida Film Festival in 2015 as well as winning Best Nordic Short at Nordisk Panorama. The film was also featured in The Atlantic where it was called “an artful and complex animated short that crawls into your mind and refuses to leave.”
In 2015, Einar co-founded GLAS Animation with Jeanette Jeanenne GLAS is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose core mission is to cultivate and promote the art and science of animation. In 2015 Einar and Jeanette launched the GLAS Animation Festival, which has since grown into being the largest, and most prestigious animation, festival in the United States.
In 2018, Einar released the graphic novel ‘The Crawling King’ in collaboration with Starburns Industries, the studio behind the Oscar-nominated film ‘Anomalisa’ and the animated hit ‘Rick and Morty’ The book is a collection of horror stories and illustrations by Einar. It was distributed worldwide by Diamond Comics.
Commercially, Einar has done animated work for Apple, George R.R Martin, JK Rowling, Strawberry Frog, Adult Swim and FX Networks. His work on the campaign 'Out The Monster' by OREXO was awarded the Gold Lions Health Award at the Cannes Lions Festival in 2015.
Einar also teaches as an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he teaches story development at the MFA level.
For screenwriting, Einar is managed by Marc Mounier at Entertainment 360
For any inquires you can contact Einar directly at: einarbaldvinanimation(at)gmail.com
FILMOGRAPHY
ORMUR (2020)
3 minutes.
Producer FX Networks.
Aired on FX Networks Television
Festival Selections
Screamfest 2021.
New Chitose Airport Animation Festival
THE PRIDE OF STRATHMOOR (2014)
9 minutes. Producer Einar Baldvin
Awards
Winner: Jury Prize for Best Animated Short, Slamdance 2015
Winner: Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short, Florida Film Festival 2015
Winner: Best Nordic Short, Nordisk Panorama 2015
Winner: New Talent Award, Fantoche International Animation Festival Winner: Best International Short, Animasivo Festival 2015 Winner: Audience Award Hallucinations Collectives festival 2016 Winner: Best Animation Tabor Film Festival 2016
Festival Selections
Official selection Telluride Film Festival 2014
Official selection Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2016 Official selection Annecy International Animation Fetival 2015
Official selection Ottawa International Animation Festival 2014
Official selection Slamdance Film Festival 2015
Official selection Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film 2015
Official selection Holland Animation Festival 2015
Official selection Animafest Zagreb 2015
Official selection Florida Film Festival 2015
Official selecton Fantoche 2015
Official selection The Kurtzfilmtage Winterhur 2014 Official selection Melbourne International Animation Festival 2015
Official selection Anim'est International Animation Festival 2014
Official selection KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2014
Official selection Sommets du cinéma d'animation 2014
Official Selection Minimalen Short Film Festival 2015
Official selection Glasgow Short Film Festival 2015
Official selection Tehran International Animation Festival 2015
Official selection BendFilm Festival 2014
Official selection Reykjavík International Film Festival 2014
Official selection Diabolique International Film Festival 2014
Official selection Special program 'Film Roulette' at the 27th Filmfest Dresden.
Official selection Animix, Tel Aviv Animation festival
Official selection LISFF Wiz-Art
Official selection Fest Anca International Animation Festival 2015
Official selection Sydney Film Festival 2015
Official selection ANIMANIMA 2015, the International Animation Festival,
Official selection Beirut Animated 2015
Official selection Nordisk Panorama 2015
Official selection Tacoma Film Festival 2015
Official selection Nevada City Film Festival 2015
Official selection New Chitose Airport Int'l Animation Festival 2015
Official selection London Animation Festival 2015
Official selection Anilogue International Animation 2015
Official selection International Film Festival Bratislava 2015
Official selection Georama 2016 Official selection Shnit International Short film festival 2016
Official selection L'étrange Festival 2016
Finalist The Shortlist, The Wrap's online film festival 2015
Semifinalist The Student Academy Awards 2015
BABOON (2012)
3 minutes. Producer Einar Baldvin
Festival Selections
Official selection Annecy International Animation Festival 2012 Official selection Ottawa International Animation festival 2012 Official selection Hiroshima International Animation Festival “stars of students” 2014 Official Selection Melbourne International Animation Festival 2013 Official selection Fest Anca 2012 Official selection Bitfilm Festival 2013 Official Selection Adobe First Frame 2013 Official Selection Slamdance 2013 Official Selection Animix, Tel Aviv 2013 Official Selection Maryland Film Festival 2013 Official Selection Flatpack Festival 2013