Marc Craste

Marc Craste is an award-winning animation director operating out of british animation company STUDIO AKA. He has designed & directed three short films in the series PICA TOWERS which each inspired his 12 minute short film JOJO IN THE STARS (2003) which has won awards world-wide, including both the 2004 BAFTA for Best Animated Short Film & the 2005 Cartoon D'or! His most recent film is a half hour short entitled VARMINTS (2008). Adapted from the childrens novel he co-wrote and illustrated, he collaborated on this project with, a then less-known, icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, who went on to score films such as Prisoners (2013), The Theory of Everything (2014), and Arrival (2016).