Gabriel Osorio Vargas is a Chilean film director. He is best known for directing, animating and writing the short animated film '' Bear Story'' (2015), which won the

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in the category of

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at the

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; the first Chilean film to do so. He shared the win with producer

Pato Escala Pierart Patricio "Pato" Ignacio Escala Pierart is a Chilean animator and film producer. He is best known for producing, editing and animating the short animated film ''Bear Story'' (2015), which won for Best Animated Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards ...

. The film also entered various

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worldwide, receiving numerous awards and nominations. He has his own animation studio named Punkrobot. Since 2008, he has been directing various animated television series for children (''Flipos'', ''Muelin y Perlita'', and ''Soccer Girls'') and television adverts. In 2023 he wrote and directed “''In the Stars''”, an episode of Star Wars Visions Volume 2, for

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