Hisko Hulsing (born July 7, 1971 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch director, animator, composer, painter and storyboard artist. His animated films won many awards, including the Grand Prize for ''Junkyard'' at the

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and the Grand Prize at the

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. Hisko Hulsing's film ''Junkyard'' had its online release in 2014 on

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and was chosen as Top Ten video 2014 by Vimeo Staff, Vice USA and SOTW. Hisko Hulsing composes the orchestral soundtracks for his animated films. In 2014 Hisko Hulsing Studio animated large sequences for '' Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck'', the first authorized documentary about Kurt Cobain, directed by

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. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released by Universal Pictures worldwide. HBO and Netflix broadcast ''Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck'' in 2015. Hulsing directed and production designed Amazon's first adult animated series, '' Undone'', which was created by

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and

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for

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's company

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. It premiered on September 13, 2019 on

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Filmography

* ''Harry Rents a Room'' (1999) * ''Seventeen'' (2004) * MTV - ''Son of the Blob'' (2005) * ''Junkyard'' (2012) * ''The Last Hijack'' (directed by Tommy Pallotta, 2014) * '' Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck'' (directed by Brett Morgen, 2015) * '' Undone'' (2019)

References

External links

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Interview on TVPaint website with Hisko Hulsing about the making of "Junkyard"
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