Joris Oprins (born 1980,

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) is an animation director. He studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the

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. He graduated in 2003. In 2005 he worked as an animator on the stop motion children series

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at studio Pedri in Ankeveen. In 2007 he co-founded animation studio Job, Joris & Marieke together with Job Roggeveen and Marieke Blaauw. Job, Joris & Marieke works on commissioned work, music videos and short animated films. In 2013 they released their animated short film MUTE. MUTE won, among others, the Grand Prix and the audience award at the Holland Animation Film Festival in 2013. In 2014 the City of Utrecht commissioned Job, Joris & Marieke to make the short film/music video Bon Voyage! This film was to promote the start of the

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in Utrecht in 2015. The title song Bon Voyage! was composed by Dutch singer songwriter Blaudzun In 2015 their short animation film A Single Life was nominated for the

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for best animated short film. The film was also nominated for the Cartoon d’Or and has won 15 international prizes. In 2015 they made the short animation film (Otto). (Otto) is the official Dutch entry for the

for best animated short film. The film had its international premiere at the

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Job, Joris & Marieke website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oprins, Joris 1980 births Living people Dutch animators Dutch film directors Dutch animated film directors People from Tilburg Design Academy Eindhoven alumni