Walter Robot is a creative studio founded by artist Bill Barminski and director Christopher Louie. They work in multiple mediums including film, television, art and sculpture. Their film work has screened at several film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and the

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where in 2012 the festival hosted a retrospective of their work. Their artwork has been showcased in several installations and galleries in Los Angeles, New York and London. In 2014, to much critical success, they worked with the world-renowned

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and staged the first ever interactive animated version of

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opera.

History

Walter Robot began as a robot they built to star in a music video for the Modest Mouse's " Missed the Boat" green screen competition. Walter Robot won the competition and went on to direct music videos for several notable artists including Kid Cudi,

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, Rob Thomas of

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and

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. In addition to their music videos they have worked with commercial clients ranging from

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, MTV,

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and American Express. Their video " Grapevine Fires" for Death Cab for Cutie was accepted into the 2009

where it won Audience Award for Best Music Video. Shortly after the success of the "Grapevine Fires" video they teamed again with

for their song "

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" which was the premiere single for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (soundtrack). In 2012 they also directed the video for Death Cab for Cutie's "Underneath the Sycamore" (which included a clip of the "Grapevine Fires" video within this video). A retrospective of their work was hosted by the 2012

in two screenings titled, THUNDERDOME (Walter Robot vs. The Daniels). As well as their music videos they have completed several successful viral videos and short films. A short film they did in collaboration with

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journalist

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was accepted to screen at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. They also worked with

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-nominated and Emmy Award winner, director

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, on the documentary '' Lucky'', which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. For feature films and TV they are represented at

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for whom they directed and produced a short film titled, The Transfer. They are currently developing several feature film, television and artistic properties. One of which include
Mojowski 77
; a surreal neo-noir set in an alternate Los Angeles filled with robots and cardboard guns. The cardboard guns have been displayed as artwork in several art gallery shows that opened in 2011. And a video they directed/animated for Death Cab for Cutie's "Underneath the Sycamore" previews the animated TV show version of Mojowski 77, and also features a clip from their earlier video for "Grapevine Fires". In September 2012 they collaborated on an art show titled This Side Up.
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in Santa Monica, California. The art show featured video installation, cardboard sculpture as well as paintings and drawings.

Videography

* " Missed the Boat" - Modest Mouse (2007) * "U and I" -

(2007) * "The City" -

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(2007) * "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures" -

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(2008) * "Practice Makes Perfect" -

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(2008) * "Mystery Man" -

(2008) * " Grapevine Fires" -

(2009) * " Give Me the Meltdown" - Rob Thomas (2009) * "

" -

(2009) * "Nervous Breakdown" -

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(2010) * "Slippin" -

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(2010) * "Balloons" - Them Jeans (2011) * "Underneath the Sycamore" -

(2012) * " Teleport 2 Me, Jamie" - WZRD (2012) * "Apple" - Barnaby Saints (2013) * "Good Help (Is So Hard to Find)" -

(2016)

References

External links

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Homepage
Walter Robot
on

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