Christoph Lauenstein (born 20 March 1962 in

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) is a German producer, director and writer. Lauenstein entered the School of Fine Arts in

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, Germany in 1985. While enrolled at the school Lauenstein, together with his twin brother Wolfgang, created the

animated short Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...

film ''

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''. It received an

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in the animated short film category in 1990. The Lauensteins have created a number of animation works for advertising (including station idents for

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), as well as directing and providing the screenplay for two animated feature films '' Luis and the Aliens'' and '' Spy Cat'' (both 2018).Staff (12 December 2019
«SpyCat», acompaña a la agente 00-Cat en su primera misión especial
(in Spanish). ''LaButaca''. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

References

Works cited

* Olivier Cotte (2007) ''Secrets of Oscar-winning animation: Behind the scenes of 13 classic short animations.'' (Making of '"

"'') Focal Press.

External links

Lauenstein & Lauenstein official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lauenstein, Christoph 1962 births Living people Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners German twins People from Hildesheim Film people from Lower Saxony