PLASMATION

Anthony Lawrence is an award-winning stop motion animator based in Melbourne. Inspired by animations such as Gumby, The Castle and Wind and the Willows, Anthony purchased a Super 8 camera and began mastering his animation skills in high school. Early films include the Mad Max comedy spoof Naughty Boy and the ambitious 27-minute stop motion animation Happy Hatchday to Plasmo. The film spawned the popular children’s stop motion series, Plasmo, commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Commission and screened internationally in 24 other countries. Anthony’s filmLooking for Horses was broadcast on SBS and won Best Animation at two Australian Film Festivals and was awarded a Special Distinction at the Annecy International Animation Festival, considered the Cannes of animation on the international festival circuit. Anthony’s expertise with in-camera animation effects in stop motion has been widely utilised in commercials, and in the Oscar nominated feature filmMary and Max. His film Grace Under Water has screened at numerous international film festivals and won the Yoram Gross Award at the Sydney International Film Festival (2015) and Best Short Animation at 4th AACTA Awards, 2015. In between animation projects Anthony mentors and inspires up and coming animators in stop motion techniques.