Vicky Mather is a multitalented new face whose work as a moving image director spans stop-frame animation and live-action. Coming from a background in photography design and illustration, Vicky brings a rich pallet of techniques to her film projects, infusing her unique visual landscape with a charmingly familiar yet intriguingly fresh feel.
Vicky studied Fine Art at London’s Kingston University before receiving both a Leverhulme Scholarship and CTBF Award to facilitate the continuation of her creative growth at the National Film and Television School. The graduation piece for her MA in Animation Directing, Stanley Pickle, has garnered substantial attention from press and festivals alike, earning Vicky no less than 31 awards to date, making it the most awarded film to come out of the National Film and Television School.
In July 2011 in recognition of her work to date, Vicky was invited by BAFTA to attend a Royal Gala event in Los Angeles hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – Prince William and Catherine Middleton – showcasing the best of emerging British Filmmaking Talent.
Vicky has recently completed her first commerical commission in collaboration with fashion designer Lulu Guinness which is screening in Harrods of London and other high end department stores…
The John Braborne Award- Cinema Television Benevolent Fund
Leverhulme Scholarship to study at the National Film and Television School 2008-2010
Short listed for The Arts Foundation Award 2012
Awards for Stanley Pickle (Stanley Pickle was one of the 33 short animated films to qualify for the Academy Awards 2010):
McLaren Award for New British Animation Edinburgh Int Film Festival, UK
Best Experimental Film 14th LA Shorts Festival , USA
Prix Du Meilleur Court-Metrage Dinard Film Festival, FR
Best UK Short at the Raindance Film festival, London. UK
UK Silver Plaque for Best Animation 46th Chicago Int Film Festival. USA
Best Graduation Film KROK International Animated Film Festival, Russia.
Best Animation Golden Kuker International Animation Film Festival, Bulgaria.
Best Animation, Cinanima Animation Festival, Portugal.
Best Animation, E-Magicians The Young European Design Conference, FR
Best Animation, Metropolitan Film Festival, NYC
Best Film Jury Grand Prize, Black Maria Film Festival NJ 65 Location Tour USA
Verna Fields Award for Sound Design 58th MPSE Golden Reel Dario Swade, USA
Best Animated Short Film, Omaha Film Festival, USA
Best Short, San Diego Indiefest, USA Grand Jury Prize San Diego Indiefest, USA
Best Student Film ECU Paris FR Onda Curta Award Monstra Animation Festival Portugal
Vision Innovation Award New York Digital Short Film Festival USA
Best Short Film Arizona International Film Festival USA
Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Making Newport Beach IFF USA
Best Student Production BUFVC Learning on Screen Conference UK
Best Animation Seattle True Independent Film Fest Best Short DMVIFF Washington USA
Best Sound Design DMVIFF Washington USA
Anca Award Fest Anca, Slovakia.
Special Prize Van D’or Awards Cannes in a Van UK
Best Short Film Wild Rose Independent Film Festival USA
Distinctive Achievement in Costume Wild Rose Independent Film Festival USA
Distinctive Achievement in Editing Wild Rose Independent Film Festival USA
Distinctive Achievement in Animation Wild Rose Independent Film Festival USA
Best Cinematography Seattle Shorts Film Festival USA
Nominations:
The MIFF awards, Milan International Film Festival, Italy
The View Awards, View Conference, Turin,Italy
10 Catagories at Wild Rose Film Festival Des moines Iowa USA,
2 Catagories at Watersprtie Cambridge Student Film Festival UK
BAFTA Children’s Awards, Category: Best Children’s Animation 2011 (Winner: The Amazing World of Gumball)
European Independent Film Festival, Paris: Pre-selection Committee
Edinburgh international Film Festival 2010: Two sessions for people from under privileged backgrounds about making Stanley Pickle and Film School. Presentation for schools along side Emma Lazenby.
Chicago International Film Festival 2010 : Two hour sessions for education and underprivileged students about making Stanley Pickle, animation and film school.
Citizen Jane Film Festival Columbia Missouri 2011 Workshop with Vicky Mather: innovative animation techniques, Film School panel discussion, Animation Panel discussion- Women in Animation.
Birds Eye View Film Festival 2011 Animation innovation panel discussion and presentation.
Exeter Animation Festival 2010 Animation education/NFTS promotional talk with head of Animation Department Helen Nabarro
Hertfordshire University 2011 Talk with Producer Jan Harlan to young filmmakers about making short films and career opportunities.
Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland, UK 2010
LA Shorts International Film Festival, USA 2010
Raindance Film Festival, London, UK 2010
KROK International Animation Festival, (on a ship in) Russia 2010
Chicago International Film Festival, Illinois, USA 2010
Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard, Brittany, France 2010
The Golden Kuker Animation Festival, Bulgaria, 2010
Animamundi Animation Festival, Brasil 2010
Animasyros, Isle of Syros, Greece 2010
ITFS Stuttgart 2010
Cinanima, Portugal 2010
The Sitges Film Festival, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, Spain 2010
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan, 2010
Holland Animation Film Festival, Holland 2010
Bradford Animation Festival, UK 2010
Cucalorus Film Festival, North Carolina USA 2010
Brest European Short Film Festival, France 2010
Recontres Henri Langlois film Festival, Poitiers, 2010
The Bahamas International Film Festival, Bahamas, 2010
Childwickbury Arts Fair, St Albans UK 2010
Stuttgart Filmwinter Film Festival, Stuttgart, 2011
Slamdance Film Festival, Utah 2011
Metroplitan Film Festival, New York, NYC USA 2011
Birds Eye View Film Festival, London, UK 2011
Anilogue Film Festival, Budapest 2011
Hong Kong International Film Festival, China, 2011
Tricky Women, Vienna, Austria 2011
Flatpack Film Festival, Brimingham, UK 2011
Animfest, Athens, Greece 2011
Corfu Animation Festival, Greece 2011
Omaha International Film Festival, USA 2011
Sandiego Indiefest, USA 2011
Anima Animation Festival, Brussels 2011
European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France 2011
The Black Maria Film and Video Festival, NY, USA 2011
Monstra Animation Festival, Lisbon, Portugal 2011
Mecal Animation Festival, Barcelona, Spain 2011
Dallas international Film Festival, Texas USA2011
Roanne Animation Festival, France 2011
Arizona International Film Festival, USA 2011
Aspen international Film Festival, USA 2011
Trick Animation Festival, Italy 2011
Newport Beach Film Festival, California USA 2011
Titanic Film Festival, Budapest 2011
Maryland Film Festival, USA 2011
The New York Digital Film Festival, NYC 2011
Palm Springs International Shortsfest, California, USA 2011
Milan International Film Festival, Milan, Italy
Indy Film Fest, Indianapolis, USA 2011
Hollyshorts Film Festival, California, USA 2011
Flickers, Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA 2011
Fest Anca, Slovakia, 2011
Fantaspoa, Portugal, 2011
Fantastique Semaine du Cinema, France 2011
NYC International Film Festival 2011
DCShorts Film Festival, Washington DC, USA 2011
Gold Coast International Film Festival, USA 2011
Latitude, UK 2011
Cannes in a van, Uk 2011
Wine Country Film Festival, California, USA 2011
San Francisco Short Film Festival, California, USA 2011
Cindi Film Festival, Korea 2011
Canterbury Anifest, UK 2011
View Conference Digital Film Festival, Turin Italy 2011
One Reel Film Festival, 41ST Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle 2011
New York City Film Festival, New York2011
Cinéma tous Ecrans, Geneva Switzerland, 2011
Naperville Independent Film Festival, Illinois, USA 2011
Citizen Jane Film Festival, Columbia Missouri, USA 2011
Padova Vintage Festival, Italy 2011
FIJR Granada Spain 2011
SoCal Film Festival, Huntington Beach, California 2011
Seattle Shorts Film Festival, Seattle 2011
Georgia Film Festival, Georgia 2011
Wild Rose International Film Festival, Des Moines 2011
Rabbitfest Perugia Italy 2011Short&Sweet Various Screeings London 2010/11
ShortCutz Film Night London 2011
Open Cinema, Outdoor Screening in St.Petersburg, Russia 2011
Brainwash Film Screenings London 2011
The American University of Paris, Special Screening, 2011
The New York Public Library, with BMFVF 2011
The Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow, 2012
Fools Paradise & ECU, India 2011
Taos Short Film Festival, New Mexico 2012
Watersprite Student Film Festival, Cambridge, UK 2012
Petlaluma Film Festival, California, USA 2012
Virgin Atlantic Film Festival in the Sky, inflight entertainment, on going 2011/12
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