PES (director)
| PES | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Adam Pesapane May 26, 1973 Dover, NJ |
| Occupation | American Director and Stop-motion Animator |
| Years active | 1998-present |
PES (born Adam Pesapane; May 26, 1973) is an Oscar and Emmy-nominated American director and stop-motion animator of numerous short films and commercials. In 2013, his short film Fresh Guacamole was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar. In 2016, his commercial for the Honda Motor Co. entitled "Paper" earned an Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Commercial of 2016."
Receiving a B.A. in English Literature at the University of Virginia, PES migrated to film as a storytelling medium. His use of everyday objects and stop-motion animation to create original material is instantly recognizable. His work has been recognized in the United States and internationally, especially the short films Roof Sex, KaBoom!, Game Over, Western Spaghetti, and Fresh Guacamole.
He is currently in development on his first feature film, a movie based on the Garbage Pail Kids franchise. However, in 2013 it was announced the film was cancelled. An early influence on PES's animation style is the work of Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer.
PES was born Adam Pesapane on May 26, 1973 in Dover, NJ, the son of an elementary school principal and a hairdresser. The name "PES" is a family nickname deriving from the Italian surname "Pesapane".
PES grew up in an Italian-American household in Budd Lake, NJ and showed an early facility for drawing and painting. He attended Delbarton School, one of the nation's top private high schools, where he began exhibiting and selling his artwork.
PES attended the University of Virginia as an Echols Scholar. In 1995 he earned a B.A. in English Literature and wrote his senior thesis on James Joyce's Ulysses. In addition to his English degree, PES studied printmaking throughout all four years of college. He wrote and illustrated his own books, hand printing them using 15th-century techniques, and even made the paper they were printed on by pulping his own underwear.
In his senior year at U.Va, PES lived on The Lawn, one of the University's highest honors. He lived at 33 West Lawn, in the room directly above the cornerstone of the University set by Thomas Jefferson in 1817.
...
Wikipedia