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Award-winning Director, Designer and Animator Gesine Krätzner is a native German with strong personal vision and a distinctively off-kilter, whimsical design style. Since arriving at LAIKA/house in 1996, Gesine has developed a television series and four short films, all of which feature her unique designs. Gesine has also directed and designed ads in both stop-motion and CG. Highlights include her animation design work on LAIKA/house's “Clay People” commercial for the American Cheese Board, which won a Bronze Clio and a Silver plaque at the Chicago International Television Competition and as Animation Director on the Cannes-recognized M&Ms spot “Bowlful of You’s." She has directed commercials for both volumes of the German rock-compilation CD House Mission and has designed ad campaigns for Wonder White and e-sure UK, among others. Most recently Gesine was the production designer on the Ben & Jerry’s stop-motion campaign, a character designer for both ESPN “Believe” and the long-running Eggos campaign. Before immigrating to the United States, Gesine spent three years as a freelance director, designer and animator in the British television industry. She studied fine art in Stuttgart and earned a master's degree in Animation from London’s Royal College of Art. As a student, she completed five animated short films, all of which screened at major animation festivals.
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