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Time Out With Tomas Mankovsky

July 8th, 2009

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Director Tomas Mankovsky’s “Sorry I’m Late” is a creative addition to the explosion of humans-as-stop-motion films on the web. Here he tells us about the film and the best ever reason for being late.

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation/film?

Tomas Mankovsky: I’ve never studied film really, I studied advertising and graphic design at Beckmans College of Art in Stockholm. It was great and that’s where I also started experimenting with film/animation and made my first short
Little Big Love. I’ve read quite a few books on filmmaking, animation, cinematography etc. though, and since I have a background in advertising I’ve been on quite a few shoots where I’ve been absorbing knowledge and watching how other filmmakers work. But the best way to study is to simply pick up the camera and start doing it.

CF: Who or what has influenced your style the most?

TM:There’s so many different things, but I guess if I [Read more…]