Adam Bizanski ( he, אדם ביזנסקי; born January 29, 1983) is a writer, director and animator.

Career

Hailing from a self-taught animation background, he is best known for his award-winning music video collaborations with bands such as

the Shins The Shins is an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. The band is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's cu ...

Wolf Parade Wolf Parade is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2003 in Montreal. The band released three full-length albums before taking a five-year hiatus in 2011. They announced their return in 2016, releasing a self-titled EP in May of that year, and a ...

, and

Zero 7 Zero 7 are an English musical duo consisting of Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. They began as studio engineers and in 1997 formed the group Zero 7. Their debut album, '' Simple Things'', was released in 2001 in which their song "Destiny" stayed ...

. On May 9, 2005, Bizanski's animated video for The Shins "Pink Bullets", depicting a love story between two soulful paper-made cows, was amongst the first five videos chosen to demonstrate iTunes music store's new capability to sell videos. He had won the best animated music video award for three consecutive years at ASIF (

ASIFA The International Animated Film Association (French: ''Association Internationale du Film d'Animation'', ASIFA) is an international non-profit organization founded in 1960 in Annecy, France, by the best known animation artists of the time such a ...

's Israel branch), for his videos for

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, the Shins, and Zero 7. In 2006 Bizanski's video for Wolf Parade had won "best animated music video" at the Antville 06 MVA's, and rose to being #1 on ifilm.com's Top 100 videos. His work had been exhibited in Res Magazine, IdN Magazine, Boards Magazine,

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, Motionographer,

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, It's Nice That,

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as well as in Centre Pour L'Image Contemporaine Genéve, and numerous venues and festivals. Some of his videos had been published on "Acquired Taste" (

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's DVD video collection), as well as on RES Magazine DVD (August 2006 issue). In 2010 Bizanski launched an independent art project called "Singalong Paul", which featured a papier-mâché puppet (named "Paul") who lip-synced along to musical tracks. Among the videos released were renditions for bands including

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Guster Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel began practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and fo ...

, and

The Black Keys The Black Keys are an American rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). The duo began as an independent act, recording music in basements and self-producing their ...

. In 2012 Bizanski wrote and directed a short film titled "Paul" (featuring "Singalong Paul"), which went on to win the Silver Hugo award at the

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. In 2015 Bizanski created an audio-documentary for the

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Israel Story ''Israel Story'' or ''Sipur Israeli'' is an Israeli radio show and podcast. ''Israel Story'' produces episodes in both English and Hebrew. The Hebrew show, which began production in 2013, is broadcast on Galei Tzahal, Israel's national Army Radio ...

", which told the story of the Badir brothers - Three blind Israeli-Arab brothers who were at the center of an extensive phone fraud scheme in Israel during the 1990s. Bizanski created and wrote the 2019 Israeli drama series ''Magpie'', which tells the story of a man released from prison after two decades, who seeks revenge on his older brother and childhood friends, all the while having to cooperate with the police as a jailhouse informant.

Videography

Television

''Magpie'' - (2019)

Music videos

- "It's Nice Outside" (2003) *

The Shins The Shins is an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. The band is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's cu ...

- "Pink Bullets" (2005) *

- "Modern World" (2006) *

feat. José González- "Left Behind" (2006) *

- "Satellite" (2006) *

Rona Kenan Rona (Aharona) Rachel Kenan ( he, רונה קינן, born 26 July 1979) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. Biography Kenan was born on 26 July 1979. Her father is the late Amos Kenan and her mother is the scholar Nurith Gertz. She was attracted to ...

- "Ness" (2007) *

Dntel James Scott "Jimmy" Tamborello, also known by his stage name Dntel , is an American electronic music artist and DJ. Aside from his main solo project, Tamborello is also known as a member of the groups The Postal Service, Dntel#Other projects, H ...

feat. Arthur & Yu - "The Distance" (2007) *

- "Architects and Engineers" (2010) *

- "2 trees" (2010)

Commercials

*Sony Ericsson ("Choose", 2007) *Huggies Little Swimmers ("Left out", 2008) *The Observer ("Book of Art", 2008) *ING Bank (2008) *Celio (2009) *Orange (2011)

Short films

*''Paul'' - (2012) *''Shadow Puppets'' - (2013)

References

External links

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