Stephanie Angela Maxwell is an

animator An animator is an artist who creates images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video games. Animat ...

filmmaker Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screen ...

and Professor Emeritus in the School of Film and Animation at the

Rochester Institute of Technology The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...

. She specializes in hand-painted experimental abstract animation. Her techniques include direct-on-film painting, motion painting, object animation, copier techniques, and live action manipulation. Most of her works are collaborations with

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

s. Stephanie Maxwell's works have been presented in many international festivals and solo retrospectives, including the Northwest Film Forum, the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival, and the

Ottawa International Animation Festival The Ottawa International Animation Festival is an annual animated film and media festival that takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The OIAF was founded in 1975, with the first festival held from August 10 to 15 in 1976. Initially organized b ...

. She was co-founder and co-director for 12 years of the ImageMovementSound festivals, an annual festival of collaborative productions by interdisciplinary artists.Image, Movement, Sound at Eastman
''Campus Times''

Works

Stephanie Maxwell's films include:
''Aquarium''
(2018), Aquarium by Camille Saint-Saëns, arranged by Max Berlin
''River''
(2015), composer Tom Davis
''Ocean''
(2014), composer Michaela Eremiasova
''Marimba Quartet''
(2014), composer Michael Burritt
''tzzzz!''
(2010), composer Yuya Takeda

(2008), a collaborative work with Michaela Eremiasova and Jairo Duarte-Lopez
''Time Streams''
(2003), a collaborative work with composer Allan Schindler

(1999), a collaborative work with composer Greg Wilder
''Driving Abstractions''
(1997), composer Bill Haslett

Publications

*"Why I work direct on film", ''

Animation Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...

'', vol. 7, spring 1999

References

External links

"The Animation Pimp: Unsung Animators #3: Riding with Stephanie Maxwell"

Animation World Network Animation World Network (often just "AWN") is an online publishing group that specializes in resources for animators, with an extensive website offering news, articles and links for professional animators and animation fans. Content Specifically ...

''Please Don't Stop''
(1989) on YouTube
''Fragments''
(2000) on YouTube
''Runa's Spell''
(2007) on YouTube

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