Anna Samo

ANNA SAMO was born in Moscow, Russia on 29.08.1980. Dreamed about becoming a clown - or a superintendent. Became animator. Favorite childhood activities were drawing on wall paper, declaiming poems and destroying the family porcelain. 1999 started studying architecture in Moscow. After two years gave up and changed to animation. 2002-2006 was studying art-direction of animated films at VGIK (Film University, Moscow). 2006-2013 was studying animation at HFF “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam, Germany. Since October 2011 freelance animator in Berlin and New York. Samo's films were shown at acclaimed film festivals around the world such as Berlinale, Annecy, Stuttgart, Hiroshima, Encounters FF, Cork FF, Aspen Shortsfest etc.