Leah Shore
Leah Shore is a
SXSW selections BOOBatary and Old Man, and 2014 Slamdance Film Festival
selection I Love You So Much.
Biography
Shore grew up in Philadelphia, PA, and attended
SXSW
and more than fifty other film festivals.
Work and style
As an animator, Shore has been mentioned in a sentence with
Jan Svankmajer, Salvador Dalí, Tom Waits, Matthew Barney, Patti Smith, and Robert Mapplethorpe as influences in a 2010 interview with Channel Frederator.[7]
Shore is a prolific creator of short-form content, directing animated spots for
Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film.[10] Mountain Dew's online magazine Green Label named Shore one of "10 Animators You Need to Know" alongside Cartoon Network showrunners Pendleton Ward and Rebecca Sugar.[11] In 2013, Meatwaffle was inducted into the Sundance Permanent Collection at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
.
According to Shore's Tumblr page, her first fully live-action short, Hallway, filmed "in a real secret sex club in NYC",[12] should debut in 2015.
Old Man
Old Man,SXSW Film Festival.
I Love You So Much
I Love You So Much debuted at the 2014 Slamdance Film Festival and played at the
Los Angeles Film Festival and continues to play at festivals today. Shore's first time mixing animation with live action, the film, about "the muck of romantic language,"[16] was a Vimeo
staff pick in December, 2014 and has been viewed over eighty thousand times. Most recently it was shown as a part of "Vimeo Staff Picks Cinema: Directors Commentary" at the SXSW 2015 Film Festival. Shore was one of five directors to show.
Filmography
| Title | Year | Medium | Format | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meatwaffle | 2009 | 2D/Stop Motion Animation/Mixed Media | Short Film | Director, writer, editor, animator |
| Boobatary | 2011 | 2D Animation | Short Film | Director, writer, editor, animator |
| Old Man | 2012 | 2D Animation/Stop Motion Animation/Computer Animation/Mixed Media | Short Film | Director, writer, editor, animator |
| I Love You So Much | 2014 | Live Action/2D Animation | Short Film | Director, writer, animator, Storyboard, Art Direction |
| Hallway | 2015 | Live Action | Short Film | Director, writer, Storyboard, Art Direction |
External links
- I Love You So Much - 2014 Short Film
- Old Man - 2012 Short Film
- Boobatary - 2011 Short Film
- Meatwaffle - 2010 Short Film
- leahshore.com - Official Website
- Leah Shore at IMDb
References
- ^ "MEATWAFFLE release info". IMDb. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Beck, Jerry (30 September 2009). "Leah Shore's 'Meatwaffle'". cartoonbrew.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Zakheim, Landon. "Your Guide to Animation". sundance.org. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Hartley, Christina. "Meatwaffle". risd.edu. Archived from the original on February 23, 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Jaeger, Max (3 June 2014). "Sketchy characters: W'burg animation fest features hand-drawn hosts". Brooklynpaper.com.
- ^ Furfaro, Danielle (3 December 2014). "The new pornographers: Bushwick artists hosting smut fest". The Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ DesRocher, Bailee. "Leah Shore's 'Meatwaffle'". frederatorblogs.com. Frederator. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Shore, Leah (22 February 2012). "VICE!! BIG SEAN! PROJECT X Teaser Promo". leahshore.wordpress.org. leahshore. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Shore, Leah (29 February 2012). "GUCCI GUCCI GUCCI GUCCI! KREAYSHAWN!!!". leahshore.wordpress.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Salovaara, Sara (15 July 2013). "25 New Faces of Independent Film". www.filmmakermagazine.com. Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Cheng, Susan. "10 Animators You Need to Know". Green Label. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Shore, Leah. "About Leah Shore". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "OLD MAN release info". IMDb. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ DesRocher, Bailee. "Leah Shore's 'Meatwaffle'". frederatorblogs.com. Frederator. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Salovaara, Sara (15 July 2013). "25 New Faces of Independent Film". www.filmmakermagazine.com. Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Macauley, Scott (19 December 2014). "Short Film: I Love You So Much by Leah Shore". www.filmmakermagazine.com. Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 26 December 2014.