Biografi
Sergei Aniskov is an award-winning animation director, producer and story-teller, whose work has been featured in film festivals worldwide, including Siggraph and the Sundance Film Festival. Sergei has developed creative property concepts and produced pitch reels for Animation Collective and Nicktoons that resulted in green lights for upwards of 40 million dollars in productions from AOL, BBC Kids, Cartoon Network, Handmade Films, Lionsgate, MTV Networks International, Nickelodeon US and Australia, TV Ontario, and YTV Canada, among others. An experienced leader, Sergey has directed and produced over 200 half-hours of animated broadcast and cable television content for Nickelodeon, BBC Kids, and Cartoon Network, leading production teams of up to 80 artists. In the realm of online and mobile content, Sergei has directed and produced media for AOL-Time Warner, MTV Networks, Harcourt-Mifflin, the Department of Education, and the National Science Foundation. Sergei studied at Brown University, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Pratt Institute, but most formative for Sergei's work was his apprenticeship under the maestro of classical Russian theater set design - Yegeniy Kumankov. Sergei brings his theatrical background to each project, injecting experimental productions with the fairy-tale graphics, signature to his artistic style. Whether working as a one-man shop to storyboard, edit or produce commercials and music videos, or creating and leading teams, Sergei enjoys finding creative decisions in diverse styles. His work can be classic and corporate, child oriented and relatable, or avant-garde and rock and roll. Recently Sergei has been working on projection design with theater and performance productions, blending his whimsical animation style with live performance.
