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Ann Xiao: Director |Animator| Motion Graphic Designer
Website: www.annxiao.com
Showreel: www.vimeo.com/4901591
Ann Xiao was born in Beijing, China. Since graduating from The University of Arts London in 2004, Ann has pursued
a career as a freelance animation director and motion graphics designer in London. She has worked with several
leading production companies and has directed a number of short films, music videos and commercials, whilst she's
an active illustrator and curator for exhibitions.
Coming from a background as a trained architect and a published comic artist, Ann has developed a unique, surreal,
strong, illustrative video style which has lead to commissions from MTV, Channel 4, Toyota, Tiger Beer, Discovery
Channel, Radar Music Videos, The Central Office of Information and so on.
She has been received several awards and her work has been presented in a number of design magazines and film
festivals such as IdN, Stash, OneDotZero, Edinburgh International Film Festivall and Rio International Short Film
Festival. She has also won the "Best Art Style Animation" at Oriental Animation & Comic Competition in China.
Her style has been described as "architectural space meets surrealistic dreams".
Work & Education
2007-2008 Represented by th1ng as Commercial Director, www.th1ng.com, UK
2004-2007 Represented by Lost in Space as Commercial Director, www.lostinspace.com, UK
2003-2004 MA Fine Art, Camberwell College of Arts, University of Arts London, UK
2002-2003 Graduated from Beijing Polytechnic University as a trained Architect, China
Projects as Director
2009 Music Video Faith Rivera – This Little Light of Mine, Radar Music Videos, UK
Music Video U2 - Get on Your Boots, UK
Short film "Fooling Around & Horses - short film for Jim McKeon", commissioned by Ed McKeon, UK
2008 Installation Animation Installation "Sleeping Beauty", commissioned by Cotton USA
Commercial Marie Claire, Superdrug commercial, UK
Short film "Between the Lines" for King's Place launch night, commissioned by Spnm, UK
Commercial "Try Life in Another Language",
commissioned by The Central Office of Information, UK
Commercial "Otrivin Bird". Commissioned by Saatchi & Saatchi Paris, France
Music Video "Murder The Lonely", commissioned by Radar Coke Music,
Artist – An Orange End, UK
2007 Short film "The Singing Rhino" for Silver Jungle ltd, UK
Music Video "Letter from Somewhere", commissioned by Jin by Jin, UK
2006 Short film "Waking up inside the Fish", commissioned by Mesh, Channel 4, UK
2005 Commercial "Slipping into the Future" for Toyota Pavilion, Expo 05, Japan
2004 Animation "Giant Kids" for MTV Art Break, MTV Network Europe, UK
Animation "The Uncertain City", commissioned by Camberwell College of Arts, University of Arts
London, UK
Projects as Animator
2009 AFX Air SouthWest commercial, th1ng, UK
2008 AFX H&T commercial, th1ng,UK
2007 AFX O2 commercial, th1ng,UK
AFX Sony commercial, th1ng, UK
2006 AFX documentary "Surgery Saved My Life", Discovery Channel, lost in space, US
2004 AFX HP commercial, lost in space, UK
Illustration & Design Projects
2008 COMIC STORY "THE OSTRICHMAN UTOPIA" COMIC STORY FOR SPECIAL COMIC, ISSUE 3, CHINA
DESIGN GIORDANO T-SHIRT DESIGN, HONG KONG
DESIGN "I-SPORT TEE" OLYMPIC T-SHIRT DESIGN PROJECT, POLEDESIGN, CHINA
ILLUSTRATION FIRST PRESS POSTER, TIGER BEER, SINGAPORE
DESIGN BT COMMERCIAL DESIGN, UK
ILLUSTRATION CITY PICTORIAL MAGAZINE, CHINA
2007 ILLUSTRATION FASHION ILLUSTRATION FOR ONEREDEYE, UK
INSTALLATION FRIDGE INSTALLATION FOR TIGER TRANSLATE EXHIBITION, BERLIN
ILLUSTRATION "THE ROCKETS" FOR TIGER TRANSLATE HOSTED BY TIGER BEER, SINGAPORE
COMIC STORY "ABANDONED", COMIC FOR SPECIAL COMIC ISSUE 2, CHINA
DESIGN CD ALBUM COVER DESIGN FOR JIN BY JIN, UK
ILLUSTRATION T-SHIRT DESIGN, UNIQLO, JAPAN
2006 ILLUSTRATION CITY PICTORIAL MAGAZINE , CHINA
2005 ILLUSTRATION CARGO MAGAZINES, NEW YORK
Illustration Modernsky iPod Shuffle, China
Design CD album design for "Drama Script", Li-jianhong, 2pi records, China
1996-2003 Comic Comic Stories for Beijing Cartoon Magazine, China
Projects as Curator/ Presentations
2008 Presentation at Jilin College of Arts, China
Presentation "Chinese Animation" at "China Design Now", V&A Museum, London, UK
2007 Co-founder of CDR (Chinese Designer Region)
Presentation at Tiger Translate Exhibition, Berlin, Germany
2006 "London Cutting Edge Animation Screening", Eyes On Exhibition, Beijing, Shanghai
2005 Presentation at "Moving Images from London", Get It Louder exhibition, China
Exhibition, Screenings & Awards
2008 Cotton USA Natural World Art Exhibition, China
Full Time Art Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
British Animation Awards, UK
2007 Group show, Tiger Translate Exhibition, Berlin, Germany
CWFF, Canary Wharf Film Festival, UK
British Creative Exchange, Cineworld Piccadilly, UK
2006 Britspotting Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Eyes On Exhibition, Beijing, Shanghai, China
Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK
Channel 4 Mesh animation screening, UK
2005 Rio De Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil
Get It Louder exhibition, China
Onedotzero, ICA, UK
2004 MTV Art Break, National Film Theater, UK
"Best Art Style Animation" at "Oriental Animation and Comic Competition", China
Camberwell College of Arts MA Degree Show
2001 Second prize at National Comic Competition, China 1999
1999 Second prize at National Comic Competition, China
1998 Silver Cup at "Culture & Communication Cup" National Comic Competition, China
"Asian Comic Art" Exhibition, National Art Museum, Beijing
