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Thomas Stellmach
Oscar^©-winning Animation Director and Teaching Artist

Welcome to my website.

I’m Thomas Stellmach, Oscar^©-winning director and producer of animated short films.

Here, you can explore my artistic animation work, discover my hands-on animation workshops, and book me for engaging animated film shows.

Find out what animation can achieve – as art, experience, and educational format.

Be inspired by traditional animation techniques like the zoetrope, expressive hand-drawn animation, or my award-winning stop-motion short QUEST.

Thomas Stellmach, director and producer of animated short films

See, where passion leads.

Animated Films

I show my award-winning animated films here – with short content, trailers and insights into the production.

Create, with passion inside.

Workshops & Presentations

I offer creative animation workshops & presentations for children, young people, adults and professionals.

Take home, what passion made.

Shop

Visit my shop to explore products and exclusive materials related to my animated films.

Events & Blog

In my events & blog I report on events, festivals, workshops and give personal insights into my work.

About

Find out more about my career as an animator, my working methods and my artistic focus.

Contact

Feel free to get in contact for enquiries, bookings or collaborations.

Blog

Current and Past Events

Here is a list of my current and past events.

Thomas Stellmach stands in front of a pin board and explains the construction of an animation strip for a zoetrope to the employees of Medland.

Creative Workshop for Companies & Animated Film Show – Team Event in Kassel with Oscar^© Short

Interactive team-building workshop at the “Neue Denkerei”.

Spinning History – An Animated City History Brought to Life by Zoetropes

Workshop & ‘Spinning Animation Show’ for Straubing’s 800th Anniversary.

Trickfilm Show by Thomas Stellmach at the Theaterstuebchen in Kassel

Animated-Film-Show I–III: A Complete Retrospective

Annually I present my internationally awarded short films in my Trickfilm-Show I, II, III at the Theaterstuebchen in Kassel, Germany.

Participants of a four days Zoetrope workshop by Thomas Stellmach at the Offener Kanal in Kassel.

Further Training in four Modules: Zoetrope Workshop for Creatives, Teachers and Career Changers

Field report of a four days Zoetrope workshop with a focus on animation.

Thomas Stellmach opened the 24th International Animation Film Festival Wiesbaden with his Trickfilm-Show.

Animated-Film-Show as a Festival Opener

On Thursday, 22 June 2023, I opened the 24th International Festival of Animated Film at the Caligari Kino in Wiesbaden with my Trickfilm-Show.

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Thomas Stellmach Oscar©-winning Animation Director and Teaching Artist