Ian W. Gouldstone is a teriffic filmmaker* and creative** from London.
*with a BAFTA
**and a D&AD Placement Award
>>NEWS
October 2009:
GameCity videos hit 100,000 views in JUST 2 DAYS!
Have you wondered what Street Fighter would look like in just 15 pixels? Now you can! Designed to promote super-cool indy games fest GameCity Squared, these videos are getting a massive reaction, and we at the Alaskan Military School could not be more pleased.
September 2009:
Festivals, Festivals, Festivals!
Face the Music, Ian's OXFAM film has been screening at festivals left, right, and cente! Come see it in competition at the Ottawa Int'l Animation Festival, Bradford Animation Festival, or Interfilm Berlin! Thanks again to Martin Lye and Tim Cullen for all their super hard work on this film.
Heck, if you plan on coming to Ottawa, which I HIGHLY recommend, come see my BAFTA-winning short film, guy101, in a specially curated programme on sexuality. Woof!
August 2009:
It's hip to be squared!
Come find out why when you see the animated spots I'm making with Martin Lye for this year's enormously cool indy games festival GameCity Squared.
June 2009:
Glastonbury Glory!
Face the Music, Ian's OXFAM film was a rousing success on the Pyramid Stage at this year's Glastonbury Festival. Twice!
Ian's back from his month long animation residency at Newport University with a brand new film:
To Whom It May Concern;
It's a fresh fresh fresh experiment in collaborative filmmaking that's bound to turn a lot of animation thinking on its head.
Coming soon!
May 2009:
Sho 'nuff!
Ian has come top of his class on the super-competitive D&AD Integrated Advertising workshop. He was commended for his totally memorable portfolio packed with fresh ideas that will no doubt win him a load more prizes in the months to come.
To book a private meeting to see Ian's breakthrough advertising portfolio, contact him here.
April 2009:
Ian has been chosen as the next Animator in Residence at Newport University! His project, To Whom It May Concern, pioneers a whole new mindset towards animated filmmaking.
Come back here at the end of May--we promise something totally unique!
January 2009:
First animation, now advertising!
Ian's set to take the advertising world by storm. He's just won himself a place on the super-competitive D&AD (think BAFTAs of Advertising) Integrated Advertising Workshop!
Prepare yourselves for a whole bunch of brilliant ideas to come your way!
August 2008:
Face the Music, an incredible new spot both written and directed by Ian for OXFAM International is finally done! Keep your eyes peeled for it in cinemas, on television, and at music festivals worldwide.
Huge thanks to assistant animator Martin Lye!
January 2008:
Yours Truly, a short animated film co-written by Ian and directed by Osbert Parker is nominated for another BAFTA! This is Ian's second nomination and will hopefully be his second win!
December 2007:
Ian has been signed for commercial representation by cutting-edge Soho agency Rokkit!
February 11, 2007:
guy101 wins the short animation BAFTA!
Watch the ceremony here.
BAFTA nomination press release (download)
The British Academy Award is based on a design by Mitzi Cunliffe
Thanks to jewellery designer Hannah Martin for providing Ian and his guest with stunning jewellery for the evening.
>>OLDER STUFF
Novemer 25, 2006: guy101 wins Honourable Mention for the animate! Artists Award at Bristol Encounters! PHWOAR!!!
Novemer 19, 2006: guy101 wins Best Student Animation at the Bradford Animation Festival! Fingers crossed for next weekend, where I am up for the animate! Artists Award at Bristol Encounters (NOV 25).
November 1, 2006: guy101 scooped up a bunch of awards this summer, including best animation film at the Hull International Short Film Festival, best of fest at Cinekink, NYC, and an honourable mention for innovative short at the Seattle G&L Film Festival.
October 30, 2006: Yours Truly (AKA Head Over Heels), a film I co-wrote with twice-BAFTA-nominated Osbert Parker for his animate! tv commission, premieres at the Norwich International Animation Festival. Also showing at this festival are guy101 (again!) and Wonderful as part of Suzanne Buchan's special programme on typography.
May 5, 2006: guy101 won the Royal Television Society's award for best post-graduate animation! See the award here.
April 5, 2006: guy101 has been announced as one of three national post-grad animation finalists in the Royal Television Society's Student Television Awards 2005! And Holy Moly, one of the other two finalists, Badgered, was up for an Oscar this year!
March 9th, 2006: See my interview on The Culture Show on BBC2 at 19:00 and 23:20!
January 23, 2006: guy101 has been announced as a finalist in 2 categories at the British Animation Awards! The categories are "Best Film at the Cutting Edge" and "Best Writing." And now, you can buy the film on the British Animation Awards Volume 6 DVD! Get it here!
RESFEST 2005 has begun! Make sure that you check out guy101 at the Cut and Paste screenings!
I just finished some animated titles for London Fashion Week's on|off exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art. Commissioned by fashion designer Kristian Aadnevik and directed by myself and Mat Baldwin, the titles look great! Go see them at the Royal Academy on Picadilly from 18/09 - 21/09 or watch them here.
guy101 will be showing at the 291 gallery on September 15th at 7:30 pm.
And then it is heading off to another part of London to be exhibited as part of London Design Week's Talent Zone at 100% East. The exhibition will be at the Truman Brewery in Brick Lane from 22/09 - 25/09. Should be lots of interesting new stuff going on there.
I graduated! Super.
Welcome Specialten readers & viewers! Corollary has been included in the DVD magazine Specialten issue 10. And I must say it is in fine company!
Corollary is touring with Australia's national festival of science films, Scinema05. Bonzer.
RES Magazine, the journalistic arm of the digital media festival, RESFEST, has selected me as one of 2005's RES10: Ten Students to Watch! As a result, there will be an article about me in their March/April issue as well as an exhibition of my work in New York and London.
Wonderful and Corollary are currently showing on UK TV. Check it out on the Community Channel.
Capture the Fun!, a piece I co-directed with Martin Lye for the Kodak Student Commercial Awards, is finally available to see on my shorts page!