THE ANIMAL
Technical Director, Producer
Dennis Rettkowski has over 10 years of work experience as VFX supervisor and graphics software developer and is currently working at Berlin based Talking Animals as a producer and technical director for animated films.
FILMOGRAPHY
- 2012
Rising Hope
Technical Director
- 2011
Flamingo Pride
Technical Director & Producer
- 2008
Our Wonderful Nature
Technical Director
- 2008
My Happy End
Technical Director
- 2000-2012
Full Filmography
Dennis on IMDB
WORK SAMPLES
Our Wonderful Nature
short filmcg animation05:072008
directed by Tomer Eshed
- director: Tomer Eshed
- technical director: Dennis Rettkowski
- music: Stefan Maria Schneider
- sound: David Ziegler
- set design: Jan Schneider
Flamingo Pride
short filmcg animation06:002011
- director: Tomer Eshed
- technical director,
producer: Dennis Rettkowski - cinematographie: Olaf Aue
- set design: Jan Schneider
- music: Stefan Maria Schneider
- sounddesign: Michał Krajczok
- re-recording: Marian Mentrup
Chump And Clump
short filmcg animation10:352008
directed by Stephan Sacher and Michael Herm Chump and Clump meet at a bus station. Unfortunately, they have just missed their bus, which arrives only once a week. While waiting for the next bus, a bizarre and wonderfully raucous friendship develops, which still manages to prevail when all odds turn against our little heroes.
My Happy End
short film 2D/3D animation 5:30 min HFF "Konrad Wolf", 2007
All dogs chase their tails. A dog once succeeds in catching his own tail. That changes his life as he finds his best friend in it.
Rising Hope
short film 10 min Talking Animals, 2012
Rising Hope, who used to be the fastest horse in the world, suddenly turns into a loser. With the help of a new friend − a jack-of-all-trades hound − he finds hope and himself again.
- Directed by: Milen Vitanov
- Technical Director: Dennis Rettkowski
- DOP: Olaf Aue
- Sound: Michał Krajczok
- Musik: Marian Mentrup and Stefan Maria Schneider
Festivals:
- Berlinale International Film Festival
- Atlanta Film Festival, USA
- Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
- SICAF Seoul Int.Cartoon&Animation Festival
- DOK-Leipzig 2012, Germany
- Clermont-Ferrand 2012, France
- Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis 2013, Germany
- KROK Int. Animation Film Festival 2012, Ukraine
- Encounters Film Festival 2012, Bristol, UK
- Rhode Island International Film Festival 2012, USA
- Curtas Vila do Conde 2012, Vila do Conde, Portugal
Awards:
- "Cartoons & Sport" Cartoon on the Bay 2012, Italy
- Best Animated Film, Young Jury Award at Rhode Island Int. Film Festival 2012, USA
- Audience Award for Best Short Film - The 24 hours of Nuremberg Int. Short Film Festival 2012, Germany
- Award of the Junior Jury for Best Short Film - Capalbio Cinema International Film Festival 2012, Italy
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Best Film at the Animacam, International Animation Festival 2013, in Ourense, Spain