Jeroen Zijlstra

Jeroen Zijlstra

Creative Director at 5 A.M. Studios
Amsterdam, Netherlands

About me

Experienced director and animator with a big passion for stop-motion. Skilled in stop-motion direction and animation, puppet making and set design. Bachelor focused in Animation / MediaDesign from Hanzehogeschool Groningen and Masterclasses for writing and character design for animation, by Vancouver Institute of Media Arts and Pixar Animation Studios.

Languages
  • English - Native

Positions

Owner, creative director, stop-motion animator
5 A.M. Studios
Netherlands
January 2002 - Present (22 years 5 months)
5 A.M. Studios is a high-end specialist studio for Stop-Motion, concept creation, model making and post-production.
With over 20 years of experience we develop series, shorts and features. From constructing puppets and sets, to direction, production and post-production, our team is happy to do it all in-house. We are based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and work with an extensive network of freelance artists.

Also we love to combine our hand builts with high-end technologies like 3D-printing, lasercutting and motion control to create fully customised animations. Through this rare combination of traditional handbuilding and digital animation we find an unique way to bring ideas to life.
Animator, Motion Graphics Designer
Havas Boondoggle Amsterdam
Netherlands
November 2014 - June 2015 (7 months)
Client projects include:- Mentos- Airheads- Wijko
Freelance Animation Director, Animator, Motion Graphics Designer
Emirates
Netherlands
October 2013 - May 2014 (7 months)
Responsible for:- Animation direction- Animation- Special effects- Edits and gradingFor online campaign video's produced by MVTTV / Nomads Amsterdam. see less
Freelance Animation Director
Discovery Networks Benelux
Netherlands
August 2010 - January 2011 (5 months)
Responsible for:- Animation Direction- Animation- Edits and gradingFor stop motion Discovery Channel promos.
Freelance Promo Director/Producer
Freelance (Self-employed)
March 2001 - 2003 (1 year 10 months)
Freelance animator and motiondesigner.Made 'the very first steps into the world of stop motion' in these days.

Education

Bachelor

2001 - 2005 (4 years)

Film- and Television studies

2000 - 2001 (1 year)

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