Signe Baumane
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New York New York USA |
Contact Type: Artist |
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Bio:
Signe Baumane Biography Born 1964, Auce, Latvia. Graduated Moscow University, 1989, B.A., Philosophy. 1987 Her son Haralds is born. 1989 Starts work at Dauka Animation Studio in Riga as animator and cel painter. She also designs and directs several animated commercials for local TV. 1991 Makes her debut as scriptwriter, director, and artist with 2 minute animated film, The Witch and the Cow. From 1991 to 1992 she again lives in Moscow illustrating two books, Little Red Riding Hood, and a book of poetry for children by Fred Solianov, The Gilded Rhino. Later in 1993 the Moscow Publishing Company, Album, publishes her book with her story and illustrations, The Book of the Tigers. 1993 Returns to Riga to work on her next film, Tiny Shoes which would go on to take the Grand Prix at the International Women’s Film Festival in Minsk, 1995. 1993 Works for puppet theater, Krumu Ezis, Riga, on the production, Sausage Water, designing puppets, costumes, and sets. 1994 She begins work on her third film, The Gold of the Tigers, based on the story of her earlier book. Production is completed in 1995. 1995 Illustrates the book, Why Angels Drive Scooters, by Stefan Randstrom, Litorale Publishers, Helsinki. On September 1995 she arrives in New York where on January 1996 she starts work as production manager, color stylist, and cel painter for Bill Plympton’s animated feature I Married a Strange Person. The film is completed in the spring of 1997. She also works on the following Bill Plympton short films, Sex and Violence (1997), The exciting Life of a Tree (1998), More Sex and Violence (1998), an MTV pilot Helter Shelter (1998), Surprise Cinema (1999), Eat (2001) as well as takes over production of Bill’s newest feature animation Mutant Aliens in summer 2000, completed later that year. Also she works as production manager, and art supervisor for two films of an independent animator, Debra Solomon, Everybody’s Pregnant (1997), and The Parable of the Clown (1998), a spot for HBO. In November 1998 she completed her fourth animated film, her first on American soil, Love Story, which went to more than 20 film festivals around the world, and received several awards. In 1999 she finished another film The Threatened One , an animated short and her personal interpretation of a poem by Jorge Luis Borges, part of an international film project featuring visual interpretations of poetry. The film was awarded in several film festivals. 2000 She spent working with a partner Josh Rechnitz on ambitious 10 minute animated piece Natasha. It was completed in early 2001 and successfully hit the film festival circle. 2001 she worked on animation inserts for live action feature by Austin Chick XX/XY and started work on animated pieces for a documentary film about a Russian artist Sitnikov by Andrei Zagdanski which was finished spring 2002. In early 2002 she completed animated short Five F*cking Fables and right away went to Latvia where she was given a Film Center Foundation and Culture Capital’s grants to make a 10 min film. The film Woman premiered September 21st in Latvian Film Festival ‘Arsenals’. Besides animation she also works as an illustrator for children’s books at Santillana Publishing House, Puerto Rico. She is also working with McGraw - Hill, illustrating a textbook series for children. Among her illustration clients is Utne Reader magazine. In 1999 She received Permanent Resident Card as an Extraordinary Ability Alien. Since fall 2000 she is teaching animation at Pratt Institute. She is publishing a novel about her adventures in New York in ‘Una’ - a Latvian women’s magazine. Filmography/Awards Info: 2002 Woman 10 min, Rija Animated film studio, Latvia. A personal myth of creation of a woman and her two ways to encounter a man. 2002 Five F*cking Fables 7 min, New York City. 5 separate, slightly immoral stories. Writing, directing, design, animation. Festivals: Florida Film Festival 2002, Annecy 2002, Anima Mundi 2002 - International Animation Festival of Brazil, SinCine-NY Erotic Film Festival 2002, Woodstock Film Festival 2002 (special jury award) 2001 Natasha 10 minutes, New York City. Conceived and rendered with a partner Josh Rechnitz. A story about a neglected houswife who falls in love with a vacuumcleaner. Festivals: Florida Film Festival 2001, Intl Animated Film Festival KROK 2001, New York Animation Festival 2001, Dokfestival Leipzig 2001, Intl Independent Bruxelles Film Festival 2001, San Francisco Independent Film Festival 2002, Goteborg Film Festival 2002, Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival 2002, Oporto International Film Festival/Fantasporto 2002, Fayetteville Film Festival 2002, Chlotrudis Awards Short Film Festival 2002, Taos Talking Picture Festival 2002, XX International Film Festival of Uruguay 2002, Nashville Independent Film Festival 2002, Brooklyn International Film Festival 2002, World Festival of Animated Films - Zagreb 2002, Red Bank International Film Festival 2002, SinCine-NY Erotic Film Festival 2002, Marco Island Film Festival 2002 1999 The Threatened One 4 minutes, New York City. An animated, visual interpretation of the poem by Jorge Luis Borges. Direction, design, animation. Festivals: California Sun Animated Film Festival 2000, Florida Film Festival 2000, Long Island Film Festival 2000, Bambershoot - One Reel Film Festival 2000, Arsenals International Film Festival 2000, New York Expo 2000 Awards: Silver at Worldfest - Houston Film Festival 2000, Audience Award at Cin(e) Poetry Festival 2ooo. 1998 Love Story 3 minutes, New York City. Script, design, and animation. A story about the separation of love and sex. Festivals: 22nd Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden,1999, Oslo Animation Festival, Norway, 1999, Fantasporto International Film Festival, Portugal,1999, ASIFA-East 1999 Animation Festival, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival 1999, Wine Country Film Festival 1999, Fantoche, Switzerland, 1999, Openair Film Festival Weiterstadt, Germany 1999, Bambershoot - One Reel Film Festival 1999, KROK - 99 International Film Festival, Ukraine,1999, Festival Cortometraje de Santiago, Chile,1999, Festival International du Film Independent Brussels,1999, Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia,1999, International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao,1999, Minneapolis International Film Festival 1999, Florida Film Festiva 1999, International Leipzig Film Festival, Germany,1999, Arsenals International Film Festival, Latvia, 2000, Argos Project - the Swiss Tour Underground Film Festival, Switzerland, 2ooo. Awards: First award in category of animated films at Montevideo International Film Festival, Uruguay,1999, Best animated short at 99’ Long Island Film Festival, Bronze Award at Worldfest -Houston International Film Festival , 1999. 1995 The Gold of the Tigers 21 minutes, Dauka Animation Studio, Riga, Latvia. Script, design , and direction. A Borges-like tale about tigers that switch the customary places of dream and reality. Festivals: Nordic Light Film Festival, Lithuania, 1995, Burgsvik Film Festival, Sweden, 1995. 1993 Tiny Shoes 10 minutes, Dauka Animation Studio, Riga, Latvia. Script, design, and direction. A modern Freudian fairytale about a girl, her father, a prince , and a dragon. Festivals: Arsenals International Film Festival, Latvia, 1994, Nordic Light Film Festival, Finland,1994, Turku International Women’s Film Festival, Finland,1994, Zagreb International Animated Film Festival , Croatia, 1994, Vilnius International Women’s Film Festival, Lithuania ,1994, Ottawa International Animated Film Festival, Canada, 1994, KROK International Animated Film Festival, Ukraine , 1993. Awards: Grand Prix recipient at Minsk International Women’s Film Festival, Belorussia, 1995 1991 The Witch and the Cow 2 minutes, Dauka Animation Studio, Riga, Latvia. Script, design , and direction. A tiny witch tries to milk an immense cow. Things get out of her control. Festivals: KROK International Animated Film Festival, Ukraine,1993, Arsenals International Film Festival, Latvia, 1992, Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia, 1991. 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