Michaël Dudok de Wit

Roles: Director

MICHAEL DUDOK DE WIT (1953, the Netherlands) is an animator, director and illustrator. He is presently based in London where he directs and animates award-winning commercials for television and cinema.

In 1978, he graduated from the West Surrey College of Art with his first film ‘The Interview‘ followed by ‘The Monk and the Fish’ (1994), which was made in France with the studio Folimage. This film was nominated for an Oscar and has won numerous prizes including a César Award for Best Short Film and the Cartoon d’Or.

His most well-known film ‘Father and Daughter’ (2000) won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, the Grand Prix at Annecy, and dozens of other major awards. This was followed by ‘The Aroma of Tea’ (2006), an experimental film painted entirely with tea.

Michael also writes and illustrates children’s picture books and teaches animation at art colleges and universities in England and abroad