Jakob Schuh

Jakob Schuh was born in Munich in 1976 and after his school graduation in 1995 he first studied in the department of dramaturgy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. From 1996 to 2003, Jakob Schuh was a student in the department of direction/animation at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, where he has been is teaching since 2004. In 2003, Jakob was one of the founding partners of German animation house Studio Soi. Jakob Schuh has been involved as a director and designer in many award-winning animation film productions since 1995, and has worked as a caricaturist and illustrator for the Süddeutsche Zeitung. In 2009 Jakob was co-director The Gruffalo which was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short Film category 2011, a BAFTA in 2010 and the prestigious Cartoon d'Or in 2011. It's won various awards including the Cristal for Best Television Special at Annecy Animation Festival 2010.

Seattle International Film Festival