Los Angeles | Moscow | Beijing | Vilnius
Education
- California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Los Angeles, USA. MFA, Experimental Animation 2010 - 2012
- California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Los Angeles, USA. BFA, Character Animation 2007 - 2010
- Adomo Brako School of Fine Arts, Klaipeda, Lithuania 1990 - 1995
- ENSAD, l'École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France Fall 2009
- FAMU, Film and TV School Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic Summer 2008
- Santa Barbara City College, (Music/Sound for Film) Santa Barbara, USA. 2006 - 2007
- National FIlm School of Ireland, (Film/Animation) Dublin, Ireland. 2004 - 2005
- Colaiste Ide, Film School, Dublin, Ireland 2003 - 2004
- Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin, Ireland 2003
- Covenant Players Theater School, Stuttgard, Germany 1998 - 2001
Professional Summary
2012-present Founder & Creative Director of Lumen Animae an Amity of Creative Partnerships. Los Angeles. USA
2012-present Faculty at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Character Animation Department, Los Angeles, USA
2012-present GATE Consultancy for Film, Animation, Graphic Design, Portfolio. Internationally
2013-present Filmmaker with The Righteous Conversations Project. Holocaust remembrance in contemporary setting. Los Angeles, USA
2005-present Freelance Painter. Fusion of classical approach with contemporary psychology
2013-15 Storyboard artist, Animator, and Visual Development artist at Warrior Films Studios, USA
2014 Storyboard artist, Animator, and Visual Development artist at Dynamic Communications, Taiwan
2014 Program Director, Animation CAPSA Ramon Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts, Los Angeles, USA
2013 Jan Faculty at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Experimental Animation practicum
2012 Graphic Designer, Harvard University research publication. Dr.E.Shakhnovich, Department of Chemical Biology. Boston, USA
2010-11 Lead Animation artist / Storyboard Artist at Out of Joint Productions, Los Angeles, USA
2004 Visual Development Artist at Barley Animation Studio. Dublin, Ireland
1998-2001 Actor/Director at Covenant Players Theater. Theater stage producitions. England, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Poland, Italy. Denmark
Curator
2018 The Promise, exhibition at College of the Canyons Library, Los Angeles (December 2017 - August 2018)
2018 Windows, installation at Sinai Synagogue, Los Angeles (May - July 2018)
2016 When Man to Man is a Wolf, exhibition at Visual & Performing Arts at College of the Canyons (September - December 2018)
2016 When Man to Man is a Wolf, exhibition at Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (January - March 2016)
2015 The Art of David Labkovsky, exhibition at Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (April - June 2015)
2015 CalArts program at ANIMATOR - International Animated Film Festival, Poznan, Poland. (July 2015)
Theater Productions
2014 I SEE YOU II, feature length show (Co-Director, Producer) fussion of Theater, Dance, Music, Film, and Animation, Community Arts Partnership program at Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts, Los Angeles
2013 I SEE YOU, feature length show (Co-Director, Producer) fussion of Shadow Theater, Dance, Music, Film, Animation, with audience participation. California Institute of the Arts
2012 REDCAT, Disney Theater, Los Angeles. dARK Matter Obfuscation (Animation artist), Jazz Ballet (World Premier) 20 min loop animation, replica of a Solar System’s stars mapped and shot with a slow exposure shutter reliese using light animation
Graphic Designer
2018 Harold Grinspoon Foundation, public poster series
2014 Harold Grinspoon Foundation, public poster series
2015 Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Art of David Labkovsky book
2012 Harvard University research publication. Dr. E. Shakhnovich, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Animation Projection Mapping
2012 Cityscape. Project Director | Animation Artist. 5 min loop. Hosted by the city of Karlskrona, Sweden
2012 Tomorrow. Project Director | Animation Artist. 2,5 min loop. With support from Karlskrona Municipality cultural Department. Sweden
2013 Re: Love. Project Co-Director/Animator. The Quest Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Work in Progress
- A Story of David Lenga, 180 pages Graphic Novel. Production in collaboration with COC, RC. Publication pending in 2019
- Saugus Cafe. Producer, Co-Director, Animation artist. A film by a master of animation, world renowned artist and filmmaker Cornelius Cole III, a recepient of the Annie Award for Lifetime Achievement, whose priceless artistic heritage is of the highest order national treasure. Before his death in 2011, Cole and his wife, Linda Zuchenga, entrusted a vast collection of Cole’s unfinished animation to Lumen Animae. Pending in 2019
- Oah & Harlam Episodes. Publication pending in 2019
Articles | Interviews
- 'KURTUPOLIS.LT ' magazine, interview by Sondra Simanaitiene, (in Lithuanian) August 2012
- 'VJOREMAA' newspaper, article by Riina Magi, (in Estonian) August 2012
- 'ZEMAITIJOS PAVELDAS’ magazine, article by Angele Digaityte, (in Lithuanian) August 2012
- 'MOVING POEMS’, The Best Poetry Videos on the Web. January 2013
- 'MARCO POLO' an online portal, January 2013
- 'DIRECTORS NOTES, The What, How & Why of Independent Filmmaking' article in the online podcast, 2011
- 'FRIDAY VIDEOPOEM' article by Brenda Clews. December 2011
Selected Public Screenings | Shows
2020 Retrospective, Bijou Theater, CalArts, Los Angeles, USA
2019 Tribeca Film Festival, New York, USA
2019 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah, USA
2018 US Open Tennis Championships, Ashe ’68 VR Experience, New York, USA
2017 Mysterium Georgicus, multi stage multimedia installation, Center for Georgical Jubilism, Virginia, USA
2017 IndieWise Convention, AMC Theaters, Miami, Florida, USA
2017 Center of Georgical Jubilism, Farfields, Virginia, USA
2017 California State Legislature, Sacramento, California, USA
2017 ANDLAB Gallery, ongoing show, Los Angeles, USA
2016 Global Short Film Awards, Cannes, France
2016 Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, USA
2016 Portsmouth International Film Festival, Eastleigh, UK
2016 Lisbon International Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Animfest Film Festival, Athens, Greece
2016 International Film Festival, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2016 European Film Festival, Ningbo, China
2016 Mini Kino Film Week, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
2016 TMC London Film Festival, London, England
2016 Global Short Film Awards, New York, USA
2016 SEE Film Festival, Paris, France
2016 South-East European Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
2015 China Central Television, CCTV-9 Documentary channel
2015 Hero International Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
2015 Festival de Films Documentaires, Paris, France
2015 Documentary Action Train, 17 venues in Taipei, Taiwan
2015 St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, USA
2014 ArcLight Cinema, Hollywood, USA
2013 Timeline Poetic Cinema Festival, Manchester, England
2013 Filmpoem Festival. Dunbar, Scotland
2013 Walt Disney Modular Theater, CalArts, Los Angeles, USA
2013 East China University, Shanghai, China
2013 Art Share LA, Los Angeles, USA
2013 BIL Conference, Long Beach, USA
2013 Karlskrona City Municipal Center, Karlskrona, Sweden
2013 Harvard Westlake School, Studio City, Los Angeles, USA
2013 The Quest Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2012 Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, USA
2012 Le Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal, Canada
2012 National M. K. Čiurlionis Museum of Fine Art, Kaunas, Lithuania
2012 History Museum, (ongoing exhibition), Klaipeda, Lithuania
2012 Klaipeda Municipal Music Library, Klaipeda, Lithuania
2012 Galiana Center, New York, USA
2012 Wild Beast Theater, CalArts, Los Angeles, USA
2011 &NOW Conference for Authors of Innovative Literature, San Diego, USA
2011 EuroShorts Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland
2011 Animaex Awards Film Festival, England
2010 No-Festival of Video Art & Animation, Cheliabinsk, Russia
2010 Wild Beast Theater, CalArts, Los Angeles, USA
2008 Film & TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic
2004 Kennedy’s Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1997 Gedminu Gallery, Klaipeda, Lithuania
1995 Adomo Brako School of Fine Arts, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Film Director | Animation Artist | Fine Artist
Ruah Edelstein
Filmography
2020 (in production) “Coming of Age” the Holocaust survivor story of David Weiner, animation documentary. Director
2020 AlinaK music video "Revelations" AT remix. Director / Producer / Cinematographer
2020 AlinaK music video "Revelations" Gux remix. Director / Producer / Cinematographer
2020 “Summary” Director / Producer / Cinematographer
2019 (in production) Chain of Rocks, feature animation, Mooshido Productions & Lumen Animae Studios, Animation Director
2019 “Sulam Yaakov” (Jacob's Ladder). Director / Animation Artist
2019 “My Angel of God” The Holocaust survivor story of Av Perlmutter, animation documentary. Director
2018 “Ashe ‘68” VR Experience, virtual reality film, animation artist, storyboard artist
2018 “Peter Daniels” the Holocaust survivor story, animation documentary. Director
2018 “The Allegory of Two Caves” animation PSA. Director
2017 “The Promise” the Holocaust survivor story of Leon Malmed, animation documentary. Director
2017 “Dieu Merci” the Holocaust survivor story of Michele Rodri, animation documentary. Director
2017 “Seder Plate” animated short. Producer / Director
2017 “Xenophobia” PSA. Producer / Director
2017 “C’est Normal” the Holocaust survivor story of Marie Kaufman, animation documentary. Producer / Director
2016 “Yasha” experimental short, Director / Animation Artist
2016 “Angeles CT” experimental short. Director / Cinematographer
2016 “Peace by Piece” the Holocaust survivor story of Harry Davids, animation documentary. Producer / Director
2016 “Chayaleh” the Holocaust survivor story of Helen Freeman, animation documentary. Producer / Director
2016 “Letter to the Future” PSA. Producer / Director
2016 “My Genesis” animated short, AMAZE SexEd series, Co-Director / Animation Artist
2016 “Key to Mystery” animated short, AMAZE SexEd series, Co-Director / Animation Artist
2016 “The Departure” animation for live-action film by Noka Films New York. Art Director / Animation Artist
2015 “When Man to Man is a Wolf” the Holocaust survivor story of Lidia Budgor. Producer / Director
2015 “The Story of Three Rings” the Holocaust survivor story of Dana Schwartz. Producer / Director
2015 “Tipping Scales” the Holocaust survivor story of Lisa Jura, animation documentary. Producer / Director
2015 “Bench for All” PSA. Producer / Director
2015 “Freedom of Speech” PSA. Producer / Director
2015 “Rites of Passage” feature documentary. Art Director / Animation artist / Storyboard artist.
2014 “River of Art” feature documentary, Dynamic Communication Studios in Taiwan. Art Director / Animation Artist
2014 “My Vision” PSA. Producer / Director
2014 “Better Place” PSA. Producer / Director
2014 “Light” PSA. Producer / Director
2014 “The Golden Horse” opening sequence for feature animation. Animation Artist / Art Director
2014 “Conflict Minerals” PSA. Producer / Director
2014 “Walk to End Genocide” PSA. Producer / Director
2014 “Education for a Sustainable Future” PSA. Producer / Director
2013 “Camp Na’aleh” short documentary. Producer / Director
2013 “Light in Darkness” PSA. Producer / Director
2013 “Religious Tolerance” PSA. Producer / Director
2013 “Power of Apathy” PSA. Producer / Director
2013 “I See You” Cinematographer / Producer / Director
2013 “Sharing the Planet” Director / Producer /Storyboard Artist
2013 “Couperin visiting the Balkans” Animation Artist / Producer / Director
2012 “Died 100 Times” Director / Producer / Animation Artist
2012 “Forma et Situs Argi” Director / Producer / Cinematographer
2012 “Lombri - Sillas” Director / Producer / Cinematographer
2011 “Of Stars & People” Oah & Harlam Episodes. Director / Producer / Animation Artist
2011 “Of Care” Oah & Harlam Episodes. Director / Producer / Animation Artist
2010 “Of Shepherds” Oah & Harlam Episodes. Director / Producer / Animation Artist
2010 “ForGiveness” Oah & Harlam Episodes. Director / Producer / Animation Artist
2010 “Of Giants” Oah & Harlam Episodes. Director / Producer / Animation Artist
2010 “Secretos Conocidos” Feature. Storyboard Artist / Animation Artist
2009 “Tomorrow” Director / Producer / Animation Artist
2008 “The Bond’ Director / Producer / Animation Artist
Professional Summary
2012-present Co-Founder & Creative Director of LUMEN ANIMAE Animation Studio, Los Angeles.
2012-present Faculty at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Character Animation Department at School of Film&Video, Los Angeles.
2012-present Consultancy for Film, Animation, Graphic Design, Portfolio. Internationally.
2017-present Film Director in Residence, L’Tamid Genocide Remembrance Animated Documentary Program, Media Entertainment Arts at COC.
2005-present Contemporary artist. Post-disciplinary
2013-2019 Film Director, The Righteous Conversations Project dedicated to Holocaust remembrance.
2013-15 Art Direction, Animation, Storyboard artist, Warrior Films Studios, Oakland, California
2014 Art Direction, Animation, Storyboard artist, Dynamic Communication Studios, Taiwan
2014 Program Director, Animation CAPSA Ramon C. School of Visual & Performing Arts, Los Angeles
2013 Faculty at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Experimental Animation Winter Session
2012 Graphic Designer, Harvard University publication. Dr. E. Shakhnovich, Chemical Biology Dept.
2010-11 Lead Animator, Art Director, Storyboard artist, Out of Joint Productions, Los Angeles
2004 Visual Development Artist, Barley Animation Studio, Dublin, Ireland
1998-2001 Theater Director, Actor, Covenant Players Theater, European headquarters Stuttgart, Germany
Selected Awards
2020 SIMA Award, film: ASHE ‘68
2019 Sports Emmy Award Nominee, film: ASHE ‘68
2016 Best Animated Short Film Lisbon International Film Festival, Portugal, film: Died 100 Times
2016 1st Prize Experimental Animated Film Athens Animfest, Greece, film: Died 100 Times
2016 Best Animation Award, Golden Reel International Film Festival, film: Died 100 Times
2016 Finalist, Mini Kino Film Week, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, film: Died 100 Times
Graphic Designer
2017-20 "Seven Circles" Graphic Novel, the Holocaust survivor story of David Lenga, 210 pages (in production)
2019 Harold Grinspoon Foundation, public poster series
2014-16 Harold Grinspoon Foundation, public poster series
2015 Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Art of David Labkovsky book
2012 Harvard University research publication. Dr. E. Shakhnovich, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Guest Artist | Filmmaker Lectures
2020 Film University of Babelsberg, Berlin, GERMANY
2020 Educational and Consult Co.Ltd., SIA, Beijing, CHINA
2020 Cinematic Voices, Bijou Theater CalArts, Valencia, USA
2019 School of Visual and Performing Arts at College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA, USA
2019 Educational and Consult Co.Ltd., SIA, Guangzhou, CHINA
2019 Educational and Consult Co.Ltd., SIA, Beijing, CHINA
2018 Educational and Consult Co.Ltd., SIA, Shenzhen, CHINA
2018 Educational and Consult Co.Ltd., SIA, Beijing, CHINA
2017 Seoul Institute of the Arts, TV bridge from REEF Los Angeles, USA / South Korea
2017 Harvard Westlake School, Studio City, Los Angeles, USA
2017 School of Visual and Performing Arts at College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA, USA
2017 Shalhevet Modern Orthodox Jewish High School, Los Angeles, USA
2016 School of Visual and Performing Arts at College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA, USA
2016 Harvard Westlake School, Studio City, Los Angeles, USA
2016 Shalhevet Modern Orthodox Jewish High School, Los Angeles, USA
2015 Animation Master Class, Sokolniki Park venue, Moscow, RUSSIA
2015 School of Visual and Performing Arts at College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA, USA
2014 UCLA, School of Theater, Film & Television. Digital Production masterclass, Los Angeles, USA
2013 UCLA, School of Theater, Film & Television. 3D Animation masterclass, Los Angeles, USA
2013 Milken High Private Jewish School, Los Angeles, USA
2013 Harvard Westlake School, Studio City, Los Angeles, USA
2013 BIL Conference, Long Beach, USA
2012 School of Visual and Performing Arts at College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA, USA
2012 Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, USA
2012 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, USA
2011 &NOW Conference for Authors of Innovative Literature. San Diego, USA
Site-Specific Installations
2017 "Mysterium Georgicus" Total Installation: animation projection on sculpture, paint-on-glass animation center piece, oil paintings,
stained glass windows, Drawings, Surround sound. At The Center of Georgical Jubilism, Farfields, Virginia, USA
2013 "Re: Love" Project Director, Animation Artist. The Quest Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2012 "Cityscape" Project Director, Animation Artist. Supported by Karlskrona Municipality cultural Department. Karlskrona, Sweden
2012 "Visitations" Site-specific frescos, room dimensions 10' x 6', 3m x 2m, Tallinn, Estonia
2012 "Tomorrow" Project Director, Animation Artist. Supported by Karlskrona Municipality cultural Department. Karlskrona, Sweden
Artist Residency
- Filmmaker in residence, Media and Entertainment Arts at College of the Canyons, Valencia, California, USA. 2017-present
- Center for Georgical Jubilism, Virginia, USA. 2017
- Yellow Barn an International Center for Chamber Music, Vermont, USA. 2013
- ENSAD, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France. 2010
- Film & TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic. 2008
Education
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Los Angeles, USA. MFA, Experimental Animation, 2010 - 2012
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Los Angeles, USA. BFA, Character Animation, 2007 - 2010
Adomo Brako School of Fine Arts, Klaipeda, Lithuania, 1990 - 1995
ENSAD, l'École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France, Fall 2009
FAMU, Film and TV School Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic, Summer 2008
Santa Barbara City College, Sound Engineering for Film, Santa Barbara, USA, 2006 - 2007
National FIlm School of Ireland, Cinematography, Animation, Dublin, Ireland, 2004 - 2005
Colaiste Ide, Film School, Dublin, Ireland, 2003 - 2004
Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin, Ireland, 2002 - 2003
Covenant Players School of Theater, Stuttgart, Germany, 1998 - 2001
Series of Still Work
2019 Carte Blanche. Black card, Carbon paper, Cutout, Gel, Scotch tape, 11''x14'', 28x36 cm
2019 SALT. Graphite on paper, india ink, filter film, transfer lettering, 8½ x 11'', 20 x 30 cm, № 1-6
2008-2019 Five Cups. #840 Kraft Paper, Oil Pastels, 9''x12'', 23x30.5 cm, № 1 - 5
2019 It’s Good I Am Here. Cotton Paper, Tempera, India Ink, White Gel, Graphite, 9x12'', № 1 - 6
2000-2018 ZIP A. Ink on paper, 8’’ x 11'', 20 x 30 cm, № 1 - 7
2018 Memory Algorithms. Paper Mache, Gouache, India Ink, R 2'', R 5 cm, Hight 1cm, № 1 - 7
2018 Rhymes.
Part 1. Rhymes: Pigment, India Ink, Transfer lettering, on paper, 4 x 4'', 10 x 10 cm, № 1 - 3
Part 2. Shapes: India Ink on paper, 12 x 5'', 30 x 12 cm and 6 x 8'', 15 x 20 cm, № 1-2
Part 3. Poem: India Ink, pigment, transfer lettering, on paper, 9 x 12'', 23 x 30 cm, № 1
2018 17 Methods. Manuscript, 36 pages book, white gel on black card, 3 ½ x 5 ½'', 9 x 14 cm
2018 Chronoportation Mockup. Manuscript, 56 pages book, paint, ink, gel, 3 ½ x 5 ½'', 9 x 14 cm
2016-2017 Space of Options. Graphite, charcoal, white pencil, on paper, 8½ x 11'', 20 x 30 cm, № 1 - 9
2016 Avelido Variations.
Part 1. Variations: pigment on wood cubes, 4 x 4'' plate, 10 x 10 cm, № 1 - 4
Part 2. Primer: Ink on paper, 8 x 10'', 20 x 25 cm, № 1
2015 Hero of Our Time. Ink on paper, transfer lettering, 8½ x 11, 20x30cm, № 1 - 7
2012 Maman et la P. Tempera on card, mixed media, software, № 1 - 16
Curator
2020 "She Was Funny" VR exhibition space, Film University of Babelsberg, Berlin, Germany
2017-2020 “Seven Circles” Graphic Novel, the Holocaust survivor story of David Lenga, 210 pages (in production)
2018 “Faces” book publication by Heru Zhao and Serafina Orlovas, New York
2018 “The Promise” exhibition at College of the Canyons Library, Los Angeles (Dec2017-Aug2018)
2018 “Windows” installation at Sinai Synagogue, Los Angeles (May-July)
2016 “When Man to Man is a Wolf” exhibition at Visual & Performing Arts at College of the Canyons (Sept-Dec)
2016 “When Man to Man is a Wolf” exhibition at Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (Jan - March)
2015 “The Art of David Labkovsky” exhibition at Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (Apr12 - Jun14, 2015)
2015 CalArts program at International Animated Film Festival, Poznan, Poland. (July 2015)
Theater Productions
2014 "I See You Too" feature length show, Director, Producer. Fusion of theater, dance, music, film, and animation. Community Arts Partnership program at Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts, Los Angeles
2013 "I See You" feature length show, Director, Producer. Fusion of shadow theater, dance, music, film, animation, with audience participation.
Black & White Studio, CalArts, Los Angeles
2012 Jazz Ballet "Dark Matter Obfuscation" Animation artist. 20 min loop animation replica of a Solar System’s stars mapped and shot with a slow exposure shutter release using light animation. REDCAT Disney Theater, Los Angeles.