PES is the creator of some of the most widely viewed stop-motion films in history including Fresh Guacamole, Western Spaghetti, Submarine Sandwich, Game Over, Human Skateboard, KaBoom! and Roof Sex. His uncanny knack for transforming familiar objects through stop-motion animation has earned him global recognition and dozens of honors, including an Academy Award® nomination for Fresh Guacamole in 2013. (It is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar.) PES has also directed over 75 commercials for major brands including Corona, Honda, Bacardi, Playstation, Samsung, Orange Telecom, and more. "PES puts a new spin on the familiar in a way that we haven't seen since Warhol worked in soup cans." -- David Levy, Directing Animation (Allworth Press). "Clicking on a PES film is to open a safe and suddenly see a million ideas glittering and exploding. The only reason you close the door is to re-open it just after and discover what will pop this time." -- Michel Gondry, Paste Magazine
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An animated button collage I made using 50+ smokey pearl buttons I collected from the 1800s. These buttons were hand-carved back in the day, and no two are identical. These abalone buttons, made from freshwater mollusks, have a radiant quicksilver quality, especially when turned toward light.
The buttons encapsulate the concept of glimmering, so I crafted this animated artwork (I call it a button collage) as part of @useglimmer's Creator Collaboration Series. Glimmer supported whatever piece of art I wanted to make in the best possible way.
Teamed up with @useglimmer for their Creator Collaboration Series. They're working with artists across mediums to share an intimate look into their crafts and creative processes.
Get a glimpse behind-the-scenes as I animate buttons — my current object obsession.
New End Titles for the long-running children's TV show of the Netherlands, Het Klokhuis (translation: 'The Apple Core'). This short animated sequence concludes the show every day.
See the previous End Leader I created (which ran from 2013-2022) here: https://youtu.be/j0k83r3_QDQ
Credits:
Client: Het Klokhuis (NL)
Written and Directed by: PES
Client Head of Production: Stephanie de Beer
Client Editor-in-Chief: Anneke Dorsman
Production Co: PES Film
Executive Producer: Sarah Phelps
Animator: PES
Fabrication/3D Printing: Brent Johnson
Model Painting: Robyn Yannoukas
DP Consultant: Ivan Abel
Additional Fabrication: Sanda Lozancic
Editor: Gladys Bernadac
VFX/Cleanup: Nick Oberlander
Colorist: Gabe Sanchez
Final Audio Mix: Dave Wagg, LIME Studios, Santa Monica
Sound Design: PES
A new Main Titles for the long-running children's TV show of the Netherlands, Het Klokhuis (translation: 'The Apple Core').
I created the previous Main Titles for this show in 2013, which have been airing every single day for 10 years. That version has been officially retired and replaced with this one. But you can still that version here: https://youtu.be/WuiS355MuYM
Credits:
Written and Directed by: PES
Client: Het Klokhuis (NL)
Client Head of Production: Stephanie de Beer
Client Editor-in-Chief: Anneke Dorsman
Production Co: PES Film
Executive Producer: Sarah Phelps
Animator: Dillon Markey
Fabrication/3D Printing: Brent Johnson
Model Painting: Robyn Yannoukas
DP Consultant: Ivan Abel
Additional Fabrication: Sanda Lozancic
Editor: Gladys Bernadac
VFX/Cleanup: Nick Oberlander
Colorist: Gabe Sanchez
Final Audio Mix: Dave Wagg, LIME Studios, Santa Monica
Sound Design: PES
A scene from my short film "KaBoom!" You can watch the full film on my channel.
A soccer ball sliced into View-Master reels on a chrome 1940 Hobart ‘Streamliner’ deli slicer.
This sequence comes from my short film ‘Submarine Sandwich’ - the third film in my stop-motion cooking trilogy. See it in full here: https://youtu.be/EWEl8-PHhMI
I got the idea for this short when I saw this exact slicer on a pedestal in The Museum of Modern Art (in an exhibit on Industrial Design). I instantly began imagining what I might slice in it.
So I bought one for myself and restored it. The slicing sounds used in the film are those produced by this exact machine.
-Pes
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