Jorge rojo

Filmmaker and animator, based in Guanajuato, Mexico. Has worked as a screenwriter, director, and animator for projects including short films, music videos, and experimental works.

In 2011, secured a grant from the Cultural Institute of Leon: Young Creators and directed the animated short film "Invisible." Film selected for various festivals worldwide, such as Cut Out Fest (Mexico), Baixada Animada Fest (Brazil), Short Shorts Film Festival (Asia), and Guanajuato Film Festival (GIFF). 

In 2017, he was a recipient of the FONCA National Grant for Foreign Studies (National Fund for Culture and the Arts - Mexico), thus fueling his pursuit of a 2 years Master's in Character Animation at the esteemed Central Saint Martins in London. For his graduation project, wrote, directed, and animated the short film "Our Perpetual Now".

In 2020 and 2021, his grad film, garnered laurels across numerous international film and animation festivals globally, including the London International Animation Festival (Best of the Next Generation), Animafest Zagreb, Dublin Animation Festival, Palm Springs Animation Festival, Encounters, and Taichung International Animation Festival, to name a few. Notably, it secured victory at the prestigious Academy Awards Qualifying festival: FICM (Morelia International Film Festival) for Best Animated Short Film, and clinched the title of Best Mexican Animated Short Film at the 2020 Shorts Mexico Festival. Moreover, it received Honourable Mention at the Deep Focus Film Festival in New York, USA, among other accolades.

He is currently immersed in the developmental phase of his debut animated feature film. He is also directing a live-action short documentary in collaboration with UNAM (Mexico’s National University) about water usage and sustainability in the Chamela jungle, Jalisco.  Similarly, he collaborates on animation, storyboarding, and direction for projects with studios in Tokyo, London, Toronto, and Mexico.

Alumni of the Guadalajara Talent's Animation Studio Program in early 2023. His works of animation and video art have been showcased in galleries and cinemas in numerous countries, including Mexico, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Taiwan, Croatia, Argentina, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Germany, and France.

Other interests: science, nature, rock climbing, human rights, economics and learning about social changes.