The Sausage Run

Thomas Stellmach

Thomas Stellmach (*1965 in Straubing, Germany) is director, producer and author of short animated films. Amongst 100 international awards for his independent productions, he received the Academy Award (Oscar®) for the stop-motion film QUEST in 1997. He studied animation with the cartoon artist and professor Paul Driessen at the Kassel College of Art. In 2000, after completion of his artistic studies, he founded together with two partners the animation studio “Lichthof – Film & Animation” in Kassel specialized for TV and advertising. Stellmach left the company in early 2009 to focus on artistic animation projects. Stellmach holds animation workshops, moderates his ‘‘Trickfilm-Show’’, does audiovisual performances with animation and historical optical devices and makes exhibitions about his film productions.