JOSH MAHAN | stop-motion animator

i believe in unicorns

Feature film I Believe in Unicorns directed by Leah Meyerhoff. Lead Animator. Puppet design, fabrication, stop-motion and pixilation animation.

the magic of heineken

Commercial documentary film The Magic of Heineken featuring chapters bookended by stop motion animation. Character Animator with Chelsea Manifold and Lead animator Alicia Eisen for Josh Hetzler Productions.

bartleby

Bartleby is a stop-motion short film currently in postproduction from By the By Productions directed by Laura Naylor and Kristen Kee.

portlandia: moleskine notebooks

Tree costumes built for for Portlandia. Made almost entirely from half inch polyfoam.

Epicurious: Cooking Magic

Game of Thrones inspired crème brûlée recipe spot I did with Andrew Jive for Epicurious and The Scene. I built props and puppets. Zach Poots shot it. Bil Thompson Made it scary with fire.

parlour tricks: broken hearts/bones

Art direction for music video for the band Parlour Tricks with Good Look. Directed by Dani Brandwein.

evault: d is for distracted

Lego stop motion animation. Produced all but title cards and sound. For Evault: Worst Case Scenarios campaign. With FashionBuddha and Engine Company 1.

evault: weird day at the office

A spot I did (design, fabrication, animation) in under a week for FashionBuddha in Portland.

cadbury: goopocalypse

Stop motion animation with Studio Nos and Blacklist, animated at Curious Pictures for Cadbury Canada.

kpmg: logo history

Stop-motion and pixilation animation project I animated and built props for with Studio Nos and Zach Williams for KPMG.

iinet: what if…

Set design and fabrication with assistance from Eric Duke for Passion with Andrew Jive, directed by Drew Lightfoot.

delta

Instagram and Vine promos done with Studio Nos. Puppet and prop fabrication and rigging.

collegehumor: john mayer’s hologram

Prop design and fabrication for comedy short with CollegeHumor.

CollegeHumor

device factory

Stop-motion promotional video I animated for Device Factory with Zach Poots and Whippersnapper. I also wired and rigged the armature.

bacardi: house party

Disco ball helmet design and fabrication.

oreo: wonderfulled

Several spots I stop-motion animated, with line animation from Julia Liu and Luca Vitale. Directed by Mat Amonson with Mosmos studios and 360i for Oreo.

hershey’s halloween

Prop tree I built for Andrew Jive and Hershey’s.

warheads: mouthing off

Promotional spots for Warheads candy. Production Design and Fabrication with Eric Duke.

anacin: great night, bad morning, better day

Some Anacin ads I did with Picture Farm. Production designer, live action puppeteer.

ibm: ninja polymers

Puppeteering and prop fabrication for IBM with 1st Ave Machine, Mary Ann Productions.

collegehumor: global warming rap battle

Prop design and fabrication for Global Warming Rap Battle comedy short by CollegeHumor.

ledo & ix: the tale of stevenson

Contributed flash character animation for web short by Emily Carmichael with Kid Can Drive.

slapback jack: white gloves willy

Armature fabrication and stop motion animation on animated short Slap Back Jack: White Gloves Willy by MRN Media.

nick jr: riding the range

Some stop motion work for Nick Jr. with Part & Parcel. Runs during May.

bolt

Award winning short film I wrote the script, designed and fabricated the puppets and set, directed and animated.

awaken

Award winning short film for matador records, used to promote release of Interpol’s Antics album. I co-wrote, designed characters and set, directed and animated.

other work

cradle jewelry: 2015 lookbook

Lookbook design and layout for Cradle jewelry. Photography by Mario Gallucci.

cradle jewelry: 2014 lookbook

Lookbook design and layout for Cradle jewelry. Photography by Athena Azevedo.

found in translation: i didn’t feel like a giant. i felt very, very small.

A piece I did as part of a collaborative installation that ran through march 2014 at The Lodge Gallery @ Allied Works Architecture, 1532 SW Morrison St.

blackspot shoe designs

Concept shoe designs for Adbusters Blackspot shoes campaign.

we were punks

Installation project. Photography by Mario Gallucci.

snarf: modular scarf

Modular scarf design.