Peter Chanthanakone
Bio
Peter Chanthanakone is an award winning director and producer specializing in 3D animated short films. He won numerous film festival awards and his works has been selected in major film festivals around the world such as Germany, France, Austria, Canada, China, Belgium, Brazil, Portugal, UK, Slovakia, Moldova, Cuba, Switzerland, Spain, Thailand, Laos, S. Korea, Czech Republic, Croatia, Ukraine, South Africa, Hungary, Greece, Pakistan, India, Australia, Taiwan, Jamaica, Italy as a retrospective at the 2013 VIEW Animation Video Festival and on a giant screen in Times Square in the NYC International Film Festival. Cumulatively, his work has been selected in over 65 international juried competitions. He is also a jury member for the prestigious Electronic Theatre for Siggraph Asia and director and producer at RiFF Animation Studio in Bangkok, Thailand.
Peter is a perennial international speaker, with talks at Siggraph Asia, Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, Asia Animation Forum, the International Symposium of Electronic Arts in Dubai (2014), Hong Kong (2016), Manizales (2017) and Durban (2018), Society of Animation Studies in Toronto (2014), London (2015), Singapore (2016) and Venice (2017) and visiting artist talks at the world’s top animation schools such as Sheridan College near Toronto, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, at the University of Sao Paulo, NAIST in Japan, Chulalongkorn University, Rangsit University, Silapakorn and Mahidol University in Bangkok and biennial workshops at the Vientianale Film Festival and National University of Laos.
Peter is currently an Associate Professor in Animation Design at Zayed University in Dubai, UAE teaching animation, game design and senior project courses and has previously taught at the University of Iowa, Brock University (Canada), Grand Canyon University (Phoenix), Stanford, Villanova and his research involves short film animation production and ee is recognized for his innovative approach to blending traditional animation techniques with cutting-edge AI artistry. His work explores the intersection of AI and animation, pushing the boundaries of storytelling and visual expression.
He was born in Niagara Falls, Canada and obtained his BFA at McMaster University (Canada) in Fine Art/Multimedia and completed his MFA at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in Animation.
Office
Dubai Academic City, Dubai
Phone:
+971 4 402 1571
Email:
Peter.Chanthanakone@zu.ac.aeTeaching Areas
3D Animation, Game Design, Interaction Design
Research and Professional Activities
2021 (In progress) Air Miles, Live action/3D animated short film, 6:30
Director, producer, story writer, storyboard artist, location scout/supervisor, layout, cinematographer, camera operator/supervisor
In Production Flowerman, 3D animated short film, 4:50
Director, producer, story writer, storyboard artist, character designer, modeler, texture artist, 3D animator, lighter, renderer, compositor
In Production Air Miles, Live action & 3D animated short film, 6:35
Co-Director, story writer, cinematographer, layout animator
In Production Paradise Earth, 3D & live action short film, 5:00
Director, producer, story writer, storyboard artist, character designer, modeler, texture artist, 3D animator, lighter, renderer, compositor, cinematographer, drone operator, editor, sound designer, location scout
2023 Land of Smiles, 3D animated short film, 1:00
Director, producer, story writer, storyboard artist, character designer, modeler, texture artist, 3D animator, lighter, renderer, compositor
2022 The Life of Kanadian Karate Kid, 2D/3D animated short film, 7:15
Director, producer, story writer, storyboard artist, character designer, modeler, texture artist, 2D animator, 3D animator, motion capture actor, lighter, renderer, compositor, cinematographer, editor, sound designer
2020 School of Rock, 2D Animated Short Film, 1:45
Director, producer, story writer, storyboard artist, character designer, modeler, texture artist, 2D animator, lighter, renderer, compositor, sound designer, voice director
Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations
International
2024 Sydney, Australia. Society of Animation Studies. UNSW Sydney. “Animating Memories With AI: Life in a Thai Refugee Camp in the Late 1970s”
2024 Busan, South Korea. Busan National University. “Artist Talk: 22 Films in 18 Years.”
2024 Hsinchu, Taiwan. Tsing Hua National University. “Artist Talk: 22 Films in 18 Years.”
2024 Bangkok, Thailand. Chulalongkorn University. “Artist Talk: Animation and AI”
2024 Dubai, UAE. Licensing Horizons. “Panel Discussion - Immersive Horizons: Brand Licensing in the Era of Generative AI”
2024 Dubai, UAE. Museum of the Future. “Ai in Animation” and Panel Discussion
2023 Bangkok, Thailand. Mahidol University. “AI and Animation: Artist Talk”
2023 Bangkok, Thailand. Chulalongkorn University. “Design, Animation and AI”
2023 Yokohama, Japan. Japanese Society of Animation Studies. Yokohama University. “Animating Time and Memory Gaps in Animated Autobiographies”
2023 Glassboro, NJ. Society of Animation Studies. Rowan University. “Storytelling in AR and VR Experiences”
2022 Vientiane, Laos. Lao National Institute of Fine Arts. “Animation Production Bootcamp”
2022 Middlesbrough, UK. Teesside University. Society of Animation Studies. “Fabricating Autobiography and Animating Memories.”
2022 Seattle, WA. Popular Culture Association – Animation. “Lessons Learnt in 3D Animation Production x VR and AR”
2021 New Orleans, LA. Society of Animation Studies. “Location Based Storytelling in Augmented Reality.”
2021 Philadelphia, PA. Popular Culture Association – Animation. “Location Based Storytelling in Family Trees.”
