Gaëlle Denis's Page

Gaëlle was born in France and educated there until when she moved to London in 2000 to study for an MA in film Direction at the Royal College of Art. As part of her studies Gaëlle participated in a four-month residency program at the Kyoto University of Arts in Japan, which culminated in her award-winning short film FISH NEVER SLEEP. The piece won a BAFTA for Best Animated Short film in 2003, and garnered attention from numerous other international film festivals.

In 2004, she joined Passion Pictures and directed the short film CITY PARADISE that was made in conjunction with the Channel 4 Artist In Residence initiative, supported by the Museum of the Moving Image. The film has received more than 50 international awards to date, including the Jury Award in Annecy and the Innovation Award in Aspen. CITY PARADISE was also nominated for a BAFTA.

In 2006, Gaëlle directed a short live action film called AFTER THE RAIN, commissioned by Channel 4 and its scheme Cinema Extreme.

Gaëlle has directed, and is currently working on various projects with London-based production company Stink, including an adaptation of the book THE DIARY OF PETR GINZ, a hybrid live action and animation feature project.

Gaëlle is currently collaborating with film artist Tim Hope on a series of sequences to appear in the forthcoming show “Shoes” by Richard Thomas for the Sadler’s Wells. She is also in talks on a film project with StreetWiseOpera in collaboration with music composer Emily Hall.