Biography
Nico Casavecchia is an Argentinian director, screenwriter and illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. His work employs mixed-media techniques ranging from animation to live action. His first feature film Finding Sofía, a live action narrative film, premiered at the Austin Film Festival in 2016.
Nico directed A Boy and His Atom (2013), a stop-motion animated short film created by IBM Research scientists. It was made by moving carbon monoxide molecules, and is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s smallest stop-motion film.
Nico’s work has been showcased in festivals like Sundance, SXSW, BAFICI, Siggraph, Viedram (Rome), Holland Film Festival, Ars Electronica, among others, and has collected Gold and Bronze statues in Cannes, Clio, AICP, and London LIA awards.
