Erick OH

Biography

Erick Oh is a 2021 Oscar nominated Korean filmmaker / artist based in California, USA. His films have been introduced and awarded at numerous film festivals including Academy Awards, Annie Awards, Annecy Animation Festival, Zagreb Film Festival, SIGGRAPH, Anima Mundi and more.
With his background in fine art in Seoul National University, Korea and film at UCLA, USA, Erick became an animator at Pixar Animation Studios from 2010 to 2016.
Then Erick directed PIG : The Dam Keeper Poems which won the Crystal Award at Annecy Animation Festival 2018. His recent project, Opera, was just nominated for this year’s Oscars for Best Animated Short. Erick joined Baobab Studios to create Namoo and will be working on a variety of projects in film/animation, VR/AR, and also the contemporary art scene in US and South Korea.