Gediminas Šiaulys

Ged Sia (Gediminas Šiaulys) is an animation director, visual artist and founder of a studio PetPunk. The artist’s primary areas of interest lie in animation, tactile crafts and various experiments within these fields. This leads to authentic work that is visually and aesthetically challenging, yet peculiarly subtle. His works gained recognition by world’s leading art & design magazines. In 2009 PetPunk won the “Young Guns” award by the Art Directors Club (New York) and Canadian Boards magazine included duo in top 6 of “New Wave of Designers”, while in 2010 UK’s leading design magazine Computer Arts featured PetPunk as “The New Wave of Animation”. In 2017 Ged Sia wrote and directed short film “Running Lights” which won him several international awards and was selected to over 120 film festivals around the world. Ged is a guest lecturer at Vilnius Academy of Arts, he speaks and sets workshops at various conferences.

Filmography

Giant / Milžinas (2007, short animation)
The Magnificent Town of Vilnius / Didingas miestas Vilnius (2008, short)
Woos (2008, trumpametražis animacinis)
Legends / Legendos (2009, short animation)
Concerned Kittens / Susirūpinę kačiukai (2012, animated mini-series)
Climate Change – Negotiations / Klimato kaita – Derybos (2012, short animation)
Running Lights / Kaukai (2017, short animation)
Shine / Šviesa (2018, short animation)

Filmography