Day 5 > Nelson Fernandes

Motus: a body in motion. A stop-motion animation where conception, degradation
and regeneration cohabit in a unique way. A creation on a metal sheet using ethanol
as the raw material.

Nelson Fernandes -Director / Realizador
Nelson Fernandes -Writer / Guião
Nelson Fernandes -Producer / Produtor
Filipe Santareno Marques -Sound / Som
Nelson Fernandes -SoundProject / Som

Nelson Fernandes aka Zina Caramelo was born in Marvão (Portugal), 23 January
1979.

Since 2000, he has been developing his work in a series of fields such as video,
cinema of animation, photography, painting and illustration. Since 2002, he has
worked as co-director in animation cinema workshops with children and
youngsters from schools all over the country.

After eight years of intense activity and professional development, he has
decided to extend his knowledge taking the Integral Animation Techniques
course (2D, 3D, Stop-Motion) and a Stop-Motion Master in which it directed the
film: “El Castigo” (The Punishment). Since then, his compulsive creativity has
been continually challenged to pursue greatness, be it in directing animated
short films “Paths of Light”, “Nós” (US) and the recent “Motus”.

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