Ala Nunu
Biography
Polish animation director currently based in Portugal. She has experience in directing and art directing for commercial and artistic projects including TV series, social campaigns, music videos and short films. Her portfolio includes working for Adult Swim Toonami, Universal Studios and Frank Sinatra Estate, The Atlantic or the On Being Project. Her film Ahead has been screened at festivals like Animafest Zagreb, Bucheon International Animation Festival, Festival Anima in Brussels and her latest film Telsche, co-directed with Sophie Colfer premiered in Annecy, was screened at festivals like Tokyo Anime Awards and was awarded inter alia at the Cinanima festival for best Sound Design. She regularly teaches at the University of Algarve in Portugal and PJWSTK in Warsaw, Poland. She is also a co-founder of COLA international production cooperative, where she helps bring to life a wide variety of projects from short films to VR experiences. As an animator, Nunu has recently worked on films such as the Oscar nominated Ice Merchants or the multi awarded Slow Light.
