2018
1 min 50 sec
Directed by Erick Oh
Sound Design by Andrew Vernon
Produced by Beasts and Natives Alike
SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 | 12. 5. 2018 | Tokyo, Japan
London Intl. Animation Festival | 12. 2. 2018 | London, UK
BIAF 2018 | 10. 19. 2018 | Bucheon, Korea
Animatou Festival 2018 | 10. 10. 2018 | Genève, Switzerland
IFF Message to Man 2018 | 9. 15. 2018 | Saint Petersburg, Russia
Indie-Anifest 2018 | 9. 13. 2018 | Seoul, Korea
SESIFF 2018 | 9. 11. 2018 | Seoul, Korea
SMIFF 2018 | 8. 24. 2018 | Seoul, Korea
NeMaf 2018 | 8. 17. 2018 | Seoul, Korea
Mass MOCA ‘Consenses Project’ | 6. 23. 2018 - 6 . 23. 2019 | North Adams, USA
Fest Anca | 6. 28 - 7. 1. 2018 | Zilina, Slovakia
Future Film Festival | 5. 28 - 6. 3. 2018 | Bologna, Italy
Pictoplasma | 5. 2. 2018 | Berlin, Germany
AniFilm | 5. 1. 2018 | Trebon, Czech
Flatpack Film Festival | 4. 13. 2018 | Bermingham, UK
Cartoons on the Bay | 4. 12. 2018 | Turin, Italy
Virginia MOCA | 3. 18 - 8. 19. 2018 | Virginia Beach, USA
GLAS Animation Festival | 3. 22. 2018 | Berkeley, USA
In Tonko House’s first short-form series written and directed by Erick Oh, we see how Pig remembers becoming the Dam Keeper. Seen through Pig’s youthful perspective, the visuals are abstract and surreal, but the source of his pain and his joy are clear.
2017
10 episodes | 5 mins each
Written and Directed by Erick Oh
Executive Producers Dice Tsutsumi, Robert Kondo & Zen Miyake
Created and Distributed by TONKO HOUSE & HULU JAPAN
'TOTALITY' is the music video made with the footages of the total solar eclipse that happened in Aug 21st, 2017 in North America. All the still and moving images are taken by Rainbow Astro, founded by Jun Ho Oh, the director of KAIST HUBO LAB.
2017
2 min 30 sec
Directed by Jun Ho Oh & Erick Oh
Produced by Rainbow Astro
Original Source
vimeo.com/231479616
vimeo.com/231484786
Making of 'TOTALITY'
4 min 15 sec
'O' is a short animated film that illustrates the passage of time and the creation of the universe. Animation and music support each other to guide the audience to follow the progress of life from chaos to control which is interpreted by artists' own vision.
Please follow instagram.com/erickoheart for more O clips.
2015
3 min 30 sec
Directed by Erick Oh
Music by FRNK (XXX)
Produced by Beasts and Natives Alike
Anima Mundi 2016, Brazil
SIGGRAPH Asia 2016, Macao
Sapporo Film Festival 2016, Japan
London Animation Festival 2016, UK
Animatou 2016, Switzerland
Anim'est Animation Festival 2016, Romania - Best Music Video Award
Ottawa Animation Festival 2016, Canada
Lille Film Festival 2016, France
Hiroshima Animation Festival 2016, Japan
'SV+VS' Exhibition @ Gallery Moon, Korea
Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival 2016, Korea
'The Animation Show' Exhibition @ Shinsegae Gallery, Korea
SICAF 2016, Korea
Anifest 2016, Czech
Future Film Festival 2016, Italy
'SV+VS' Exhibition @ Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Asia Digital Art Award 2016, Japan - Finalist Prize
Spark Animation Festival 2015, Canada
Ars Electronica 2015, Austria - Premiere
'How to eat your Apple' surrealistically portrays human nature and its essence in the circle of life, its change and death as shown by re-compositing various symbols and objects.
2011
1 min 30 sec
Directed by Erick Oh
Sound design by Andrew Vernon
SIGGRAPH 2012 - Jury Award
SICAF 2012 - Audience Award
Animation Block Party 2012 - Best Short
Annecy Intl. Animation Festival 2012
Hiroshima Intl. Animation Festival 2012
Ars Electronica 2012
Anima Mundi 2012
London Intl. Film Festival 2012
and more
An exploration of transcendence. 'Heart' presents questions through abstract metaphors and symbols, illustrated by the human heart.
2010
8 min 20 sec
Directed by Erick Oh
Sound design by Piero Mura
Music by Joseph Trapanese
Hiroshima Intl. Animation Festival 2012
Student Academy Awards 2011 - Nomination
SXSW South by South West Film Festival 2011
Anima Mundi 2011
Ars Electronica 2011
SIGGRAPH Asia 2011
SICAF 2011
Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival 2011
Asiana Intl. Film Festival 2010
and more
'Symphony' portrays a sentient creature trying to escape from a reality of being swept away and assimilated into the mainstream, regardless of its own will.
2008
5 min 18 sec
directed by Erick Oh
music by Antonio Vivaldi ( Four Seasons )
Zagreb 2010
Stuttgart Intl. Animation Festival 2010
SBS Seoul Animation Award 2010
Annecy Intl. Animation Festival 2009
Anima Mundi 2009
SIGGRAPH 2009
SIGGRAPH Asia 2009
Atlanta Intl. Film Festival 2009
and more
'The Dam Keeper' tells the tale of a young pig encumbered with an important job, and the meeting of a new classmate who changes everything.
2014
18 min 30 sec
Directed by Dice Tsutsumi & Robert Kondo
Produced by Megan Bartel & Duncan Ramsay
Supervising animation by Erick Oh
Academy Awards 2015 - Nomination
Anima Mundi 2014 - Best Audience Award
NYICFF 2014 - Best Audience Award
Stuttgart Intl. Film Festival 2014 - Jury Award
San Francisco Film Festival 2014 - Jury Award
Annecy Intl. Animation Festival 2014
Hiroshima Intl. Animation Festival 2014
SIGGRAPH 2014
Zagreb 2014
and more
'Way Home' is a story featuring a fly, a dung beetle, and a farmer. Through a tragic episode that is also filled with humor and brightness, I would like to give the viewers an opportunity to think about what they are chasing after and what is truly precious in life.
2008
8 min 50 sec
directed by Erick Oh
music by Beatweiser
produced by SBA Seoul Animation Center
SBS Seould Animation Award 2009 - Grand Prize
Shin Dong Hun Award 2009 - Special Award
Hida-Hermen Intl. Film Festival 2008 - Jury Award
ASIFA Hollywood Animation Festival 2008 - Bronze Award
Indie-Anifest 2008
and more
Animator | 2010 - 2016
Lou (2017)
directed by Dave Mullins
Finding Dory (2016)
directed by Andrew Stanton
Piper (2016)
directed by Alan Barillaro
Inside Out (2015)
directed by Pete Docter & Ronnie Del Carmen
Sanjay's Super Team (2015)
directed by Sanjay Patel
Toy Story of Terror (2013)
directed by Angus Maclane
Monsters University (2013)
directed by Dan Scanlon
Brave (2012)
directed by Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman
Cars 2 (2011)
directed by John Lasseter
Please visit Erick's imdb for full Pixar filmography.
'HUBO' is an entertaining 3D animated short featuring HUBO and his encounter with a not quite typical ball. HUBO (KHR-3) is a walking humanoid robot with a life-size bipedal frame, developed by KAIST.
2009
1 min 50 sec
directed by Erick Oh
supported by KAIST HUBO LAB
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2012
SF Bay Area Intl. Children Film Festival 2011
Newport Beach Film Festival 2011
Nickelodeon Animation Festival 2010
Animation Block Party 2010
and more
'One' tries to immerse the viewer in fantasy through animation. The audience is presented with a small dish that contains a little spilled ink - what happens inside and around this drop of pigment?
2009
Interactive video installation
Animation by Erick Oh
Physical computing by Yoon Chung Han
Programming by Gautam Rangan & Mubbasir Kapadia
INDAF Incheon Intl. Digital Art Festival 2010
Japan Media Arts Festival 2010
SIGGRAPH 2009
SIGGRAPH Asia 2009
Electrofringe Festival 2009
Videotage Hong Kong Art Village 2009
and more
By covering the whole history of communication and media, 'Communicate' shows how humankind has been interacting with one another to reach the true answer of life which is illustrated as a red ball.
2009
1 min 30 sec
directed by Erick Oh
music by Jay Vincent
produced by Robert Kiraz
Annecy Intl. Animation Festival 2010
Hiroshima Intl. Animation Festival 2010
SIGGRAPH Asia 2010
SICAF 2010
Anifest 2010 - Jury Award
Asia Digital Art Award 2009 - Grand Prize
and more
'The Bag' describes those living in such a chaotic world where truth and falsehood are all mixed together; those who cannot find the true meaning of life.
2006
6 min
directed by Erick Oh
music by Hyun Joo Lee
produced at Seoul National University
Student Academy Award 2009 - Regional Nomination
SICAF 2007
Busan Asia Short Film Festival 2006
Indie-Anifest 2006
and more
