Director Biography

Lee Lanier is an award-winning director and computer animator whose work has played over 100 film festivals and museums worldwide. His previous short films, "Day Off The Dead," "Mirror" and "Millennium Bug," have played such prestigious venues as Sundance, Annecy, Imagina, the Ottawa International Animation Festival, the Smithsonian Institution, and Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Lee served as a Senior Animator on "Shrek" and "Antz" at PDI/Dreamworks before forming his own company, BeezleBug Bit, in Boulder City, Nevada.

Director Filmography

"Weapons of Mass Destruction" 2004

"Day Off The Dead" 2003

Best Animation, Memphis International Film Festival 2004

1^st Runner-Up, Best Short Film, Seattle International Film Festival 2004

Bronze Medal, Fantasia International Film Festival 2004

"Mirror" 2000

New Independent Talent Action Award, Imagina 2002

2nd Place, Animation, World Animation Celebration 2001

"Millennium Bug" 1998

Director's Choice, Black Mariah Film & Video Festival 1999

Mike Gribble Award, Ottawa International Animation Festival 1998

Credits

Word & Image by Lee Lanier

Music by Marc Sylvan

Additional Concepts & 3D

by Sam Gilliam & Christopher Cluer