Junyi Xiao
Directing
Junyi Xiao is an award-winning filmmaker and animation artist. His films have been selected and screened at many international animation festivals all over the word including Annecy and Hiroshima. In 2015 and 2017, his film After School and Elsewhere were nominated for two Annie Awards. In 2022, his film Tomato Kitchen earned Oscar qualification by winning the best international animation short film award at the International Animation Festival Chilemonos.
Meanwhile, as a senior animator and story artist at Buck Design, Junyi worked on lots of animation commercials and original contents. The animation commercial Creativity for All won the Wood Pencil Award at D&AD Awards, which is one of the most prestigious benchmarks for creative excellence in design and advertising. The animation music video We the People for Netflix also nominated 2 Annie Awards in 2021.
Known for
Behind the camera6
- 2023Tomato Kitchen Director, Writer, Art Direction
- 2019The Last Man on Earth Sat Alone in a Room Director, Animation, Character Designer, Writer
- 2017One Night in Taipei Director
- 2016LAST JUDGMENT Director, Writer
- 2013After School Director, Script, Art Direction, Color Designer, Storyboard Artist, Animation, Editor
- TBADon't Ever Let Go Storyboard Artist, Animation
Acting1
- 2017One Night in Taipei as Narrator