Benjamin Brunnen Portfolio
All Projects
3D, 2D & Hybrid Animations, Mixed Media Productions and Live Action Films.
In Production - Three minute short film currently in production. Roles: Writer, Director, Storyboard Artist, Animatic Editor Director: Benjamin Brunnen Crew: Ryan Blake, Nathan Martin, Steffen Smith, Luyao Ge, Jonathan Zhong Cast: Blake Godfrey, Daksh "Lenny" Nakra, Skye Mueller, Ryan Blake, Percy Jann
Animatic concept Trailer for an original superhero comic idea, developed in 2023-2024. Roles: Director, Storyboard Artist, Animatic Editor, Character & Environment Designer, Voice Actor (Hero) Director: Benjamin Brunnen Cast: Benjamin Brunnen (hero) Lucia Otto (rebel leader), Maximilian Köhnlein (head of government)
2D animated sixth semester project with 3D backgrounds, animated in Toonboom and Blender in 2024. Roles: Add. Story Writer, Storyboard Artist, Animatic Editor, Layout Artist, Sound Manager, 3D Generalist Director: Gina-Marie Leuthner Team: Gina-Marie Leuthner, Emil Altan, Diana Frank, Melina Behnert, Arianna Patricia Buscemi Janeiro, Amadeus Lorenz, Kajetan Matuschyk
3D animated short film by Maximilian Köhnlein for an Animation Contest hosted by Howard Wimhurst in 2023. Roles: Add. Story Writer, Storyboard Artist, Animatic Editor, Add. Character Designer, Add. Prop Modeler Director: Maximilian Köhnlein The short film was chosen for the program "Kurz & Hessisch" in which short films are shown in cinemas in Hessen prior to feature films.
2D animated second semester short film animated with the Blender Grease Pencil tool in 2022. Roles: Production Manager, Storyboard Artist, 2D Animator, Add. Sound Manager Director: Anouschka Fritz Team: Anouschka Fritz, Marianna Roth, Zoi Arvanitidou, Nicolas James Henderson, Lukas Fritsch On Point was shown on film festivals including "Hessischer Hochschulfilmtag" in Kassel, "Lichter Filmfest" in Frankfurt. The short film was chosen for the program "Kurz & Hessisch" in which short films are shown in cinemas in Hessen prior to feature films.
In Production - 3D animated short for the Master thesis project of the Animation and Game Direction student Kübra Ögüt. Roles: Storyboard Artist act one (0:00-1:35), Layout Artist act one, Animatic sound design Kübra Ögüt: Director Chiara Brummer: Storyboard Artist act 2&3 (1:36-3:31), Animatic Editing
Stylized 2D 3D hybrid animated fifth semester project, animated in Blender and Toonboom in 2023-2024. Roles: Creative Supervisor, Script Writer, Storyboard Artist, Animatic Editor, Layout Artist, Sound Manager, 3D Modeler (City), Texturer (Character) Director: Huang Haoyu Team: Huang Haoyu, Marianna Roth, Arianna Patricia Buscemi Janeiro, Maximilian Köhnlein, Laurenz Flashar The short film was chosen for the program "Kurz & Hessisch" in which short films are shown in cinemas in Hessen prior to feature films.
Realistic 3D animated third semester project, animated in Unreal Engine 5 in 2022-2023. Roles: Character & Environment Designer, Storyboard Artist, Animatic Editor, 3D Modeler (Beetle), 3D Rigger (Beetle), Trailer Editor, Marketing Manager Director: Viola Huber Team: Nicolas Dalmer, Viola Huber, Mikhail Gofman, Nazariy Alshansky, Alina Rohlheiser, Lukas Gitzinger