Bruno Simões

Bruno Simões is a Portuguese director who graduated in Graphic Design and Multimedia from ETIC and ESAD.CR, and specialised in animation with a master's degree from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Bruno began his professional career in Lisbon in the field of advertising. In 2006 he moved to London to join the animation team at MPC (Moving Picture Company), where he was part of the creative teams of films such as “Prometheus”, “Skyfall”, “World War Z” and the last four films in the “Harry Potter” saga. In 2011 Bruno moved to New York to join the animation studio Blue Sky Studios, participating in the films “Epic”, “Rio 2”, “The Peanuts Movie” and “Ice Age 5”. In 2016 Bruno returned to Europe to found the animation studio Studio Kimchi, where he works as a director. Bruno directed and produced dozens of auteur and commissioned films, selected and awarded at film festivals around the world. Bruno received the Sophia Award for Best Animated Short Film for his film “The Doctor's Wife”, his following short film, “Kafka's Doll”, played at more than 120 festivals around the world, and his film “Pip” is currently the most viewed animated short film ever on YouTube.