Mike Wellins  Director/Filmmaker Filmography

Notable Independent Projects
2006 Visions of the 20th Century through the lens of Ira Latour 1 hour documentary

2006
The Big Ass World of Science
anim.,  5 min. Best of the fest,

2005
Alone Too Often
live action 8 min. 2006 Portland International Short Short festival.

2005
Scargo! Often live action 10 min.

2003-2005
Diabolical Animation Experiments
a series of 5  animted  shorts.

2003 America Lite a short 2 minute Animation

2003
Shards of Death 5: Now Hiring
2 minute CG animation. Atom Films. 2004 San Diego Comic con film fest., 2004 Hiroshima Int'l Animaton festival.

2003
Grime Shoed Diaries 7 minute  animated. 2004 San Diego Comic Con film fest.

2001
Dead Enders
45 minute live action dark comedy.

1999
Chuck Webber's Land of Abusement
7 minute cut-out paper animation.
34th International Chicago Film Festival
Worldfest Houston 1999 - Certificate of Merit
6th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival.
2001 Sundance Film Festival

1997
The Imperial Galactic Armada
18 minute live action/CG animation.
Sept 16, 2001 "Exposure" The Sci fi Channel/USA Network.


1996
Strange Things
7 minute CG animated pilot for Hanna Barbera and the Cartoon Network"What a Cartoon!"

1995
Campus Bike Ads
live action 7 x :30.
Chicago International Film Festival Silver Plaque

1994
Magellan Discovers...
7 live action shorts.
Charged 60 Second Film Festival 2000


1993
Triassic Parking Lot
3.5 minute cut out paper animation.
Featured in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival.

1992
Phurniture Phalangies from
the 45th Dimension
8 minute "fingermation".
Featured in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival

1991
The Big Fat World of Science
Gold Plaque Chicago Int'l film festival.
Featured in Spike and Mike's festival of Animation
Best Animation Utah short film and video festival


1990
Au Revoir mon Frigidaire
14 minute live action. Silver Star, Sacramento Film Festival.

1990
This is Not Frank's Planet
4 minute CG Animation.
Gold Plaque, Chicago Int'l film fest.
2nd Place Ottawa film fest. for Animation
Featured in the 3rd Animation celebration film
Featured on MTV's Liquid Television

Independent Feature Films & Collections

2007 Breakfast Served All Day

90 minute collection of shorts including The Big Ass World of Science, Alone Too often, and many more.

2004 Night of the Yardsale Monkey
65 minute collection of shorts
The Imperial Galactic Armada
Diabolical Animation Experiments
Grime Shoed Diaires


1994
A Dead Night Out
92 minute live action horror comedy.
Screened at the Independent Feature Market,NYC

Notable Commercials
Mini-wheats
"Spelling Bee :30" "Dancer :30" White and Pink :30

Alltel "Icons :30," "Bowling :30" "Courtroom"

Bubbletape "Goal Tender" : Amural cofections : 15 stop-motion /CG combo

Jello "Jello sticks :30"  cel/CG

Albertsons "Money in your wallet :30," "Big Drop :30: Albertsons' Stores Stop motion

Kikkoman Products "Checkout :30 " "Tophat :30" and "Shades: 30" Stop-motion

Adiboo Havis Interactive  video game.
(Also Live Action Director) Live action/CG

Legend of Dragoon "Duel :30"  Sony Playstation.
Animation Magazine "Animated Commercial
of the Year, 2001". CG

NFL Blitz "Light the BBQ :30"  Miday Video Games  
(Also Live Action Director) Live Action/CG

Ready to Rumble 2 "Good Clean Fight :30" Midway Games  video game. CG

Syphon Filter 2 "Choices :30" 989 Studios video game. CG  Animation Competition at Annecy 2001.

Kikkoman "Simple :30," "How To Make :30," "Phone :30" and "Knitting :30" Kikkoman Teriyaki
Stop motion.

Animator
ABC Cheap Cinema Theatre
"English Patient :20", "Braveheart :20", "Crying  Game:20", "Godzilla:20", "Godfather :20", "Exorcist :20" and "Titanic :20"
Don Belding Award for Advertising Animation.

Animation Director
Mirinda "Genie :30" Pepsi International.
2000 ASIFA Annie Award - Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Commercial

Animator
M&M's "Muscles:30", "Contest:30", "Mr. Bean:30"  "Airport:30" 19th Annual Telly Awards - First Place
33rd Chicago International Televison Competition - Gold Award for Special  Achievement in Animation
Mobius Advertising Awards - First Place

Long format non-commercial Director Work

2000
Signal in the Sky (Also Live Action Director).
Music video  The Power Puff Girls/Cartoon Network and "The Apples in Stereo" pop band. Live action/CG

1999
The PJ's Television Series "Smokey the Squatter"
episode 7, season 2, FOX/Imagine TV. Stop motion.

 
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