International Board Member
Ryan Castrillo is a multimedia animator and artist based in the NY area. Currently between his influx of manga/photo collage, and mixed media videos, he has just wrapped on animating his 4th short film, Dork.
His three previous films have each been shown at the judging screenings for the ASIFA-East Festival, Geeky Punk in 2022, Corazon in 2023, and last year with Chase. In his own words, Ryan has said the film is a full circle moment: “The film will serve both as a retelling of my first film but also going against the grain as an experimental love story taking all the skills I’ve learnt up to this point”.
Ryan uses a mixture of live action footage, motion graphics, and rotoscoping to create a unique style. Much of his inspiration comes from punk music, Japanese anime, and graffiti. Since 2022, Ryan has been animating and making abstract art across his social media platforms. For him it started as a way of coping with the pandemic but turned into an artistic pursuit, showcasing a medley of original characters. His video content, however, only came about more in the last year or so. “A friend of mine turned me onto Da Vinci Resolve, it’s such a versatile software”.
His videos as well as his artwork verge on MTV era and gritty urbanism. Still Ryan is one of the up-and-coming animators to keep an eye on.