Hans-Martin Rall

Academic Qualifications: 1991 State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart , Germany 1993 Postgraduate studies Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Born: 1965 in Tübingen, Germany Studied: 1986-1991 Grafic Design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, MD 1991 1991-93 Postgraduate studies in Animation at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Summary of Working Experience: Professional vita: 1994-2005 Freelance illustrator, animator and comic book-artist in Stuttgart, Germany Educational vita: 2003-2005 Adjunct professor at the Media University in Stuttgart, Germany. 2003-2005 Visiting lecturer at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany. Courses and workshops taught: • Storyboarding • Principles of Character Animation • Basics of Design • llustration • Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash. Since 2005 Assistant Professor at the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore Courses developed and taught: • FDN 110 Foundation Drawing (Figure Drawing) • ANI 210 Basic Principles of Drawn Animation • ANI 250 Animation History • ANI 270 2D Advanced Animation • ART 230 Figure Drawing Workshop • ANI 380 Animation Development and Preproduction 2009 External Examiner Master of Design Program, College of Creative Arts, Massey University New Zealand 2009 Appointment as Academic Advisory Panel Member Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia Since 1997 Hannes Rall has built a strong reputation for adapting literature successfully in his animated short films: “The Raven“ (1999) and ”The Erl-King“(2003) , adapted from the famous poems by E.A. Poe and J.W. von Goethe respectively, have been screened in over 120 film festivals
 world wide and won multiple awards. His work was shown in group-and solo-shows in galleries in 20 countries worldwide since 2004. -Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art -National Museum Singapore -State Gallery of the Arts Stuttgart, Germany -Bangkok International Film Festival -Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Beirut -Egyptian Opera House, Metrogalerie, Kairo -Cinematheque. Tel Aviv -Goethe-Institut Damaskus -Goethe-Institut Ramallah -Seika Art Academy, Kyoto -Osaka European Film Festival -Auckland University of Technology, NZ -Pataka Museum Wellington, NZ -Muzium dan Galeri Seni Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang "Tradigital Mythmaking": -Goethe-Institut Singapore/Singapore International Film-Festival -Goethe Institut Kuala Lumpur/Univesrsiti Teknologi Mara Kuala Lumpur Workshops, conference presentations and seminars: 2005 5 day Workshop at the Goethe Institute Damascus, Syria on the “Principles of Animation” 2005 3 day Workshop on “Principles of Animation” for the Arabic Broadcast Union (ABU) in Damascus 2006 2 day workshop on the exhibition “Animated Films from Germany” at the Bangkok International Film Festival in cooperation with the Goethe Institute Bangkok 2006 2 days of guest lectures in Malaysia on German Animation: -The One Academy, Kuala Lumpur -University Sultan Idris, Tajong Malim 2007 1 day workshop at the Singapore National Museum on the “Secrets of Drawn Animation” 2008 Workshop at the Lotte Reiniger Museum, Tuebingen, Germany 2008 "Adapting Literature for Animation" Blow Festival, College of Creative Arts, Massey University Wellington 2008 Writing For Animation - Three Case Studies , FMX Conference, Stuttgart 2009 and 2010 Animation Masterclass at FINAS, the Malaysian Film Institute