In our next profile, we feature a filmmaker who began his career at exceptional, four years of age. Dash Shaw was probably the kid with those crazy Crayola kits, and if you’ve guessed right – his entry into film is by way of his background in comics and illustration. In 2010, the Sundance Institute invited Shaw for both the Screenwriters and Directors lab where he workshopped the hand-drawn, 2D animated tale titled, The Ruined Cast which should hit film festival circuit sometime in 2011.
The Los Angeles born, now Brooklyn based cartoonist has lots of his work in circulation and in various formats. Graphic novels BodyWorld (2010) and Bottomless Belly Button (2008), the animated series The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D on IFC.com and also in book form. Recently profiled (you can grab an eyeful of the eventual project at hand) on IndieWIRE, Shaw’s has the good fortune of having his first film produced by producer Howard Gertler and filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell (who had enlisted Shaw’s services for Rabbit Hole). So we can expect some possible name talent for the voice work – perhaps we’ll find updates on the feature can be found on Shaw’s blog.
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