Carlos De Faria

Thrilled to share my brand new Director’s reel! It's a collection of work I'm truly proud of.

My reel is a carefully crafted blend of striking imagery, abstract storytelling, and music that drives the emotional arc. From the opening moments, the rhythm draws you in, before shifting tone and guiding you gently toward the end. It's not just something you watch; it's something you feel.

If you're looking to collaborate or bring an idea to life, I’d love to hear from you!

I had the opportunity to collaborate with MadCat Productions as the animation director on this bouncy live-action/animation spot.

It was a true pleasure working alongside Carrie, Will, Lydia, and the rest of the talented team!

Being born in Venezuela to Portuguese parents, and having spent half my life in London, my sense of identity has been shaped by a rich blend of cultures. At times, this mix is fun and full of surprises; and at others, it can be challenging, especially when it comes to making decisions. But ultimately, it's this cultural intersection that continues to shape my perspective and my work.

Working on previs for Aladdin was an incredible experience, and I was thrilled to be assigned scenes featuring the Genie! my favourite character from the film.

As part of the team for the live-action version, I loved helping shape the early rough versions of these scenes, laying the groundwork for the magic that audiences would later see on screen.

After four years as a senior animator at Cartoon Network UK, I had the opportunity to join Golden Wolf in creating this vibrant music video celebrating Cartoon Network’s 20th Anniversary. It was a real pleasure to animate so many iconic characters from both classic and modern shows. I was responsible for animating most of the characters featured, with personal favorites including Daffy Duck and Rainicorn.

CREDITS:
Directed by: ilovedust
Creative Director: Ingi Erlingsson
Art Director / Design lead: Ewen Stenhouse
Producer: Ant Baena
Design: Ewen Stenhouse, Sofie Hallor, Shan Jiang, Stefan Falconer
Animators: Ewen Stenhouse, Tim Whiting, Carlos de Faria, Jonathan Harris, Joe Sparrow, Blanca Martinez de Rituerto, Sean Weston, Tom Bunker
Compositing: Stefano Ottaviano, Ewen Stenhouse
Cartoon Network:
SVP, The Creative Group – Michael Ouweleen
VP Design, The Creative Group – Jacob Escobedo
Creative Director, The Creative Group – Craig “Sven” Gordon
Director of Broadcast Production, The Creative Group – Heather Reilly
Audio:
Music & sound design by Kevin Seaton at Heavy Duty Music
Additional voices provided by: Jeremy Shada, John DiMaggio

CARTOON NETWORK and the logo and all related elements are trademarks of Cartoon Network © 2012. A Time Warner company. All rights reserved.

I had the pleasure and opportunity to be a lead animator on this project, it was great to be part of and work with a bunch of talented artists! Produced by Sehsucht. Please go to their website for credits.

When Golden Wolf asked me back to work on this spot for Ray Ban I did not hesitate. 

I was very thrilled to animate a human figure, to study and plan her movements under water.

Also I felt very fortunate to animate an illustration created by james Jean.

Credits

Directed by: Golden Wolf
Creative Director: Ingi Erlingsson
Art Director: Ewen Stenhouse
Producer: Ant Baena
Design: James Jean, Ewen Stenhouse
2D Animation: Ewen Stenhouse, Tim Whiting, Carlos de Faria, Blanca Martinez de Rituerto, Margot Tsakiri-Scanatovits,
3D Animation: Henry Purrington, Tom Purrington, Evdoxia Sardi
Compositing: Bill Elliott, Adrian Lawrence

Global Advertising, Media & Digital Director: Erika Ferszt
Advertising Agency: Marcel, Paris, France
Chief Creative Officer Publicis Worldwide: Erik Vervroegen
International Head of Strategic Planning: Rob Klingensmith
Worldwide Account Director: Alberto Scorticati
Art Director/copywriter: Bastien Grisolet,
Account Director: Shannon Eddy
Account Manager: Rodolphe Pedrono

WAM
Elodie Jonquille : TV producer

Music & sound design by BXFTYS

I had the exciting opportunity to direct this playful piece for a vibrant, family-oriented festival in the Middle East, produced by Sehsucht.

The animation takes the viewer on a colourful journey, inviting families and friends to connect, explore, and enjoy everything the festival has to offer.

To guide the animation team and establish the arc, I created the animatic focusing on our main character; a young girl who transitions from live action into a magical animated world, transforming into a cartoon version of herself.

This transformation allowed us to tell her story in a playful and imaginative way. Huge thanks to the amazing team whose creativity and passion brought this spot to life in very short amount of time!

I had a great time working as a Lead animator with one of the most genuine studios in London, MOTH Collective.

I was in charge of animating our main character and her cat bot.

"Machines could take 50% of jobs in the next 30 years" 
Moshe Vardi, Professor of computer science, Rice University 

Meet Alice, holder of the last recognisable job on Earth, trying to make sense of her role in an automated world.

'The Last Job on Earth' is a film produced in collaboration with the Guardian Sustainable Business section.

See the full article on The Guardian theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/17/automation-may-mean-a-post-work-society-but-we-shouldnt-be-afraid

Directed, Designed and Animated by Moth Collective
Lead Animator - Carlos De Faria
2D Animation - Moth Collective & Sabine Volkert
3D Animation - Claudio Salas
Compositing - Moth Collective & Claudio Salas
Artworking - Stephen Vuillemin, Moth Collective, Sabine Volkert & Frankie Swan.
Sound & Music - Box of Toys Audio

Guardian Team:
Commissioning Editors - Tess Riley, Laura Paddison
Writer and Creative Director - Alistair Campbell
Senior Producer - Lucile Weigel
Executive Producer - Amelie von Harrach
Script editor - Frances Polletti
Supported by - Doen Foundation

Production Year - 2016

I had the great opportunity to contribute animation for Amazon Music’s "Unboxing" television spot, working as part of the animation team to help bring the project to life.

Directed: stevie gee & essy may

Produced: Blinkink

As part of a series of animations produced by Golden Wolf for Adidas, this particular spot was my contribution. I handled the animation using TVPaint, bringing the visuals to life frame by frame.

I had the pleasure of working on this commercial as Animation Supervisor and Lead Animator, responsible for the majority of the character animation. It was a joy to bring the dogs and their owners to life, capturing their unique personalities and playful interactions. The project was produced by Studio AKA and directed by the brilliant Steve Small.

I had the pleasure to work with Hornet and director Natalie Laberre animating one of three beautiful spots for Traditional Medicinals.

I was responsible for the animation for this TV spot. Produced and directed by CHRLX

The second spot I was in charge of the animation from 13’ onwards.

Another collaboration with Andy Baker studios, this time I was the lead animator for a dance scene for the new Polly Nor and Andy Baker’s film “How Have you Been”

It had been a while since I wanted to work with StrangeBeast so when they called me to work on this music video I could not say no. Please see credits below

Leah Dou – Credits List

Production Company: Strange Beast

Executive Producer: Kitty Turley

Producer: Amy Ashton

Director: Alex Jenkins

Lead Animator: Carlos De Faria

Animators: Tim Divall, Michelle Ku, Alex Jenkins

Animation Assistants: Inga Ziemele, Diana Garcia, Saffron Mackie, Sorrel Milne, Martha

Halliday

Compositor: Fred Parodi

Agency: W+K Tokyo

Executive Creative Director: Scott Dungate

Designer: Donna Kwon

Art Director: Chaeyeong Seo

Head of Production: Kerli Teo

Content Producer: Ty Demura

Account Supervisor: Mai Ebine

Account Executive: Asako Takahashi

Artist: Leah Dou

Track: Green Shy Guy

Album Artwork: Alex Jenkins

I was glad to animate one of Polly Nor’s characters for her first installation, The Green Room, at Secret Party.

Director Andy Baker

I had the opportunity to direct this promo for BBCWorld News, produced by RedBee media.

I had the opportunity to work with talented guys at Golden Wolf on this great spot for ITV’s Rugby World Cup coverage!

Credits:

Golden Wolf

ECD - Ingi ErlingssonCreative Director - Ewen StenhouseExecutive Producer - Tania BaptistaStoryboarding - Gaia LamiotProduction Assistant - Ana HoxhaDesign - Andrew Archer, Angelo Vilar, Mau Lencinas, Kevin Roualland, Mehdi Aouichaoui, Mikhail Kalinin, Nick Stoney.Lead animator - Stephanie MercierAnimation - Christoffer Kramme, Mehdi Aouichaoui, Carlos de Faria, Rory ByrnesLead FX animator - Tim WhitingFX animation - Kensei ThomasAnimator assistants - Henrik Sønniksen, Sasha Balan, Peter LoweyClean up - AmixCompositing - John Wilkinson, Laurance Parsons

Stink Films

Director - Keith McCarthyExecutive Producer - Jon ChadsAgency producer -Louise JonesProducer - Peter Knowles

Editor -Tim Hardy at Stitch

Grade - Black Kite Productions

Audio -750mph

ITV

ECD - Tony PipesCreative director - Alex MathiesonCreative -Anthony DziworshieHead of campaign production -Katie CarewCampaign management lead - Emma ReithCampaign manager - Lucy ManningMarketing director - Paul RidsdaleController of marketing -Ed RossMarketing manager - Chris Anstey

I had the opportunity to work with IV.Studio animating few scenes for this warm-hearted project. The purpose of this project is to offer support for children who are grieving the loss of a love one.

CREDITS

Agency - Anomaly

ECD: Zac Dixon

EP: Samuel Cowden

Producers: Helen Cowley (DUTCH UNCLE) & Rebekah Hamilton (IV.STUDIO)

Illustration & Art Direction: Dermot Flynn

Animators: Taylor Yontz, Michael Cribbs, Nata Metlukh, Carlos De Faria, Islena Neira

Compositor: Zac Dixon

VO Artist: Maya Rudolph

I worked as a cel animator for Oddfellows for a series of spots for AirBnB. I animated from second 6 onwards.

Client: Airbnb

Directed by: Oddfellows

Creative Direction: Colin TrenterExecutive Producer: Erica KellyProducer: Kaitlyn MahoneyDesign: Loris F. AlessandriaCel Animation: Connie Chan, Song Kim, Carlos De Faria, Taik Lee, Nicole Stafford2d Animation: Arley Cornell, Colin Trenter, Jon RiedellMusic and Sound: Marmoset, Joe Basile

I had the opportunity to work alongside Moth animation studio creating these three heartwarming films for The Salvation Army.

One of my favourite films is Gus, I animated Gus and his father, as I child I spent most of my time drawing so when I had to animate these two characters I was over the moon.

It has been a pleasure to work with Moth Collective in this film for CNN. 

I animated the cat and the two dancing fishes.

Credits

Produced by Sarah-Grace Mankarious & Moth
Direction & Design by Moth
Animation by Moth, Joe Bichard, Jennifer Zheng, Aaron Lampert, Carlos De Faria, Stephen McNally, Ester Rossi
Sounds Design by David Kamp
Music by Giacomo Smith

Client - CNN
Production Year - 2016

I had the opportunity to work on Bruno Mars -That's What I Like music video.

Production Company: Good Company
Director : Bruno Mars & Jonathan Lia
Producer: Jeremy Sullivan
DP: Santiago Gonzalez
Editor: Jacquelyn London
Color: Marshall Plante (N’Tropic)
Design/Animation : General Population (GenPop)
Executive Producer : Pierre Nobile, Ben Conrad
Post Supervisor : Benjamin Brucker
Creative Directors : Alisha Sofia, Paul Cayrol
Illustrators: Alisha Sofia, Paul Cayrol, Ford Spencer
Animators: John Hwang, Jahmad Rollins, Taik Lee, Dylan Spears, Thierno Bah, Carlos De Faria
Production Coordinator : Julia Johnson

I went back to Golden Wolf to work on this spot for Target as part of their campaign around Target's collaboration with DC.

It was a great team of talented animators, I was given the scenes of the Super Mum landing outside Target's store and then standing up to reveal the superheroes behind her. Also Wonder Woman throwing her lasso and grabbing the products as well as some secondary characters.

This is the first commercial for Holland and Barret The Good life campaign, the characters I loved the most animating were the rabbits leapfrogging and the hedgehog on the scooter. 

I worked at Tandem Films animating 6 idents for Rennie tablets. Each animator had to animate one ident,  this is mine Mr. Tummy and his friend the glutton reindeer.

I loved working in the Tandem studio under the umbrellas with the lights coming through the skylights.

Directed by Jeroen jaspaert, senior animators Tim Dillnutt, Ted and myself, with great help from Seti Erfan, Hanna lauwalker and Manav Dihr and Rick Blank as producer.

I had the opportunity to work at Weareseventeen on these modern idents for Kiss TV.

It is always interesting when you combine 2D and 3D animation. I animated all of the 2D elements for this amazing idents.