Alberto Mielgo
Alberto Mielgo (born 29 April 1979) is a Spanish director, artist, and animator. His accolades include an Academy Award, four Emmy Awards and two Annie Awards. Alberto was an Art Director at Disney's "" (2013) and made his debut as a director with animated short film "The Witness" (2019) created for Netflix anthology: "Love, Death & Robots". Career. Born and raised in Spain, Alberto is currently established in Los Angeles, after having worked and lived in various countries of Asia and Europe. Alberto currently directs animations, and works as an Art Director. In his spare time, Mielgo does his  own projects and paintings. While in London, Mielgo worked as an Art Director for Passion Pictures with Pete Candeland, Together they worked on "" and Gorillaz projects. Mielgo's notable early projects include Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride", "", both parts of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and "" by Disney, for which he won in 2013 an Emmy Award and an Annie Award. Mielgo was hired by Disney as an Art Director for the animated TV series "" in 2013. Director of "" Charlie Bean explained that the idea was to create a very special style for the digital show, which was not  seen on TV or in the movies. Bean worked closely with Mielgo, character designer Robert Valley, and supervising car designer Daniel Simon. Simon was responsible for the vehicle designs seen in "", including the Light Cycles. Mielgo won the Emmy Primetime Award for Outstanding Art Direction in 2013. In 2015, Alberto was a Production Designer/Art Director for Sony's "" and he created an early animation test for the film. At first, his main goal was to explore the world, comics, the past of Spider-Man, cinematography, language, style, opportunities. According to Daniel Caylor, one of the animators on the film , Mielgo’s animation was widely seen by the crew and inspired their work before they began working on the movie. The test animation was never completed - only four shots were completely finished and determined the visual language of the Oscar-winning film. In 2019, Mielgo wrote, designed and directed "The Witness" episode for Netflix animation anthology series "Love, Death & Robots", which has won 3 Emmys and an Annie award. Alberto’s involvement with the series began when he was approached by its supervising director, Gabriele Pennacchioli, who put him in touch with David Fincher and Tim Miller, both fans of  his previous work. "Love, Death & Robots" show was released on Netflix on March 15, 2019 and had a very positive audience response. He recently directed another animated short film, "The Windshield Wiper", a personal project focused on his vision of love and relationships. In 2019, Indie entertainment company Stampede — founded by former Warner Bros. Pictures president Greg Silverman — announced to produce Alberto's debut full length animated feature film. Awards. Mielgo won a Primetime Emmy Award (2013), and an Annie Award (2013) for his work on Disney's "" as Best Production Designer. Mielgo won three Emmy Awards (2019) for Best  Animated Short, Best Art Direction, Best Animation, and an Annie award (2019) for Best Art Direction of "The Witness" episode for Netflix Animation anthology "Love, Death & Robots".