"Oma's Quilt" was my first film with the National Film Board of Canada that I directed. It took close to two years to comple the 12 min long short. I did all the modeling and texturing and 75% of animaiton.
Izabela Bzymek graduated from Canterbury Arts High School (Ottawa) in 1997, and then started animation at Vancouver Film School where she completed the one year 2D animation course and produced a short film called "Playtime". Since Feb 1999 Izabela worked in the animation industry, working on various commercials and Feature films. In 2002/2003 Izabela completed a one year 3D animation course at Capilano College producing another short film called "Loco Melones" that won her 1st place at the AMD animation festival. In 2005, Izabela was introduced to the National Film Board of Canada, she got to direct and animate a 12 minute 3D film,"Oma's Quilt". Which took her a year and 9 months. It won fist place in Yorkton for best Children's film in 2008. Currently she is working at Rainmaker Studios. She was a senior animator on the feature “ Nutty Professor”.
Izabela continues to expand her artistic abilities in writing and illustrating children’s books, as well making her own short films. Izabela lives in North Burnaby, B.C.
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