Andreas Hykade

Andreas Hykade
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Years active1988-present
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Andreas Hykade is a German filmmaker, animator, cartoonist, and voice actor. Before studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 1988 to 1990, he attended König-Karlmann-Gymnasium Altötting. He worked as an animator in London in 1991, then studied animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg until 1995. Since then, he has worked as an animation director, partly at Studio Film Bilder in Stuttgart, and as the professor for animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.[1]

Hykade's style is minimalist and surreal and is based on simple characters that move in smooth animation. Sometimes, like in the two music videos for Gigi D'Agostino, there is just a white outline over a flat color, much like the Italian animated series La Linea by Osvaldo Cavandoli. Often, his characters have single strokes as arms and legs. Influences to Hykade's style include German cartoonist OL, American cartoonists Kaz and Jim Woodring, American artists Keith Haring and Ed Roth, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney.

We Lived in Grass (1995) is a student film and Hykade's first part of The Country Trilogy. The set of the film is two streets away from the end of the world. The film is told from the point of view of a little boy. As his father gets testicular cancer, the child travels into Grass to kill a tiger. We Lived in Grass won awards, including the German short film prize.[2][3]

Ring of Fire (2000) is the second part of The Country Trilogy. It is set in a bazaar of sexual desires. The film is describing an archaic Machomyth and the desire of two cowboys to break with this myth. Ring of Fire won awards, including the Grand Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[4]

The Runt (2005) is the third and final part of The Country Trilogy. The dead father of We Lived in Grass returns.

In 2007, Hykade illustrated Canadian writer Chris Robinson’s book The Animation Pimp.[5]

Since 2008, Hykade has taught animation at Harvard University. In 2019, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[6]

According to Animation Made in Germany (2014), Hykade, with Gil Alkabetz and Studio Film Bilder, has undertaken commissioned work, including commercials.[7] Hykade has also collaborated on commissioned projects, such as advertising work for Nickelodeon UK.[8]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (2 April 2015). "Filmakademie Appoints Andreas Hykade". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Robinson, Chris (2001-06-26). "Those Who Shall Be New Faces Under the Animation Sun". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 2026-04-10. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "German Short Film Prize". Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art. Arsenal Berlin. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  4. ↑ Teninge, Annick (January 12, 2001). "ASIFA-Colorado Best Of Ottawa Screening". Animation World Network. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  5. ↑ Robinson, Chris (2007). The Animation Pimp. Illustrated by Andreas Hykade. AWN Press. ISBN 9781598634037. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  6. ↑ Donnelly, Matt; Malkin, Marc (1 July 2019). "Academy Reaches Gender Parity in 2019 New Member Invitations". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Animation Made in Germany" (PDF). Produzenten Allianz. Produzenten Allianz. 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (July 5, 2022). "People on the Move: Nick Ups Caluori, Nexus Signs 'Raya' Director, Hykade Steps Down as Animationsinstitut Head". Animation Magazine. Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 April 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
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