Job, Joris & Marieke is a Dutch Academy Award nominated animation studio founded by Job Roggeveen (1979), Joris Oprins (1980) and Marieke Blaauw (1979). They met during their studies at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Joris and Job graduated in 2003 and Marieke in 2002. From 2004 to 2005 Joris and Marieke worked as animators on the stop motion series Miffy at the animation studio Pedri in Ankeveen. In 2007 They founded their studio in Utrecht. They work on commissioned work, music videos and animated short films.
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- Lightbox job joris marieke a single life mute otto interview
- Animated Short Films
- Music Videos
- References
The music for all their films is being composed by Job who is also a musician. In 2010 Job started the music project Happy Camper for which he won an Edison Award. Job, Joris & Marieke worked on the artwork and the music videos for both of the studio albums Happy Camper released.
In 2011 Job, Joris & Marieke created the music video for the song Ik Neem Je Mee by Dutch rapper Gers Pardoel. Over 19 million people watched the music video on YouTube.
In 2012 Dutch broadcaster KRO aired the children series The Tumblies. Job, Joris & Marieke worked on the concept, the character design and the music.
In 2013 they released their animated short film MUTE. MUTE won, among others, the Grand Prix and the audience award at the Holland Animatie Film Festival in 2013.
As part of Ultrakort, Job, Joris & Marieke created the animated short film A Single Life in 2014. The film was screened in front of the Dutch box office hit Gooische Vrouwen 2 in all Pathé cinemas. In 2015 the film was nominated for an Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film, and for the Cartoon d’Or. Also the film won over 15 international awards.
In 2014 the City of Utrecht commissioned Job, Joris & Marieke to make the short film/music video Bon Voyage! This film was to promote the start of the Tour de France in Utrecht in 2015. The title song Bon Voyage! was composed by Dutch singer songwriter Blaudzun
In 2015 they made the animated short film (Otto) as part of NTR KORT!. The film had its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. (Otto) was chosen to be the official Dutch entry for the Academy® Award Best Animated Short Film 2016. ALCINE kids premiere at the Alcalá de Henares Film Festival in 2016.