Keith Del Principe – Arts Resume
Skills Film Directing, Stop Motion and Mixed Media Animation, Frame-by-Frame Filmmaking, Painting, Illustration, Music Composition & Sound Design for Animation, Puppet & Set Construction, Video & Sound Editing, Web Design, 3D Modelling, Woodworking, Permaculture Farming, Field Biology
Software Premiere, AfterEffects, ProTools, Logic Pro, DragonFrame Stop Motion, TVPaint Animation Pro, Maya, Procreate, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Wordpress
Studio
Cardboard Reality Farm & Studio, Co-Founder & Director, 2017-present
I am an artist that is passionate about ecology. Cardboard Reality Farm & Studio is a permaculture farm and animation studio in Northumberland County, Ontario. I offer pesticide free produce and animated film production services in addition to workshops and affordable art. I believe that good food & good art make the world a better place.
Demo reel & further information available at: www.cardboardreality.ca
Grants and Awards
Ontario Arts Council Media Creation Projects, 2023
For creation of Animated Short: The Recycling Monsters
Animation and Film
The Recycling Monsters, Experimental Animated Documentary Short (In Production), Cardboard Reality Studio, Director, Animator, Sound Designer & Composer, 2023
Tip to Toe, Music Video for The Good Lovelies, A Cardboard Reality Studio Production: Co-Director & Animator 2023,
Kiska: The World’s Loneliest Orca, Animated Documentary Short (In Production), Cardboard Reality StudioRole: Producer, Directed by bekky O’Neil, Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Cardboard Reality Studio, 2024
The Moosehide Campaign, Animated Educational Video for The Moosehide Campaign, Produced at Cardboard Reality Studio, Animator, Sound Designer & Editor, 2023
How to Lose Everything Opening Credits, Animated Title Sequence for CBC Arts How To Lose Everything: a field guide – the Series, A CBC Arts, One Foot Tapping Media, Produced at Cardboard Reality Studio: Co-Director & Animator, 2022
Heart Like a Pow Wow, Animated Short Film, Produced by A CBC Arts, One Foot Tapping Media, Produced at Cardboard Reality Studio: Compositor & Animator, 2022
Pencil Salesman Vignettes, Animated Opera Vignettes for Westben Theatre, Produced at Cardboard Reality Studio: Co-Director & Animator, 2022
Be Inspired, Short Animated Film for Toronto Sing Festival, Produced at Cardboard Reality Studio: Sound Designer, Audio Engineer, Compositor, & Animator, 2022
Official Selection of the Cervino Cinemountain Festival 2022 [Cervino, Italy], Official Selection of the Mountain and Adventure Film Festival 2022 [California, USA], Official Selection of the Banff Centre Film Festival 2022 [Alberta, Canada]
White Christmas, Music Video for Karl Loxley, A Cardboard Reality Studio Production: Co-Director & Animator 2021
Wine Story, Director, Animator, Sound Designer & Composer, 2021
Official Selection of the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2021, Canadian Panorama, Official Selection of the Venice Architecture Film Festival 2021 [Venice, Italy], Official Selection of the 7th Siding Film Festival 2022 [B.C. Canada], Official Selection of the Dawson City International Short Film Festival 2022 [Yukon Territory, Canada], Official Selection of Festival RENUAC 2022 [Santiago, Chile], Official Selection of One Earth Awards 2022 [Karnataka, India], Official Selection of Gaia International Film Festival – Stories of Lands and Food 2022 [Lecce, Italy], Official Selection of the Turku Animated Film Festival 2022, Documentary Film Panorama, [Turku, Finland].
CBC Canada Reads Trailer for The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk, Produced by The CBC, Animator, 2021
How To Lose Everything: a field guide, Animated Short Film, Produced by CBC Arts & Canada Council Creation Accelerator, One Foot Tapping Media, Produced at Cardboard Reality Studio: Sound Designer, Sound Engineer, & Animator, 2021
Winner: Best Animated Short, Imagine This Women’s Film Festival [Brooklyn, NY], Winner: Best Animated Short, American Indian Film Festival [San Francisco, California], Official Selection of the London International Animation Festival [London, England], Official Selection of the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival [Saint John, New Brunswick] Winner: Best Animation, Uptilt Film Festival 2022 [Wilmington, North Carolina].
Stuff, Animated Music video for Ronley Teper, Directed by bekky O’Neil & Keith Del Principe, Cardboard Reality Studio, 2020
Little Drummer Boy, Music Video for The Tenors, A Cardboard Reality Studio Production: Co-Designer, Animator & Compositor, 2017
Sting of the Cactus, Music Video for Ori Dagan, A Cardboard Reality Studio Production: Animator & Compositor, 2017
Winner: Vox Pop award in the Animated/Stop-Motion Video category at The 17th Independent Music Awards, Best Music Video, Open World Toronto Film Festival (Canada), Platinum Reel Award, Nevada International Film Festival (U.S.), Best Animation, Los Angeles Music Video Awards (U.S.), Best Music Video Rincon International Film Festival (Puerto Rico U.S.)
Animals, Director, Animator & Composer, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, 2014
Moth, Director & Animator, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, 2013
Larry, Director, Animator & Composer, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, 2013
Mr. Pigeon, Music Video for Ronley Teper’s Lipliners, Animator & Compositor, 2013
Two Planets, One Planet, Composer & Guitarist, USCFilm School, 2012
Curriculum Development
3D Animation Course Development & Content Creation, St. Lawrence College, 2023
Courses: Figure Analysis and Innovation, Story Development and Storyboarding, Animation Methodologies, 3D Layouts
Workshop Leader, Cardboard Reality Farm & Studio, Cobourg, Ontario, 2018-2020
Subjects of Instruction Include: Silkscreening, Needle Felting, Stop Motion
Animation, Papier Maché Mask Construction, Lino Carving / Relief Printing, Papercraft
Private Animation Instructor, Cardboard Reality Farm & Studio, Cobourg, Ontario, 2019-2020
Worked both with adult artists looking to add an additional medium to their craft, and homeschooled children.
Gallery & Artist Talks
Guest Speaker, Film Animation Program at Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Professor Luc Otter, Concordia University, 2022
AGN (Art Gallery of Northumberland) Spotlight Series: Cardboard Reality Farm & Studio, 2020
Ah! (Arts & Heritage) Warkworth, Of Wool & Wire: The Stop Motion Worlds of Cardboard Reality, 2018
Theatre
Urge for Going, Animator, Producer, Co director, and designer, Quality Slippers Productions, Montreal & Toronto Fringe Festivals 2013, Cabaret du Mile End and Tarragon Theatre Mainspace.
Exit, pursued by a bear, Co creator/designer, Quality Slippers Productions, SummerWorks Festival 2011, Theatre Passe Muraille
Tabitha & the Time Machine, Set Construction, Puppet builder & Producer, Quality Slippers Productions, Lower Ossington Theatre, 2011
Feed The Birds Cabaret, Co curator, Member of the Puppet Slam Network, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 2010 to 2012
for you, Emmy, Co-designer, Set Construction, & Producer, Quality Slippers Productions, Lower Ossington Theatre, 2010
Internet and Publication
Dandelion Clock Revolutions, Creator & Director, Online Artists Social Media Site, 2005 – 2010
Dandelion Clock Revolutions was an online artist collective active from 2005 to 2010. At its peak, the community had several hundred members collaborating, creating and discussing art. This project offered customizable mixed media portfolios for individual artists and a uniquely designed platform for the sharing of art and ideas between members.
The Dandelion Clock Revolutions Magazine was a graphic and digital design project, featuring original poetry and layout collage. In print form the booklet was hand bound and included full colour photos – tabbed into the book but removable for framing. The magazine was a curated catalogue of three years of online submissions.
Ecology
RPS Energy, Atlantic Ocean — Protected Species Observer
2007 – 2012
Worked in the field of marine biology practicing environmental mitigation on seismic vessels for 600 days in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic. Monitored dolphin, sea turtles, and whales using both surface and subsurface monitoring.
Education and Training
BFA in Film Animation, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema 2012 – 2016
Concordia University
Learned frame by frame film making in 2d, 3d, & stop motion animation.
Apprentice Puppeteer, 2007-2009
Bread & Puppet Theater, Glover, Vermont
Worked alongside the historic theatre troupe on creating hybrid performance work with a social message.
B.A. in Social Theory, Social Movements, and Activism 2003 – 2007
SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
Studied sustainable development, art and its ability to affect social change.