Till Nowak
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Till_Nowak.jpg/220px-Till_Nowak.jpg) - Nowak standing in front of art installation
- "The Experience of Fliehkraft"
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Born
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1980-07-28
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July 28, 1980
(age 43)
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Nationality
| German
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Alma mater
| University of Applied Sciences
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Occupations
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Years active
| 1999–present
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Employer
| FrameboX
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Known for
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Relatives
| Nik Nowak (brother)
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Awards
| Multiple
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Website
| www
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Till Nowak
is a German
digital artist
and
visual artist
,
graphic designer
and
filmmaker
. He received recognition for his
grad project
, the 2005 film
Delivery
, and for his art piece
The Experience of Fliehkraft
and its film offshoot
The Centrifuge Brain Project
, both released in 2011,
[1]
[2]
[3]
and more recently for his 2015 film
Dissonance
.
[4]
Background
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Till Nowak was born 28 July 1980,
[5]
in
Bonn, Germany
, and until 2008 lived in
Mainz
.
[6]
He was born to artistic parents; his mother taught
ceramics
to children and his father was a
painter
and teacher.
[7]
At age 19 in 1999, he founded and began work in his own studio FrameboX.
[3]
From 2000 to 2005, he studied media design at the
University of Applied Sciences
in Mainz.
[6]
[8]
[9]
He has collaborated with his brother Nik Nowak, and states when the two get together the ideas flow.
[10]
For his
thesis
project at the University of Applied Sciences, in 2005 Nowak wrote, directed, and produced
Delivery
, a 9-minute animated film which screened at more than 200 international film festivals, winning more than 35 awards, including those from
AFI Fest Hollywood
,
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
,
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Kurzfilmpreis
, and a nomination from the
European Film Awards
. He had first shared the film on an internet forum discussing simulated 3-D in film, the resulting attention included hundreds of emails with job offers and festival invitations.
[11]
After leaving Mainz in 2008, Nowak took up residence
Hamburg
.
[6]
He is a member of both the German Film Academy and the
European Film Academy
. In spring of 2013, he was signed by
UTA
.
[1]
In April 2015, Nowak and his family moved to
Los Angeles, California
.
[4]
Projects
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Till Nowak is known for his 2005 film
Delivery
, his 2011 art piece
The Experience of Fliehkraft
, and the related award-winning 2011 film
The Centrifuge Brain Project
.
[12]
The latter two focus on a series of odd (and physically impossible) rides that he was inspired to create when visiting an amusement park in 2008.
[13]
Creating the sequences for the seven rides took three months, spread out through 2008 and 2011.
[14]
The Experience of Fliehkraft
debuted in 2011 as part of the solo exhibition "A Lot of Civilisation" during "Walk of Art" at
Prototyp Museum
in
Hamburg, Germany
.
Touring as part of the
art installation
"A Lot of Civilisation", the art piece visited numerous museums and international venues,
[2]
[10]
including
Ars Electronica
in
Linz
[2]
and
SIGGRAPH
in
Vancouver, British Columbia
in 2011,
[15]
the
Transmediale
in
Berlin
[16]
and the
Seoul Biennale
in
South Korea
[2]
and the
7th edition of Media City Seoul
in 2012,
[17]
[18]
[19]
and most recently at the
Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie
in
Paris
as part of L' Art Robotique through January 2015.
[20]
[21]
As Nowak began sharing his faux blueprints and realistic clips as part art installations, he released
The Centrifuge Brain Project
. Its creation was inspired by wanting "to create an even stronger clash between realism and absurdity."
[14]
Choosing a realistic approach, he used the mockumentary style to allow viewers "to feel as if they were eye witnesses", and "to enhance the impact of the idea."
[14]
As part of the film's plot, he creating a fictional research company and hired an actor to play the firm's Chief Engineer. Nowak had the monologue concept in his head for a while, but the script was written just two days before filming. Nowak stated, "I had no technical reference for the short film. I created the manipulated amusement rides and the techy talk just out of my own scientific humor. They are a mix of real physics, absurdity and deliberate contradictions. The goal was to create the biggest possible mistake, but still make it sound serious and convincing."
[14]
Filming took two days ? one day in an actual amusement park and one day in a laboratory ? and editing took two months.
[14]
[22]
Filmography
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- Epiphania
(2005) (visual effects)
- Delivery
(2005) (writer, director, producer)
- Goring - Eine Karriere
(2006) (art director)
- Rommels Schatz
(2007) (digital artist)
- Rommels Krieg
(2007) (visual effects)
- Zum dritten Pol
(2007) (visual effects)
- Mythos & Wahrheit – Der Kennedy-Mord
(2007) (visual effects supervisor)
- Die Eylandt Recherche
(2008) (visual effects supervisor)
- Flucht in die Freiheit – Mit dem Mut der Verzweiflung
(2009) (animator)
- Flucht in die Freiheit – Mit allen Mitteln
(2009) (animator)
- Der Wettlauf zum Sudpol – Deutschland gegen Osterreich
(5 episodes, 2011) (animator)
- Der Wettlauf zum Sudpol – Amundsen gegen Scott
(1 episodes, 2011) (animator)
- Arthur Christmas
(2011) (set designer)
- Alien Fans II
(2012) (himself)
- The Centrifuge Brain Project
(2012)
- Dissonance
(2015) (writer, director, producer)
- Ron's Gone Wrong
(2021) (art director)
Recognition
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In 2006, after
Delivery
had screened at
Audi Festival of German Films
in Australia,
Die Woche in Australien
Called Nowak a "rising young star" and praised
Delivery
as a successful exploration.
[23]
Variety
made note that Nowak "is a well known artist who made a splash with his directorial debut of the short film,
The Delivery
in 2005 which went on to win numerous awards including the Jury Award for Best Short and Audience Award for Best Short at the 2005 AFI Festival."
[1]
When under 2015
Oscar
consideration, his film
Dissonance
is described to be "Evocative of
Christopher Nolan
’s surreal
Inception
, as well as
Michel Gondry
’s sci-fi standout,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
.
[4]
Partial awards and nominations
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Delivery
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- 2005, Won both 'Short Award' and
Audience Award
' at
AFI Fest
[24]
[25]
- 2005, Won
Prix UIP Ghent
(European Short Film) at
Ghent International Film Festival
[24]
[26]
- 2005, Won Audience Award - Student Competition for 'Best Animation Film' at
Wiesbaden goEast
[27]
- 2005, Won Hamburg Animation Award for 'Best Short Film' at OFFF Barcelona
[24]
[26]
- 2005, Won the Bergischer Filmpreis for 'Best Animation'
[24]
[26]
- 2006, Won
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau
'Short Film Award'
[24]
- 2006, Won Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for a First Film at
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
[28]
- 2006, Won 2nd place Children's Jury Award at
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
[29]
- 2006, Nominated for 'Best Short Film Award' at
European Film Awards
[28]
[30]
- 2006, Won Audience Award at
Hamburg International Short Film Festival
[28]
- 2006, Won Prix du Conseil General at
Pontault-Combault Short Film Festival
- 2006, Won Jury Prize for 'Best Short film' at
San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
[31]
- 2006, Won 'Best Animation' at Tehran Short Film Festival
[32]
- 2006, Won Festival Prize for 'Best Animation' at Toronto
Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival
[33]
- 2007, Won Gold Award for 'Animation' at
Crested Butte Film Festival
- 2007, Won Jury Award for 'Best Animated Short' at
Durango Film Festival
[34]
- 2007, Won Special Jury Award for 'Best Short Film' at
Montecatini Filmvideo – International Short Film Festival
[35]
- 2007, Won both 'Director's Choice Award' and 'Excellence in Filmmaking' at
Sedona International Film Festival
[36]
- 2007, Won Golden Glibb for 'Best Short Film' at Weekend of Fear,
Nuremberg, Germany
- 2007, Won Jury Award for 'Best Animation' at
Byron Bay International Film Festival
for the film Delivery
The Experience of Fliehkraft
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The Centrifuge Brain Project
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- 2011, Won jury award
[37]
and audience award for 'Best Short Film' at San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
[38]
- 2012, Nominated for Le Cristal d'Annecy at Annecy International Animated Film Festival
[39]
- 2012, Won Jury Award for 'Best Short Short' at
Aspen Shortsfest
- 2012, Won Youth Jury Award Honorable Mention for 'National Competition' at Filmfest Dresden
[40]
- 2012, Nominated for Golden Horseman award for 'Best Short Fiction Film – National Competition' at
Filmfest Dresden
[40]
- 2012, Won Short Film Award in Gold for 'Outstanding Short Film' at German Short Film Awards
- 2012, Won
Audience Liberte Award
for 'International Competition' at Hamburg International Short Film Festival
[41]
- 2012, Won Russian Film Clubs Federation Award and a First Place award for 'Best Short Film' at
Moscow International Film Festival
[37]
[42]
- 2012, Won Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis for 'Outstanding Short Film' at
German Short Film Awards
[37]
- 2012, Won Audience Award at
Filmfest Munchen
[37]
- 2012, Won Honorable Mention for 'Short Film' at
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
[41]
[43]
- 2012, Won Audience Award in 'German Competition' and won 'Best German Short Film Special Mention' at
Regensburg Short Film Week
[44]
- 2012, Won Kurosawa Award for creative excellence at
24FPS International Short Film Festival
'
[45]
- 2012, Won 'Best Producer' at
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
[46]
Dissonance
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- 2015, Won 'Jury Award' Grand Prix at
Anima Mundi Animation Festival
- 2015, Won 'Sacem Award for Original Music' at
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
- 2015, Won
Prix UIP Berlin
at
Berlin International Film Festival
for Till Nowak
[47]
- 2015, Won
Audience Award
for 'Best Animated Short Film' at
Fancine Festival de Cine Fantastico de la Universidad de Malaga
- 2015, won 'Best Animation' at
Aspen Shortsfest International
[48]
- 2015, nominated for
Golden Berlin Bear
for 'Best Short Film' by European Film Academy at Berlin International Film Festival
[49]
- 2015, Won
Deutscher Filmmusikpreis
(German Film Music Award) for 'Best Music in a Film' at
German Film Score Awards
- 2015, nominated for 'Best Short Film' at
Edinburgh International Film Festival
- 2015, Won
VFX Award
for 'Best Visual Effects' at
HollyShorts Film Festival
- 2015, nominated for
European Film Award
for 'European Short Film' at
European Film Awards
- 2015, Won
Don Quixote Award
at
Krakow Film Festival
- 2015, Won Best International ShortWork Award for 'Best International Shortfilm' at
Whistler Film Festival
- 2016, Won 'Best Use of Digital Technology in a Short Film' at
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival
- 2016, nominated for 'Best Animated Short Subject' at
Annie Awards
[50]
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