Chenglin Xie is an award-winning filmmaker and animation artist. His animation, Life Smartphone,  won Gold Medal of 44th Student Academy Awards® , was in shortlist for Best Animated Shorts of 90th Academy Awards® ,  was nominated for 43rd Annie Award,  was nominated for Short Film Grand Jury Prize in the 2016 Sundance film festival, and screened in many film and animation festivals, including Annecy international animation festival, etc.

 

Chenglin's newest animated short film, Meal On The Plate, recently premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for Short Film Grand Jury Prize. It won the Best Animated/ Experimental short Film Award at 2022 First International Film Festival.

 

Chenglin currently lives and works in Los Angeles, as a  director and creator represented by The Gotham Group. 

He also works as a Feature Story Artist for Netflix Animation.

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