Dillon Markey

Films, Spots and Commercials Directed by Dillon Markey

Rat Boy - Move

A music video, directed by Dillon Markey for Parlophone records in London.  Rat Boy is an awesome new talent that has excellent taste in music as well as music videos.  This video calls back to Michael Jackson's "Speed Demon" in technique, mixing stop motion puppets with live action settings in an exciting chase scene with ninjas!

Over the River and Through the Higher Dimensions

Thesis film, which earned a Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts.  The film went on to show at several festivals around the world, including Slamdance, Comicon International Film Festival, Fantasia Film Festival.  The film was awarded Best Animation at the Arizona Film Festival.

Hello My Name is Joe

The first film I made at Calarts.  It was also the first time I animated wire sculptures, as well as the first film ever made entirely from wire sculpture animation.  The film screened at several festivals world wide, including Philadelphia Film Festival, London International Animation Festival, Sydney International Animation Festival and many more. 

Lobster Always Wins

I directed this experiment in catharsis and improvisation in 2012.  Three simple rules were given as a guideline: 1) Go Fast, 2) Don't think, and 3) Never Delete.  Every frame taken was used in the final cut, and was placed in the chronological order that it was shot.  To me, the result was surprisingly dynamic and interesting.  It is frenetic, energetic and non-sensically demented.