Dash Shaw
Dash Shaw

Dash Shaw is a cartoonist and animator whose latest graphic novel, Cosplayers arrived September 2016 from Fantagraphics Books. His other recent books include Doctors, New School, BodyWorld and Bottomless Belly Button. His animated works include Wheel of Fortune, the Sigur Ros video and Sundance selection Seraph (co-written with John Cameron Mitchell), and the 2009 IFC web series The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century AD. He wrote and directed the independent animated feature My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea (starring the voice talents of Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph and Susan Sarandon) which recently played at film festivals around the world, and had a U.S. theatrical release in April this year. He was a 2010 Sundance Labs fellow, a 2014-2015 Cullman Center fellow, and a 2016 MacDowell Colony fellow.

Dash Shaw awards and nominations
Year Category Subcategory Info Movie/Tv Series
2021 Berlin International Film Festival Winner Special Mention of the Generation 14plus International Jury Best Feature Film (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Champs-Élysées Film Festival Winner Mention spéciale du Jury Long métrage américains (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Fantasia Film Festival Winner Satoshi Kon Award Best Animated Feature (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival Winner Special Mention Best Feature Film (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Sundance Film Festival Winner NEXT Innovator Award (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
Year Category Subcategory Info Movie/Tv Series
2022 Anima - Brussels Animation Film Festival Nominee Grand Prize International Competition - Feature Films (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominee John Cassavetes Award (Dash Shaw, Tyler Davidson, Kyle Martin, Jane Samborski, Bill Way) Cryptozoo
2022 International Cinephile Society Awards Nominee ICS Award Best Animated Film (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Annecy International Animated Film Festival Nominee Contrechamp Award Best Film (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Athens International Film Festival Nominee Golden Athena Best Picture (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Berlin International Film Festival Nominee Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury Best Feature Film (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema Nominee Best Film International Competition (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Champs-Élysées Film Festival Nominee Prix du jury Longs métrages américains (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 FICUNAM Festival International de Cine UNAM Nominee Puma International Competition (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Florida Film Festival Nominee Grand Jury Award Best Narrative Feature (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Istanbul International Film Festival Nominee Golden Tulip International Competition (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival Nominee Narcisse Award Best Feature Film (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival Nominee Official Fantàstic Competition Best Motion Picture (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
2021 Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films Nominee Grand Prize Feature Films Competition (Dash Shaw) Cryptozoo
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