Steven Woloshen

Steven Woloshen is a Canadian film animator and pioneer of drawn-on-film animation, born in 1960 in Montreal, Quebec.4 He specializes in cameraless animation, also known as direct animation, which involves scratching, painting, drawing, or otherwise directly manipulating film strips.1

Woloshen has been making short abstract films and installation pieces since 1982.1 He currently works as a Film Editor at the National Film Board of Canada.3 His educational background includes attending Vanier College, where he worked with Super-8 film and video, and later Concordia University.35

Some notable achievements in Woloshen's career include:

1. Creating over 40 films using his unique animation technique.1
2. Completing a 10-year film project called "1000 Plateaus" in 2014, which he worked on while employed as a driver on film sets.1
3. Publishing two books on handmade filmmaking techniques: "Recipes for Reconstruction: The Cookbook for the Frugal Filmmaker" (2010) and "Scratch, Crackle & Pop!" (2015).1
4. Receiving numerous commissions and frequently giving lectures and masterclasses on his animation techniques.1
5. Being invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2019.2

Woloshen's work often appears at festivals and galleries, and he has received several awards for his contributions to animation.1