João Gonzalez

João Gonzalez, born and raised in Portugal (Porto, 1996) is an animation student and a musician, playing the piano since he was 4. He took the Multimedia Arts course at ESMAD university in Porto, where he graduated in 2017, specialising in the field of Animation and continuing to study piano independently. His first animation short film "The Voyager”, which features a live musical piano performance whenever it’s possible, got 11 awards in film festivals such as BFI Future Film Festival, CINANIMA and MONSTRA. Right now, João is studying Animation at the Royal College of Art in London.