Roux Signs with Bent Image Lab

Roux Inks on the Dotted Line with Bent Image Lab

Bent's latest addition, Director Bernie Roux.

International Director Bernie Roux has joined Portland, Oregon studio Bent Image Lab, bringing with him his talent in animation and filmmaking. The award-winning director's international directing experience spans the world,  though his journey to Bent started with a few beers overlooking a river in France.
 
"I met the talented and enjoyable Mr. Roux (Monsieur Red) at the old castle sitting directly over a river in Annecy for a brief lunch that lasted four hours. Several beers later into the fading light of evening, one of the nearby table guests then handed us his half drunk pint, climbed over the rail, and promptly relived himself into the rushing water below," recalls Bent Partner David Daniels.
 
Growing up in South Africa, Roux studied film, illustration and 2D animation, eventually landing an apprenticeship under two of South Africa's top animators Riccardo Capecchi in 2D animation and Lindsay Van Blerk in stop motion.  After getting his foot in the door at a South African production company, Roux worked his way up through the ranks until he eventually founded his own studio, Lovebomb Animation. He later joined New Zealand animation studio Yukfoo in 2007 and then Stockholm's AgainstAllOdds/Passion Pictures in 2010.

Published 1, February 2013