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TED-Ed | Why Is Ketchup So Hard To Pour?

April 9, 2014 by hH

Animated lesson on non-newtonian fluids. My latest collaboration with the great folks at TED-Ed, this time we tackle non-newtonian fluids and why is it so hard to get ketchup out of a bottle. If you want to know more about the TED-Ed project check out their site here. And find more lesson on their YouTube channel. CREDITS […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: Education, Ketchup, Non-Newtonian Fluids, Science, TED-Ed

WWF | River Flow

March 31, 2014 by hH

My second video for WWF Canada, once agin trough TOGETHER: Words+Picture for Art & Culture, explains the importance of protecting the natural flow of water in rivers and streams, and how environmental flow affects important and iconic species like salmon. The video was launched to create awareness about river flow and to support the conversation about the newly […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film, uncategorized • Tags: Environment, River flow, short film, WWF

TED-Ed | 10% Of Your Brain

February 10, 2014 by hH

Animated lesson on the way the brain uses energy. My third collaboration with the wonderful TED-Ed team, in this occasion debunking the 10% brain myth by renowned neurologist Richard E. Cytowic. If you want to know more about the TED-Ed project check out their site here. And find more lesson on their YouTube channel. CREDITS DESIGN & DIRECTION: Hector […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: 10% myth, Brain, Education, Neuroscience, TED-Ed

TED-Ed | Music In Ancient Greece

December 4, 2013 by hH

Animated lesson on the importance of Music in Ancient Greece for TED-Ed. I’m extremely proud to have been able to collaborate for a second time with the great people at TED-Ed, this time on a lesson by Tim Hansen. If you want to know more about the TED-Ed project check out their site here. And find […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: Ancient Greece, Education, music, TED-Ed

Stoli ORGNL.TV | The Origin Of Hair Metal

November 27, 2013 by hH

I was among the filmmakers commissioned by Jacknife Design and Stolichnaya Vodka to develop an original film to celebrate the brand’s beginnings. They gave all the filmmakers carte blanche on the script, style and story we wanted to tell, as long as it was an origin story. Partnering up with Pazit Cahlon to write and […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: hair metal, ORGNL.TV, origin story, short film, stoli, vodka

WWF | Freshwater

September 10, 2013 by hH

I’m incredibly proud to have been commissioned trough TOGETHER: Words+Picture for Art & Culture by WWF Canada to write, design and animate the video to introduce their Freshwater Health Assessment initiative. Working with the amazing team over at The Public Assembly we were able to have a direct-to-client relationship with the folks at WWF. Take a look […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: Environment, Freshwater, short film, WWF

TED-Ed | First Impressions

August 18, 2013 by hH

Animated lesson on the psychology of First Impressions for TED-Ed. I’m extremely proud to have been able to collaborate with the great people at TED-Ed on this lesson by Peter Mende-Siedlecki. If you want to know more about the TED-Ed project check out their site here. And find more lesson on their YouTube channel. DESIGN & DIRECTION: Hector […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: Education, first impressions, TED-Ed

Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children | Animated Sequences

April 18, 2013 by hH

Animated sequences for the documentary film based on Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire’s book of the same name. Trough TOGETHER: Words+Pictures for Art & Culture I got the chance to design the five animated sequences in Patrick Reed’s new documentary film based on Lt. General Roméo Dallaire’s book about child soldiers. TOGETHER was not only tapped to pitch […]

Categories: broadcast design, documentary, featured, film, music video/short film • Tags: animation, child soldiers, direction, documentary, film, Romeo Dallaire

Beastly Bards | Half A Pantaloon

April 18, 2013 by hH

HALF-A-PANTALOON is the second “chapter” of Beastly Bards. In the style of a public service announcement, it warns the viewer of the perils of wearing shorts in professional situations. Even charming monsters can’t get away with sartorial blunders. Half-a-Pantaloon is a 5-minute animated short starring a charming monster named…um, well, we didn’t name him, but […]

Categories: animation, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: animation, beastly bards, character design, short film

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