Biography
Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat (b. 1987, Santo Domingo) is a storyteller from the Dominican Republic. Working primarily on video, animation and drawing. He was granted a full year scholarship at Fabrica, Benetton's Design Research center, in Treviso, Italy in 2013. Tomás received his BFA in Art and Media at Parsons, the New School of Design in 2010. And his AA degree in fine arts, at Altos de Chavón, in 2008.
Pichardo's work has hints of magic realism. Evoking the colorful, surreal and sometimes disorienting experience of growing up in the Caribbean. His world is personal and intimate, with characters full of colors and textures, drawn into situations outside of their comfort zone. Recent solo exhibitions include CasaQuien (DR), Centro de la Imagen (DR) and Fabrica Features (Lisbon, Portugal). And he has had work included in group exhibitions at the Triennale di Milano (Italy), Museum for Contemporary Art, (México) and Annecy Animation Film Festival (France).
Filmography
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Crew
Crew Credits
Olivia & the Clouds
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2025
Olivia & the Clouds
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2025
Olivia & the Clouds
Role: Art Direction
MOVIE • 2025
Olivia & the Clouds
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2025
One of the most dangerous men in American history
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023
The Rebel Radio that brought down a war criminal
Role: Storyboard Artist
MOVIE • 2022
The Rebel Radio that brought down a war criminal
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
Can Love and Independence Coexist?
Role: Storyboard Artist
MOVIE • 2021
Can Love and Independence Coexist?
Role: Animation
MOVIE • 2021
Can Love and Independence Coexist?
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
The Secret Society of the Great Dismal Swamp
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
The Secret Society of the Great Dismal Swamp
Role: Storyboard Artist
MOVIE • 2021
What really happened during the Attica Prison Rebellion
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
What really happened during the Attica Prison Rebellion
Role: Animation
MOVIE • 2021
What really happened during the Attica Prison Rebellion
Role: Storyboard Artist
MOVIE • 2021
Las Mariposas: How Three Sisters defied a Dictator
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
The Rise and Fall of History's First Empire
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020
The Rise and Fall of History's First Empire
Role: Storyboard Artist
MOVIE • 2020
The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020
The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire
Role: Storyboard Artist
MOVIE • 2020