Denise Hauser, Director & Filmmaker

SPDRS Commercials SBA reached out to Ataboy with a great brief to take their 2D work for SPDRs to the next level in their upcoming four spot campaign. I did the creative direction and directed the four videos together with Vikkal Parikh. We really dug their direction and added dimension, texture, and charm to the project by building a miniature city out of paper. Creating characters in CG helped bring these fun urban scenes to life.

Client: SPDRS
Agency: DNA Creative
Production Company: Ataboy Studios
Creative Director: Denise Hauser, Vikkal Parikh
Director: Denise Hauser
Director of Photography: David Griffiths 2015 Advertising, Animation, Directing
Smithsonian Archives The Smithsonian's Archives of American Art is the world's preeminent resource dedicated to collecting and preserving papers and primary records of the visual arts in America.

As part of their national fundraising campaign 2013 I directed this video which incorporates life action footage, stop motion animation and digital animation of real archive material such as sketchbooks, diaries, letters and photographs of artists like Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera, Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock.

CREDITS
Produced by KWC Productions
Written and directed by Denise Hauser
Cast: Allison Manning
Director of Photography: Claudio Rietti
Stop Motion Animation: Taylor Jordan
Set Design: Ana Monroe
Edit: Catherine Gionfriddo
Digital Animation, composition, color: Helmet
Sound Design & Music: Rich Keyworth 2013 Animation, Directing, Film
FiLIP Product Demo Film Every parent wants their kid to explore, discover and just be a kid. But imagine if we could stay in touch on any adventure. FiLIP is a world first device which has re-imagined smartphone voice and location technology for children. The colorful wristwatch is a patent-pending marriage of GPS, cell tower location and Wi-Fi triangulation, safely combined into one small device.

CREDITS
Agency: Leo Burnett NYC
Producer: Solovision
Director: Denise Hauser
Director of Photography: Claudio Rietti
Edit: Catherine Gionfriddo / Crewcuts
Animation & Screen Comps: Helmet
Color & Conform: Inti Martinez / Colorbox
Music: Oliver Julian / Soundtree
Sound Design & Mix: Henning Knoepfel 2013 Advertising, Directing, Film
Return to Sender RETURN TO SENDER (12:33min)

The mixed media short film combines life action footage with hand made miniature worlds, stop motion and digital animation.

SYNOPSIS
A female scientist lives a lonely and isolated life on the coast of Greenland. She is looking for the perfect partner to keep her company under such harsh conditions. One day, she discovers a website which enables her to grow her perfect match, but there is a possibility that things may go wrong. 2012 Animation, Directing, Film
Return to Sender - Process RETURN TO SENDER

The mixed media short film combines life action footage with hand made miniature worlds, stop motion and digital animation.

SYNOPSIS
A female scientist lives a lonely and isolated life on the coast of Greenland. She is looking for the perfect partner to keep her company under such harsh conditions. One day, she discovers a website which enables her to grow her perfect match, but there is a possibility that things may go wrong. 2013 Animation, Directing, Film
Wanda Løper Wanda Løper is a Norwegian animated short film currently in the last phase of development. The film has received financial support from the Norwegian Film Institute in Oslo, from the Central Norwegian Film Institute and from the Norwegian Arts Council. We hope to go into production during Spring/Summer of 2014. 2013 Animation, Art Direction, Directing
Copy City The short film is an experimental exploration into marginal worlds having it's roots in the new media development and real/virtual life.

The idea was to complement the voice over by filming repetitive actions from everyday life, like showering, eating breakfast and going to work. The video footage was edited to a rough voice over. Selected video sequences were then printed out frame by frame and copied in order to get the vintage look. Finally, the still frames were re-shot with a digital stills camera whilst composing and animating objects on top and by cutting, folding and tearing of the paper.
2010 Animation, Directing, Film
Trondheim Torg A series of 10 sec typographic vignettes commissioned by HK Reklamebyrå in collaboration with Shapeways New York created for Trondheim Torg.

Agency: HK Reklamebyrå
Visuals: Denise Hauser
Sound: Fred Amadeus Zakariassen 2013 Art Direction, Directing, Film