Shortlist Judge

Christopher Lenox Smith

Mixtape Club

Chris Lenox Smith is an audio-visual artist and co-founder of Mixtape Club, an award-winning animation production company in New York City. His work has appeared on screens and speakers big and small, from commercials on TV to the Guggenheim in Bilbao, and even the biggest digital billboard in Times Square. Chris lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and two daughters.

2017 ASIFA East Official Selection, The Snow Girl, Director, Composer, Sound Designer/Mixer
2017 IFF Boston Official Selection, The Snow Girl, Director, Composer, Sound Designer/Mixer
2013 Annecy Official Selection, Primus “Lee Van Cleef” music video, Director
2012 Ottawa International Animation Festival Grand Prize: Best Commissioned Animation, Primus “Lee Van Cleef” music video, Director
2012 Vimeo Staff Pick, Primus “Lee Van Cleef” music video, Director
2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival Official Selection, “Hello, I Like You” short film, Director & Composer
2011 Vimeo Staff Pick, “Hello, I Like You” short film, Director & Composer
Art Directors Club Young Guns 9 Award, 2011, Music Composition and Sound Design (via collective “Huma-Huma”,
2010 SXSW Official Selection, Passion Pit “To Kingdom Come” music video, Director
Art Directors Club Young Guns 7 Award, 2009, Animation Directing (via directing team Mixtape Club)
2009 Slamdance Festival Official Selection, My Morning Jacket, “Touch Me I’m Going To Scream” music video, Director
2009 SXSW Festival Official Selection, Yeasayer “Wait For The Summer” music video, Director
2008 Vimeo Staff Pick, Yeasayer “Wait For The Summer” music video, Director
2008 SXSW Best Music Video, TV On The Radio “Me-I” music video, Director
2008 Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film Best Music Video, TV On The Radio “Me-I” music video,

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2007 Ottawa International Animation Festival Official Selection, TV On The Radio “Me-I” music video, Director
2007 Pictoplasma Animation Festival Official Selection, J-Dilla “Nothing Like