
Frederic Siegel
Directing
Biography
Frederic Siegel is a Swiss animation director, visual artist and member of the Zurich-based creative collective "Team Tumult“. While expressing his own artistic views in personal short films, illustrations and music, he's also teaching animation basics and producing commissioned work and music videos. He graduated in 2015 from the Lucerne School of Art & Design with the film Ruben Leaves, which won several awards, including the Swiss Film Award for the best graduation film.
Known For

Six-year-old Diego exceeds his screen time and ends up with square eyes. This triggers a series of mysterious phenomena, seeping through various screens in the apartment building. When police officers Kim and Mike arrive to investigate a noise complaint, they find themselves in a chaotic mix of realities and must face off against fictional threats come to life.
TV or The Disturbance on Forest Hill Road

On a planet far away, a primeval creature gets banished by the chief of its tribe. Exiled and with the burden of a disgraced honour, it sets foot into the unknown land beyond its home, where it finds an intriguing alien concept to take vengeance.
Honour

Amelia is the sole survivor on a damaged spaceship. Caught in the gravitational pull of a planet, she struggles with grief and isolation. When a mysterious presence appears, she is torn between the past and the future.
Lost Touch

Leaving for his dream job, a satellite technician keeps solitude at bay by constantly texting with his old friends. After neglecting his duties a satellite leaves its orbit which causes the world's network to collapse.
The Lonely Orbit

It should have been just another day, but Ruben’s scheduled meeting with Dave is making him nervous. Fearful imaginings haunt his morning. He forgets to lock his door, misses the bus and when he enters the office he sees a deer waiting for him.
Ruben Leaves
This one-minute short about funerals, bursting bubbles and black holes shows us how grief transcends through time and space.
Interdimensional Melancholy

A face is born out of chaos. It struggles to exist. It struggles to find its purpose. It struggles to sit on a chair. In fact, it struggles with a lot of things. But thank god, it’s trying. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯