Akash Jones
Visual Effects
Biography
A graduate of Ryerson University, Akash is a Toronto-based stop-motion animator with production credits for studios like Amazon Prime, Sony Pictures and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios. His most recent film, A Tale of Two Regents, is a self-produced live-action documentary short about his father’s experience growing up as a new Canadian in Toronto’s Regent Park neighborhood. Akash became popular for his YouTube channel, "AkashLegoProductions," where he produced LEGO brickfilms. He is best known for brickfilms based on superheroes, including his LEGO Marvel Series, and LEGO Avengers: Endgame Battle - Iron Man Captain America and Thor vs Thanos. He is a notable example of a brickfilmer who shoots his films using an iPad. He is also the animator of brickfilm clips included in the Amazon Original series The Boys. He is yet to release "LEGO Justice League Part 4."
Known For
Two detectives must contend with dangerous corruption as they investigate the mysterious disappearance of the last honest politician in their dark city. A group of unlikely suspects emerges - each with the last name of Smith.
Ultra City Smiths
When Lavenza, a 19th-century noblewoman, overhears her husband complaining about her looks, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting the body parts from all the women he desires.
Lavenza
A stop-motion short film about a seahorse that is swept away from its coral reef and must survive the journey home.
The Lost Seahorse
Authenticity, friendship and safety come into question during a sketchy sneaker selling transaction.
Counterfeit
Akash Jones sits down with his father to talk about his life in Regent Park, his arrival to Canada, and early life in Regent and how it compares to his son's experience today.
A Tale of Two Regents
For Girl Skateboards and Chocolate Cinema short-film contest.
The Doors
“Wash your hands. Turn off the lights. And don’t forget your prayers to Ganesh.” Having fun with comicbook motifs and plasticine, Akash Jones honours the no-nonsense second-generation immigrant mother who raised him, instilling habits that guide him to this day. Stop-motion animation that says, “Love ya Mom.”
Amma
With the opportunity of a lifetime on the line, headstrong Kaya reaches out to her estranged mother for help, an entanglement that leads to a journey of understanding and healing through hair.