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Louise Bagnall

Animation Director

DIRECTORS

Filmography
  • Late Afternoon
    2017 — Short Film — 9 mins
  • Loose Ends
    2013 — Ghost Stories Anthology Short Film — 3 mins
  • Donkey
    2009 — Short Film — 6 mins
  • Cúl an Tí
    2016 — Anthology Short Film — 3 mins
Awards
  • 2019 — Nominee
    Academy Awards — Best Animated Short Film. Late Afternoon
  • 2019 — Winner
    Dam Short Film Festival — Best Animation. Late Afternoon
  • 2019 — Winner
    West Chester International Short Film Festival — Best Female Director. Late Afternoon
  • 2018 — Winner
    Animayo — Grand Jury Award. Late Afternoon
  • 2018 — Winner
    Irish Film and Television Awards — Best Short Animation. Late Afternoon
  • 2018 — Winner
    Tribeca Film Festival — Best Animated Short. Late Afternoon
  • 2017 — Winner
    Irish Film Festival London — Irish Film London Award, Best Short Film. Late Afternoon
  • 2009 — Winner
    Darklight Film Festival — Best Short Animation. Donkey

Louise Bagnall is an Irish filmmaker and director at the animation studio Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny, Ireland. Louise wrote and directed the Oscar® nominated short animated film Late Afternoon. She has also directed several other shorts including Cúl An Tí, Loose Ends and Donkey. 

Besides directing, Louise has worked as a character designer on Puffin Rock and The Breadwinner and as a storyboard artist on Wolfwalkers. In recent years Louise has worked as an assistant director on Nora Twomey’s Netflix upcoming feature film My Father’s Dragon. Currently Louise is developing a feature film at Cartoon Saloon.

Late Afternoon
Donkey
Loose Ends