José García Moreno
Professor of Animation, School of Film and Television Loyola Marymount University
Media
Biography
During the 1980s, García Moreno was producer and creative director for two of Mexico City’s most influential radio stations, Rock 101 and Opus 94.
His animated and live-action films have been screened and awarded at major international festivals including Annecy, Anima Mundi, Clermont-Ferrand, Guadalajara, and Cannes. He has received prizes at festivals in Havana, Toronto, San Francisco, Mexico City, Montreal, and Japan, and has been nominated for the Ariel Award by the Mexican Film Academy. He is also a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Grant.
In 2010, he was named one of the 'Academic Leaders of the World' by the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), where he co-produced four student films addressing slavery and human trafficking in collaboration with the Coalition for the Abolition of Slavery and Human Trafficking (CAST).
At Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles, he has served as Chair of the Animation Department, as a member of the University’s Strategic Planning Committee, and as Chair of the Strategic Committee for Internationalization.
He has been a juror for Mexico’s National Endowment for the Arts (FONCA) and for the McLaren-Lambart Award. In 2013, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) published his reflections on narrative technique and visual storytelling. His animated films are part of the collections of the Luis Ángel Arango Library in Colombia and the Federal German Film Catalogue.
In 2018, he received the Kennedy Center Theater Festival’s 'Meritorious Animation Award'. His work is featured in 'Animation: A World History' by Giannalberto Bendazzi, a landmark reference in the field.
Since 2020, García Moreno has served as Director of the 'Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination (ACTI)' at LMU. In 2023, his film 'Long is the Way to Heaven' was selected for the Annecy International Animation Film Festival as part of the official program celebrating the history and legacy of Mexican animation.
Education
University of California Los Angeles
M.F.A.
Animation
Universidad Iberoamericana
B.A.
Communication Arts.
Université de la Sorbonne
Certificat de la Langue (Language Certificate)
Culture Francaise (French Culture)
FAMU, Filmová a Televizní Fakulta Akademie Múzickych Umení v Praze (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague)
Professional Degree
Animation
1999
Degree offered in conjunction with Kratky Film Barrandov, Bratri V Triku Animation Studios and Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Areas of Expertise
Industry Expertise
Accomplishments
Surrealismus und Animation. Animation Installation at the KHM, Cologne, Germany
2019-04-25
https://exmedia.khm.de/workshop-surrealismus-und-animation/
Conferenz: 23.04.2019
Workshop puppet-animation: 24 .und 25.04.2019
KHM Animationstudio / Filzengraben 18-24, Cologne, Germany.
The goal of this animation workshop resides on the idea of tactility and relation to the animated object through the lens of the Surrealist avant-garde movement. Historical and artistic references would be made to Central European animation, especially Czech auteurs like Jan Svankmajer.
Breaking the Glass Frame, Speaker
2019-07-05
The Symposium was hosted in partnership with the UCLA Animation Workshop, CalArts, and Women in Animation (WIA). The Symposium is organized by USC Animation & Digital Arts.
https://www.breakingtheglassframe.com
Kennedy Center Award
2018-04-30
Kennedy Center Theater Festival, Meritorious Award of Animation for a Theater Play. Producers: David Garden and Jose Garcia Moreno. “Emperor of the Moon”, Barnelle Theater, Los Angeles, CA. Stop Motion Animation.
Animation 3D Mapping Installation and Day of the Dead Altar, Dolores Olmedo Museum
2016-11-19
2016. Los Huesos Tienen Memoria / Bones Have Memory. Animation Art Installation at Mexican premier museum, Dolores Olmedo. Animation 3D Mapping Projection on a Ten Sugar Skulls Altar or "Tzompantli". Day of the Dead art installation in collaboration with Mexican artist, Betsabé Romero. Mexico CIty.
The Non-Urgency of Animation or How to Jump Out of a Vehicle in Motion
2018-05-31
2018. Academic Journal Article on animation and autism. “The Non-Urgency of Animation or How to Jump Out of a Vehicle in Motion”, Kronoscope 18 (2018), Brill Publishers, Leiden, Netherlands
Critical Theory and Photography, Book Co-Author.
2017-12-31
“T.C. y Fotografía. Imposible de Mirar. Catalizadores de la Fotografía Contemporánea: Atrocidad, Bestialidad y Narcisismo” in Nicht fur immer! ¡No es para siempre! Mier, Raymundo y Polidori, Ambra, editors. Gedisa Editorial and Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Barcelona): 2017 ISBN: 9788416919468
VR Exhibition, National Observatory Ixtli. Mexico City
2018-05-05
2018. Virtual Reality Drawing Exhibition. “Dimensiones Inasibles, Dibujo en Realidad Virtual”, Ixtli Observatory, National University Mexico (UNAM). As part of the PAPIME program. Mexico.
Jury, Animasivo International Animation Film Festival
2016-10-01
IX Animasivo, Festival de Animación Contemporánea. Ciudad de México. 2016. Mexico City.
Conference Speaker, 2015 Animation Educators Forum, ASIFA, USA
2015. Conference Speaker. “A Curricular Innovation that Redefined LMU Animation”. 2105 Animation Educators Forum, ASIFA (Association International du Film d´Animation). Animation Education: Six Effective Strategies. USA.
Book, "Drawing for Animation. From Script to Screen"
2013. "Animando al Dibujo. Del Guión a la Pantalla" (Drawing for Animation. From Script to Screen). José García Moreno, Tania de León, et. Al.
Publishers: Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, (National Academy of Fine Arts ) UNAM. ISBN: 9786070247736
Jury, McLaren-Lambart Award, USA
2011. Jury, McLaren-Lambart Award. Society of Animation Studies. Los Angeles, California. USA.
International Conference Speaker, Morocco
2011. Conference Speaker. Les Rencontres Sous la Tente, (Rencontres Internationales desÉcoles de Cinéma) Second International Film Schools Festival, Ourzazate, Morocco. (“The Importance of Facial Expressions for Animation Performance”). Institut Spécialisé dans les Métiers du Cinéma, Vivendi, and France Volontaires. Morocco.
DVD. Anthology of 25 Years of Animated Stories. Mexican Film Institute
2010. “25 Años de Historias Animadas. Cortometrajes de Animación. Edición de Colección. Volumen 1.”, José Ángel García Moreno, et Alt. Mexico: CONACULTA, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, CinemaFilms ISBN: 968-5042-16-0
International Academic Leader, 2010, México
2010. Distinguished as one of the International Academic Leaders. Insituto Mexicano de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM). Animation Production Project: Production of 4 short animated films (Sex Trafficking, Agricultural Servitude, Domestic Servitude, and Child Slavery). In coproduction with CAST (Coalition for the Abolition of Slavery and Human Trafficking) and the Insitituto de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), campus Guadalajara. México-USA.
Animadrid Film Festival, Official Selection, Spain
2008. Official Selection/ Retrospective. Animadrid 2008, International Animation Film Festival. Mexican Animation Retrospective. (“Open on Sundays, Largo es el Camino al Cielo, Catrina Posada y la Gran Piedra”). Madrid, Spain.
Festival de Cannes, Short Film Corner, France
2008. Short Film Corner Competition Selection, Festival de Cannes, France. “Dreams of War”.
Winner Stop Motion Animated Film, Creanimax Film Festival, Guadalajara
2006. Winner First Prize. Best Stop Motion Animated Film, Creanimax Animation Festival, “Catrina Posada y la Gran Piedra”, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano, Film Exhibition, Argentina
2006. Exhibition of Short Films at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jury, National Endowment for the Arts, México
2002. Jury. National Endowment for the Arts. (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes/Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes/ National Endowment for the Arts). México.
World Animation Celebration, Official Selection, Los Angeles, USA
2001. Official Selection in Competition. World Animation Celebration. Los Angeles, CA. "Catrina Posada and the Big Stone (Catrina Posada y la Gran Piedra"). USA.
Anima Mundi, Official Selection, Brazil
2001. Official Selection in Competition. Anima Mundi 2001. Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo, Brasil. "Catrina Posada and the Big Stone (Catrina Posada y la Gran Piedra")
Grant Winner, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation / CONACULTA
2000. Grant Winner. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Grant, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Latinoamericano de Comunicación Educativa, Canal 22 TV.
"Catrina Posada and the Big Stone". México-USA.
Clermont-Ferrand, Official Selection Film Festival, France
2000. Official Selection. International Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand.."Cocktail Molotov". France.
Annecy International Film Festival, Official Selection, France
2000. Official Selection. Festival International du film d´animation, Annecy ."Cocktail Molotov". France.
Anima Mundi, Official Selection Film Festival. Brazil
1999.Official Program in Competition. 7o. Festival Internacional de Animaçao do Brasil. Anima Mundi, Rio de Janeiro. "Long Is the Way to Heaven". Brasil
International Design Award, San Francisco, USA
1999. BDA International Design Award (Broadcast Desginers Association,BDA-PROMAX). "Carteleras Pintores. Canal Once TV." San Francisco, California, USA
Book. Homenaje al Lápiz (An Homage to the Pencil), Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Institute of Fine Arts), México
1999. “Homenaje al Lápiz (Homage to the Pencil)”, José Luis Cuevas, Carlos Fuentes, José Ángel García Moreno, et. Alt.; Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Museo José Luis Cuevas, Italia: Landucci Editores, Milan, Italy ISBN: 970-18-2992-1
Ariel Nomination, Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
1999. Official Nomination to the Ariel (Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) for Best Animated Short Film: "Largo es el Camino al Cielo" ("Long Is the Way to Heaven").
International Design Award, Canada
1998. BDA International Design Award (Broadcast Desginers Association,BDA-PROMAX). "Cartelera Canal Once TV". Toronto, Canada.
Special Jury Award, Festival internacional de Cine, México
1999. Special Jury Award at the Festival Internacional de Cine de la Ciudad de México. "Cocktail Molotov". México.
Winner Film Festival, Animation Coral, Festival del Cine Latinoamericano, Cuba
1998. Coral de Animación. "Long Is the Way to Heaven". Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, Cuba.
Winner, National Competition for Screenwriting, Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE)
1997. Winner National Competition for Screenwriting/ Short Films, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (CNCA) y el Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE). México
Fulbright Scholarship, USA
1993. Fulbright Scholarship. Animation Workshop, School of Film and Television, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). USA.
Affiliations
- ASIFA Association International du Film d' Animation
Languages
- English
- Spanish
- Czech
- French
Media Appearances
Anima Mundi Marks Merger
LMU Magazine print
2024-01-10
For three nights this past December, the façade of Sacred Heart Chapel became a massive video screen. Projected onto the chapel was an original multimedia presentation — “Anima Mundi/Soul of the World” — celebrating the 50th anniversary of the merger of Loyola University and Marymount College. The stunning visual work was created by Jose García Moreno, director of the LMU Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination and special assistant to the provost.
Moreno said his work was intended to celebrate the collaboration of LMU’s three sponsoring religious communities, along with honoring the Tongva and Mexican heritages of Southern California. He used the Sacred Heart Chapel façade, he said, to project a multimedia event that relates the animation medium with technology, art, ministry, and mission.
The presentation was accompanied by original music composed by LMU President Timothy Law Snyder, Ph.D., with a choir directed by John Flaherty, interim director of Choral Activities.
“For me, as an animator and a storyteller, it is a labor of love,” Moreno said.
Anima Mundi Celebrates LMU
Loyola Marymount University online
2023-11-13
The LMU Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination is creating a live multimedia show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the merger of Loyola University and Marymount College with a multimedia presentation with Sacred Heart Chapel as the backdrop. “Anima Mundi / The Soul of the World” will take place Dec. 3, 4, and 5 at 7 p.m. All are welcome.
The process of creating “Anima Mundi / Soul of the World” required animation, 3D printing, and high-definition video mapping projection. The show includes music composed by President Timothy Law Snyder and the participation of a live choir. José García Moreno is the mastermind behind this show. LMUTW interviewed García Moreno to discuss this celebration of LMU’s legacy and future.
Interview by Radio Prague, Czech Republic
Radio Prague radio
2019-05-30
Interview with Radio Prague, Czech Republic
The Benefits of Procrastination
Michael Hernandez. Changing the Narrative. First Season. online
2019-06-06
Interview with Michael Hernandez, Changing the Narrative.
You may also find it at...Anchor
https://anchor.fm/change-the-narrative/episodes/The-Benefits-of-Procrastination-e46cri
Screenings and Exhibitions in the International Day of Animation.
Gaceta, UNAM print
2014-10-30
2014. René Tijerino. “Proyecciones y Exposiciones en el Dia Mundial de la Animación” (“Screenings and Exhibitions at the International Day of Animation”, article at GACETA de la UNAM magazine. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Loyola Marymount University's José García-Moreno Discusses Applying Universal Knowledge to Animation
Animation Career Review online
2013-03-23
"Overlooking the Pacific from the bluffs of Los Angeles sits Loyola Marymount University, a gem in animation education that we’re taking a closer look at today. Working within the framework of the school’s Jesuit tradition, LMU’s Animation curriculum emphasizes critical thinking with a classical approach. Students combine rigorous core studies with courses in all elements of modern animation- beginning with traditional techniques and advancing into digital, multi-media and alternative forms of the art."
Event Appearances
The Non-Urgency of Animation / La No-Urgencia del Tiempo Animado
Cuadrilátero Visual / Animasivo Film Festival Conference Mexico City
2016-10-01
The Non Urgency of time in Animation
Triennial, International Society for the Study of Time, ISST University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
2016-06-27
Articles
Redefiniendo una Escuela de Animación (Redefining an Animation School)
Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain2016-05-05
2016. “Redefiniendo una Escuela de Animación” (Redefining an Animation School). Revista Anual de Investigación, Con A de Animación. Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain.
EISSN: 2173-3511 ISSN:2173-6049
Animando al Dibujo. Del Guión a la Pantalla
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México2013-11-01
"Animando al Dibujo. Del Guión a la Pantalla" (Drawing for Animation. From Script to Screen). José García Moreno, Tania de León, et. Al. Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, UNAM. ISBN: 9786070247736
La Nueva Animación (The New Animation)
Editorial Grijalbo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México“La Nueva Animación (The New Animation) José Angel García Moreno, in “México, Su Apuesta por la Cultura”: (”Mexico and its Bet on Culture”), Armando Ponce et Alt., México: Editorial Grijalbo, Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM). ISBN: 970-05-1648-2
