ANNE DOURIS

Anne is a director, animator, title artist and Juno-nominated visual artist from the dazzling metropolis of Toronto, Ontario. A traditional frame-by-frame animator, painter, and practical effects artist, Anne creates work that feels tangible, organic, and other-worldly. Her process, which involves hundreds of hours of drawing and painting by hand, means every piece is entirely unique and imbued with a humanity that can't be replicated by machine. Her hand-painted animated shorts have been showcased in the Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF), PBS’ Reel 13 and MTV Art Breaks. Her directorial work- both live and action and animated videos for bands including Andy Shauf, Sarah Harmer, Tokyo Police Club , and Anyway Gang – has been featured internationally on outlets such as NME, Stereogum, NOW and Much Music. Her design work for Hollerado’s White Paint album earned her a Juno nomination in 2014. In 2022, her animated short “Living Room” (for Andy Shauf) was nominated for the Prism Prize. In spring 2023, her hand-animated main title sequence for Apple Tv’s The Big Door Prize hit the big screen at SXSW for the show’s world premiere - in 2024, she created a whole NEW set of titles for season 2.

In addition to her title work for live action television (for grown ups), Anne also works in the world of children’s programming, directing and animating for Emmy-nominated series Miss Persona, The Wiggles, and MiniPop Kids.

As a production designer, she has conceptualized worlds as well as designed and constructed sets for Shaftesbury’s Space Dragon and Kim, CBC Kids / BBC’s HOPE WORKS, Nelvana’s Miss Persona, and CBC’s Kidscreen nominated series Does It Fart?, which earned her an Indie Series Award nomination for best production design.

In 2023, Anne officially launched her production company, Fuzzy Boy - along with the release a MVP funded short featuring puppets and sets entirely of her creation called “Every Time We Turn a Corner”. More on this can be found at www.fuzzyboy.ca

Anne’s favourite pass-times include playing in a few rock bands and making her friends watch old NFB cartoons while she yells about how great they are. Friends love that.