DAVID QUIN has worked since 1984 as an animator/director, producing stop-motion and 3D animated series, short films and commercials. He produced, directed and animated many childrens’ series for RTE. He received Arts Council Film and Video Awards for ‘To Forget’ and ‘The Darkness of Death’, and Frameworks awards for ‘Florida War’ and ‘T’was a Terrible Hard Work’. Since 1999, he has worked as an Assistant Lecturer in IADT DunLaoghaire, teaching CGI, Digital Skills and Animation. From 1999 until 2006, he freelanced with Brown Bag Films, becoming Brown Bag’s first 3D Technical Director and generating CGI for numerous commercials and short films, including the Oscar-nominated ‘Give Up Yer Aul Sins’. In 2002, he completed a BA (Hons) in Digital Media at Wolverhampton University. David Quin is married to sculptor Katy Goodhue and has three children. In any spare time, he likes to fly light aircraft and conduct research trips to Chernobyl.
Filmography – David Quin
1984 – 1987 Bailebeag series for RTE (stop motion)
1987 – 1989 Floradora series for RTE (stop motion)
1988 – 1990 Long Long Ago series for RTE (stop motion)
1991 - Arts Council Film and Video Award for ‘To Forget’ short film (stop motion)
1990 – 1991 Neddy series for RTE (stop motion)
1992 - Arts Council Film and Video Award for ‘Darkness of Death’ short film (stop motion)
1995 - Irish Film Board Development Award for ‘This Terrible Visitation’ animation (stop motion)
1995 - 1996 The Daisy Shoe series for RTE (stop motion)
1996 - 1997 Dunin series for RTE’s Morbegs (stop motion)
1997 - 1998 Circus series for RTE’s Morbegs (stop motion)
1999 - Machines series for RTE (CGI)
2000 - Frameworks Award for ‘Florida War’ short film (CGI)
2001 3D animation for ‘Give Up Yer Auld Sins’ Frameworks (for Brown Bag Films) (CGI)
2002 ‘Forest’ short film (CGI)
2002 3D animation on ‘Give Up Yer Auld Sins’ series for Brown Bag Films (CGI)
2006 ‘Press p To Play’ short film (machinima)
2006 - Percent for Art Scheme collaboration with Katy Goodhue (‘Mines of Information’ project)
2007 ‘biography (of DT Finn)’ short film (machinima)
2008 - Frameworks Award for ‘T’was a Terrible Hard Work’ short film (stop motion)
2009 ‘cutbacks’ internet series (www.dailymotion.com/cutbacks) (stop motion)
2010 'Mister Heaney - a wee portrait' (short film - stopmotion)
2010 start of 'rinkydink' internet series (stopmotion)
2010 'T'was a Terrible Hard Work' wins Best Animation in Fastnet Short Film Festival
2010 'Mister Heaney, a wee portrait' wins James Horgan Award for Best Animation at Galway Film Fleadh
2011 May 'leitronium' (short film) nears completion
2011 May 'rinkydink and the salmon of knowledge' (short film) nears completion
2012 March - 'leitronium' (short film) wins Irish Consulate Award at Chicago Irish Film Festival
2012 September - David Quin exhibits abstract sculptures in 'What Will You See' exhibition, Nenagh
Mister Hedgehog - Rinkydink series - April 2010
