About The Trickster's Toys

The Trickster's Toys is my award-winning animated short film. Check out these STILLS and CLIPS. There once lived a trickster in a wonderful and wicked castle. He had a loyal servant and all the toys a trickster could wish for. Whimsical he was and delighted to play tricks on his pets. A pity though, that no one had ever taught him... how to play nice! The Trickster’s Toys began with an image of a strange fish tank I saw in a dream. After listening to Montagues and Capulets, by composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), a fantastic classical theme, more images started taking shape in my mind and so it started... About three years later I finally finished this intense, extremely absorbing undertaking. This 6 minute 30 seconds film grew into much more than I had initially planned. Yes, I wanted it to be my ticket to PIXAR at the time and to gain recognition by studios, yet sadly, that didn't happen. It'd be great if I could make some money with it, but there isn't really money in shorts... If I could go back, I'd simplify the style, not spend 3 years on it, and rather than an atmospheric moody film, I'd go for funny. Funny is money after all :)