Alex Weil
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Alex Weil is the founder and executive creative director of the New York City based digital design and production studio Charlex
. He was awarded the "Video of the Year" MTV Video Music Award
in 1984 for directing "You Might Think" by The Cars
, and also wrote and directed the SIGGRAPH
award-winning short digital animation One Rat Short
.
Charlex
Charlex is an American animation studio set in New York City that has created and produced commercials and animation for decades.-History:...
. He was awarded the "Video of the Year" MTV Video Music Award
MTV Video Music Awards
An MTV Video Music Award , is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in music videos...
in 1984 for directing "You Might Think" by The Cars
The Cars
The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band consisted of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson...
, and also wrote and directed the SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. The first SIGGRAPH conference was in 1974. The conference is attended by tens of thousands of computer professionals...
award-winning short digital animation One Rat Short
One Rat Short
One Rat Short is a short digital animation, written and directed by Alex Weil. It was awarded a Best of Show award at the SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival.- External links :* *...
.