Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1987-03-02 (37 years old)

Place of Birth Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Also Known As Tomatico

Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat

Biography

Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat (b. 1987, Santo Domingo) is a storyteller from the Dominican Republic. Working primarily on video, animation and drawing. He was granted a full year scholarship at Fabrica, Benetton's Design Research center, in Treviso, Italy in 2013. Tomás received his BFA in Art and Media at Parsons, the New School of Design in 2010. And his AA degree in fine arts, at Altos de Chavón, in 2008. Pichardo's work has hints of magic realism. Evoking the colorful, surreal and sometimes disorienting experience of growing up in the Caribbean. His world is personal and intimate, with characters full of colors and textures, drawn into situations outside of their comfort zone. Recent solo exhibitions include CasaQuien (DR), Centro de la Imagen (DR) and Fabrica Features (Lisbon, Portugal). And he has had work included in group exhibitions at the Triennale di Milano (Italy), Museum for Contemporary Art, (México) and Annecy Animation Film Festival (France).

Known For

Director

Asterisco

as Director

2024
2020
2020
2019
2019
The Nutritionist

as Director

2019
Divine Comedy

as Director

2018
Waiting for Godot

as Director

2017
2015
Malvao

as Director

2015
Who was Confucius?

as Director

2014
Cumbia de Piedra

as Director

2013
Dante

as Director

2013
Floating Islands

as Director

2012
AstroLunar

as Director

2011
Línea Confín

as Director

Art

2024
Olivia & the Clouds

as Art Direction

2021
2019
Midnight's Children

as Storyboard Artist

2019
Divine Comedy

as Storyboard Artist

2018
The 1937 Haitian Massacre

as Storyboard Artist

2018
Waiting for Godot

as Storyboard Artist

2016
Is graffiti art? Or vandalism?

as Storyboard Artist

2016
What is abstract expressionism?

as Storyboard Artist

2016
The Neuroscience of Imagination

as Storyboard Artist

2016
The science of skin color

as Storyboard Artist

2015
2015
Who was Confucius?

as Storyboard Artist

Visual Effects

Roots

as Supervising Animation Director

2020
El Club de Chichiguas

as Animation Director

2020
El Regreso al Planeta M

as Animation Director

2019
Midnight's Children

as Animation

2019
Divine Comedy

as Animation

2018
Waiting for Godot

as Animation

2016
2015
Malvao

as Animation Director

2015
Who was Confucius?

as Animation

2014
Cumbia de Piedra

as Animation Director

2013
Floating Islands

as Animation Director

2011
Línea Confín

as Animation Director

Writer

2024
2020
El Club de Chichiguas

as Screenplay

2020
2017
2015
Malvao

as Screenplay

2014
Cumbia de Piedra

as Screenplay

2013
Dante

as Screenplay

2013
Floating Islands

as Screenplay

2012
AstroLunar

as Screenplay

2011
Línea Confín

as Screenplay

Editor

2020
2019
2015
Malvao

as Editor

2014
2013
2013
Dante

as Editor

2011
Línea Confín

as Editor

Producer

2020
2020
2015
Malvao

as Producer

2013
Dante

as Producer

2012
AstroLunar

as Producer

2011
Línea Confín

as Producer

Camera

2024
Olivia & the Clouds

as Director of Photography

2013
Dante

as Director of Photography

Crew

2012
AstroLunar

as Cinematography