Michael Granberry is a 3-time Emmy award-winning director and stop-motion animator whose work can be seen in the critically acclaimed series "Severance" directed by Ben Stiller, the Oscar-winning "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio", Henry Selick's "Wendell & Wild", Charlie Kaufman's Oscar-nominated "Anomalisa", "Tales of Halloween", "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy" and numerous other feature films, documentaries, TV shows, web series and music videos. His independent work, which he describes as "queer, garage-punk stop-motion slam poetry" uses recycled and repurposed materials to create strikingly unique visual stories.

Director based in the USA

Born in Nantes in 1992, Paul Guédon graduated from ESEC and Gobelins. After several experiences as a production assistant on feature films, he eventually turned to directing commercials. Alongside this activity, he continues to develop his own fiction short film scripts.

In 2024, he wrote and directed his first self-produced short film, "Glowing", which was selected among the 50 finalist films of the 14th edition of the Nikon Film Festival and competed in the national selection at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival 2024. "Greying" is his second self-produced short film.