S A Y H E Y:
michellecandraw@gmail.com
✌ Michelle is currently an Art Director for Crayola Create & Play at Red Games. ✌
G A L L E R Y S H O W I N G S
Red Bull House of Art (Icon 10 | Detroit) • Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG35) Art Show (Online) • Nintendo 8 Bit Show (Back to Bits | Online- Animated) • The Little Labs Art Gallery (Mythology | Burbank) • The Lion’s Nest (Icon 9 | Austin) • Warner Bros Tribute ( Fan Alley | Anaheim ) LTD Art Gallery (My Favourite Toys | Seattle)
F I L M S (CO-DIRECTED AND/ OR PRODUCED)
Victor, 2013
Toilet Paper, 2015
Pronounce 3000, 2017
#lastselfie, 2018
Self Love, 2023*
* (Currently showing, Internet release TBD)
F I L M F E S T I V A L S (CO-DIRECTED AND/ OR PRODUCED)
Sidewalk Film Fest ‘23 • Cannes Film Fest + ANNY 2019 • Vimeo Staff Pick • Film Shortage • Daily Pick • Nobudge Featured • LA Indie Film Festival • Midwest Independent Film Festival • Mitten Movie Project – Audience Choice Award • Burbank International Film Festival • Sidewalk Film Festival • NYC Festival of the Cinematics • Best Comedy • North Carolina Film Awards Director’s Award • Montgomery Film Festival • John Hopkins Film Festival • Streetlight Series • Fantavision • Holly Shorts Film Festival • Vaughan Film Festival • Film Brothers Festival of Shorts • The Indie Gathering International Film Festival – Best Cinematography • Capital City Film Festival • Multiverse Film Festival • San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
S E L E C T C L I E N T S
AppleTV+ • Discord • Google • Adult Swim • ADT • GM • Gusto • Playstation • Google Ventures • IPG • Resolve to Save Lives • Oxford University Press • Toy Association • Subway• Vonage • MLB • Turner • OnStar • The Verge • Pixar • Scholastic • Intercom • Fangamer •
P U B L I S H E D B O O K S & W O R K S
Tiara Friends : Case of the Stolen Crown (Scholastic)
Tiara Friends : The Silk Dress Secret (Scholastic)
Tractor & Digger (Oxford University Press)
1001 Dog Portraits (Contributor)
Storytime: Issue 21 (Cover & Hero Story)
Storytime: Issue 57 (Cover & Hero Story)
Santa’s New Tradition
S P E A K I N G A P P E A R A N C E S
College for Creative Studies with Yeah Haus • Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) Co-Motion • Mograph Mondays • Ferndale Public Library Costumed Life Drawing Host • Monster Drawing Rally Detroit • Adobe Creative Jam • Animation Nights New York (ANNY) Exchange • Dallas Society of Visual Communications (DSVC) • Speaker & Student Mentor at The Winchester School of Art •
A D D I T I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E S
Selected animated pitch for “SOLA” (Ottawa International Animation Festival OIAF) • Selected Women In Animation Mentee of Sandy Weinberg of Summit Talent & Literary agency • Ferndale Public Library Art Committee Board Member • Selected MBA Business Scholarship Award Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program • Selected Mentee of renowned Disney instructor Mark McDonnell (Motivarti) • Mentor of several artists •
I N T E R E S T S
Zelda • Dogs • Tea • Clay • Dancing awkwardly like someone is watching • Sailor Moon • Canada • More dogs • Watercolor • Hanging out with my family • Romcoms • Space & Astronomy • Nasa • The Library • Star Trek • Even more dogs •