Director
Andreas Hykade
Born January 1, 1968 in Altötting, Bavaria, Germany11 films
Andreas Hykade (born 1968 in Altötting, Bavaria) is a German animator, cartoonist, and voice actor. Before studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 1988 to 1990, he attended König-Karlmann-Gymnasium Altötting. He worked as an animator in London in 1991, then studied animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg until 1995. Since then he works as animation director, partly at "Studio Filmbilder" in Stuttgart, and as the Professor for Animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.
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Hykade's trademark style is based on very simple characters which move in smooth animation. Sometimes, like in the two music videos for Gigi D'Agostino, there's just a line over a flat color, much like the classical La Linea-character of Osvaldo Cavandoli (to which they are a loving homage). Often his characters feature single strokes as arms and legs, in this Hykade is similar to German comic artist OL [de], or the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books by Jeff Kinney.
Filmography
11 films as director- 2025Dr. Dr. ThemefartDirector
- 2022Dealing with WarDirector
- 2021AltöttingDirector
- 2015Myself: UniverseDirector
- 2015Myself: SmokeDirector
- 2014NuggetsDirector
- 2014HAFF 2014 Festival LeaderDirector
- 2010Love and TheftDirector
- 2006The RuntDirector
- 2000Ring of FireDirector
- 1995We Lived in GrassDirector