Animator Gaelle Denis creates the captivatingly illustrated tale of Naoko. A complete insomniac, she muses wearily over fish bowls, sushi, and the vast fish market near her Tokyo home to the puzzling question: why do fish never sleep?

Filmography
"Fish Never Sleep" 5 min58sec , RCA, Kyoto Geidae 2002
"Abubacar and the Afrodisiac" 2min10sec , RCA 2001
"Cho wa dada?" 4 min37 sec , selected and awarded in many international festivals, ENSAD 2000
"Emma" 1 min 1999, ENSAD 1998

Biography
Royal College of Art, animation, London,UK
Kyoto University of Arts, Japan, exchange of 4 months, Kyoto, Japan
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
CPGE ENS Cachan, ESAA Duperre, Paris, France
Baccalaureat S

Born in France, Montelimar, 27th of May 1975

Fish Never Sleep won the 2003 BAFTA Award for Short Animation