Peter Simkovic

Peter Simkovic

Freelance Animator, Illustrator,

,,Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.,,

Elbert Hubbard

1968Born in Bratislava, Slovakia
1980 The first clay-animated amateur film I made with 8mm camera at the age of 11
1983 – 87I studied at the Secondary Industrial School of Mechanical Engineering in Bratislava,
1986 My amateur animated film “Sam and the Thief” won several awards in competitions and was screened twice on Czechoslovak television
1987 After the selection process, I was admitted to the Slovak Studio of the Animated film Koliba
1989 – 90Military service
1991 Closing of the Koliba Animated Film Studio, I became an independent artist
1991 -2001 I worked as a freelance animator on series, commercials and I drew for 10 magazines
2000 I started studies at the Academy of Performing Arts, Film and Television Faculty
2001 Interrupted my studies due to a job offer from Munich, moving to Germany
2001-2006Animator and graphist at Contnet AG Munich
2007-2008 Studium at Wildner Akademie der Medien Munich, certificate
2008 – todayFreelance illustrator, motion designer and graphist