Sho Hsieh Interactive Experience Designer
All work

Endling

A documentary crew interviews the man who keeps the last goldfish on earth. The story itself is told in animation, and the animation is the part I directed.

Studio
Fifth Atrium
Year
2024
My role
Animation Director
Type
Animation within a short film
What I did
  • Animation direction
  • Animation
  • Character design
  • Concept art
What I did not
  • Writing and direction of the film
  • Storyboard
  • Live action
  • Editing
  • Sound design
Worked with
  • Kelly Yu, writer and director
  • Nastaran Arsalani, co-animation director
  • Animation team of ten
  • Fifth Atrium production
Programme
Rising Voices Season 4, the emerging-filmmaker series sponsored by Indeed
Festivals
  • Tribeca Festival 2024, official selection
  • HollyShorts 2024, official selection
  • Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2025
  • NFFTY 2025, jury nominee
  • Oscar-qualifying
Credited
Animation department, IMDb
A frame from Endling showing the film’s hand-crafted world.

Selected views

Endling, view one. Endling, view two. Endling, view three. Endling, view four. Endling, view five. Endling, view six.

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