Ondrej Rudavsky
director, visual engineer, programming
When Rudavsky was 13, he began his journey as a filmmaker, inspired by directors like Melies, Bunuel, Zeman, Fellini, and artists like Bosch, Bruegel, and European surreal artists. After studying fine art and graphic at the Collage of art in Bratislava, he went on to study film animation at the University of art in Prague. Then, in 1986, Rudavsky immigrated to America.
Rudavsky began his music video career with a bang in 1992 after he met Moby, who enlisted him to create a film projection to be shown during his live concert. Moby then hire him to direct and animate his first music video, GO. Rudavsky's work with Moby enabled him to gain exposure in the music scene and create additional music videos for Los Lobos and Dead Can Dance among others. These videos earned him an MTV Award, Golden Eagle Award, Monitor Award, and a Grammy nomination. Rudavsky quickly became a well-respected director in the international music video arena.
Rudavsky has also written, directed and produced numerous short films, many of which have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art/New York, Sundance Film Festival, New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center, Bronx Museum, Hiroshima Film Festival, Woodstock, Annecy, Anima Mundy, Slamdance, Florida film festival and more. He also wrote, directed, animated, and produced a forty-minute animated film titled, "BEYOND INVISIBLE", with the introduction delivered by actress Lisa Bonet. Rudavsky also directed & animated more music art videos in Europe which garnered him two Aurel Awards for artists such as Muller and Jana Kirschner. For the 2005 MTV awards in Florida, he created video art for an electronic panel that appeared on the stage during the performance of the group Yellowcard. Rudavsky's latest conquest is experimenting with high definition format, video sculptures, music, and 3D projections, which are prevalent in the new Cove video.
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