Felix Colgrave

Felix Colgrave
Born
Felix Colgrave

(1992-11-29) 29 November 1992 (age 32)
Railton, Tasmania, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Director, animator, cartoonist, filmmaker, artist, musician
Years active2008–present
StyleAnimation, surrealist, absurdist humour
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2008–present
Genres
  • Animation
  • music
Subscribers1.91 million[1]
Total views277 million[1]
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers2015[2]
1,000,000 subscribers2019[3]
Last updated: 7 August 2024
Musical career
GenresElectronic
Years active2018-present
LabelsNone
Websitecargocollective.com/felixcolgrave

Felix Colgrave (born 29 November[4] 1992) is an Australian director, animator, cartoonist, filmmaker, artist and musician. Distribution of Colgrave's work has, to date, been focused on YouTube where his channel has 1.91 million subscribers as of August 2024. Colgrave mainly uses After Effects for his animations.[5] As of August 7, 2024, his most popular animation is "Double King" with over 86 million views.[6]

Work

Colgrave has been involved in several commercial projects, having worked for clients such as Vice and Comedy Central,[7] as well as for Trip Tank[8] and Off the Air series.[9] He provided some in-game animations for Bethesda Softworks' Fallout 4.[10]

Colgrave's YouTube channel has twenty six of his 2D surreal, psychedelic animations,[11] half of which have over a million views each. His most popular animation, "Double King", has over 86 million views as of July 2024. Colgrave also created the music for "Double King" animation, which he released as an album known as Royal Noises from Dead Kingdoms.[12][13]

His animation "Man Spaghetti", has been featured on the animation website known as Cartoon Brew[14] Colgrave has directed a number of music videos, including videos for DJ Mustard, Nicki Minaj & Jeremih's "Don't Hurt Me"[15][16][17] Fever The Ghost's "SOURCE",[18] and Shoe's "Egg".[19]

He was credited for doing the storyboards for Childish Gambino's music video for "Feels Like Summer."[20][21]

Colgrave was interviewed at the Sydney Opera House with hosts from Comedy Central and Super Deluxe.[22]

Colgrave and his wife, Zoë Medcraft, operate the production company Wombot Studio out of their garage.[23]

Awards and recognition

The animation "CU" has won the best of the month award on the video-sharing website Vimeo.[24] His follow-up work "Flying Bamboo" was also featured as the opening for the Melbourne International Film Festival.[25]

"The Elephant's Garden" won "Best Australian Film" at the Melbourne International Animation Festival in 2014.[22] It has also gained exposure to the public from various web sources.[26][27] Both "Double King" and "The Elephant's Garden" are featured in the book titled Australian Animation: An International History.[28]

Personal life

Felix Colgrave has been animating since he was a child. One of his first animations, "Last Resort", was created early in 2008 when he was 15 years old.[29]

Colgrave's wife, Zoë[30] is an animation director, known as Trugglet on Instagram[25] They became engaged on 31 October 2016; On 23 February 2019, Colgrave revealed that he has one child with his wife.[31] Currently he lives in Melbourne, Australia.[32]

References

  1. ^ a b "About MasterAardvark". YouTube.
  2. ^ Felix Colgrave's Channel, archived from the original on 28 June 2015, retrieved 28 June 2015
  3. ^ "Felix Colgraves' YouTube stats". Social Blade.
  4. ^ Colgrave, Feliz [@felixcolgrave] (29 November 2017). "It's my birthday so I drew a baby" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 November 2019 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Colgrave, Feliz [@felixcolgrave] (16 February 2018). "I use varying combinations of Flash, AE and PS. This shot here though is a work-in-progress, all Flash so far" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 November 2019 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "DOUBLE KING". www.youtube.com. 2 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Felix Colgrave Animator".
  8. ^ "Felix Colgrave - DSC Interview" – via www.youtube.com.
  9. ^ Matos, Clinton (9 July 2018). "Felix Colgrave's new animation is now available on YouTube". htxt.africa. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Felix Colgrave". CBC/Radio-Canada. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Felix Colgrave - A Wizard, A True Star". Universalcollage.[permanent dead link‍]
  12. ^ Raad, Raheel (8 September 2017). ""Double King" By Felix Colgrave". Medium.
  13. ^ "Royal Noises from Dead Kingdoms: The Music of Double King, by Felix Colgrave". Felix Colgrave.
  14. ^ ""Man Spaghetti" by Felix Colgrave". Cartoon Brew. 29 March 2013.
  15. ^ "DJ Mustard, Nicki Minaj, Jeremih 'Don't Hurt Me' by Felix Colgrave". Promonews.
  16. ^ "DJ Mustard Shares Animated 'Don't Hurt Me' Video". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Watch The Video For DJ Mustard's "Don't Hurt Me" Featuring Nicki Minaj And Jeremih". TheFader.
  18. ^ "Cartoons perform disco ritual for Fever the Ghost music video". Dezeen. 28 March 2015.
  19. ^ "Shoe Biography". Last.fm.
  20. ^ Renshaw, David (6 September 2018). "Childish Gambino's "Feels Like Summer" directors break down the spectacular animated video". The FADER.
  21. ^ "Childish Gambino, Feels Like Summer". Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  22. ^ a b "Felix Colgrave: In Conversation with Greg Sharp & Alex Grigg". Sydney Opera House's "Graphic" Festival. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2019. - interview with Greg Sharp and Alex Grigg
  23. ^ Lane, Jamie (10 February 2023). "Felix Colgrave's 'Donks' Offers A Sly Commentary On Ocean Plastics". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  24. ^ "Monday Short: Felix Colgrave's Double King (2017)". QuickDrawAnimations. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  25. ^ a b "Trippy and relaxing animated insects move to a hypnotic beat". Boing Boing. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  26. ^ ""The Elephant Garden" Will Blow Your Mind". SplinterNews. 5 December 2013.
  27. ^ ""The Elephant's Garden 2013 Directed by Felix Colgrave"". Letterboxd.
  28. ^ Torre, Dan; Torre, Lienors (2018). Australian Animation: An International History. Springer. p. 237. ISBN 978-3-319-95492-9. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  29. ^ "Last Resort (S) (2008)" – via www.filmaffinity.com.
  30. ^ "My fiancée Zoë, on a damp day". Twitter.
  31. ^ Colgrave, Felix (23 February 2019). "Hi Hungry I'm Dadpic.twitter.com/tpJWTRc7PN".
  32. ^ "Felix Colgrave".