Steve Cutts

Not to be confused with Steven Cutts.

Steve Cutts
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Born
Steve Cutts
NationalityBritish
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Websitewww.stevecutts.com
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Subscribers1.83 million Edit this at Wikidata
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Years active2011–present
Genre
Subscribers1.89 million
(July 20, 2024)
Total views179.87 million
Associated acts
Moby
100,000 subscribers2015[1]
1,000,000 subscribers2020
Last updated: July 20, 2024
MAN
Happiness
In the Fall
The Turning Point
A Brief Disagreement

Steve Cutts is an activist illustrator and animator based in London, England.[2] His artwork satirises the excesses of modern society.[2][3] His style is inspired by cartoons from the 1920s-1930s, as well as modern comic books and graphic novels.[3]

Animations

Before becoming a freelancer in 2012, Cutts worked as an illustrator for the London creative agency Glue Isobar. He worked on digital projects for companies including Coca-Cola, Google, Sony, and Toyota.[4]

In 2012, Cutts created his most popular film, MAN, which has environmentalist and animal rights themes. Animated with Adobe Flash and After Effects, Cutts describes the film as "looking at man's relationship with the natural world." As of December 2024, the video has over 68 million views on YouTube.[4][5][6] In January 2016, a Cutts couch gag for a season 27 episode of The Simpsons featured an homage to 1980s action TV shows such as Miami Vice. As of December 2023, the video has over 25 million views on YouTube.[7][8][9]

In October 2016, a Cutts video for the song "Are You Lost in the World Like Me?" from the album These Systems Are Failing by Moby and the Void Pacific Choir addressed smartphone addiction, with Max Fleischer-inspired animation. Moby hired Cutts to create the video after being "amazed and blown away" by his MAN film.[10] The video won the 2017 Webby Award for animation.[11] In June 2017, Cutts illustrated another video for Moby and the Void Pacific Choir, "In This Cold Place" from the album More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse.[12][13] Cutts stated that both Moby videos represent "consumerism, greed, corruption and ultimately our self-destructiveness."[12]

In 2017, Cutts won the Jury Award at Annecy International Film Festival, the highest award which is a qualifying factor to be eligible for nomination at the Academy Awards. This was for the music video "Are You Lost in the World Like Me?"[14][15] In 2018 for the second-year running, Cutts was the Webby Award Winner in the Film & Video Animation Category for original cartoons, motion graphics, illustrations or digitally animated images premiered on the Internet.[16]

Cutts made Ridley Scott's curated list of just 12 for the New Directors' Showcase at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in June 2018. Of the final reel, Scott said: "The range of the work submitted this year has been remarkable. We've taken great care to ensure that the 2018 reel not only reflects great ideas but also considered craft and production."[17][18][19][20]

References

  1. ^ Steve Cutts YouTube channel, archived from the original on 1 December 2015, retrieved 1 December 2015
  2. ^ a b Brooks, Katherine (2 September 2015). "This Is What Modern Life Really Looks Like, According To An Illustrator". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b Moreno, Javier (24 August 2015). "An Artist Made Stunning Illustrations About Modern Society". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b "How we Impact Our Planet – Animated Short Films: Interview with Steve Cutts". Featured E-Magazine. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  5. ^ Humphries, Matthew (24 February 2013). "MAN: a thought provoking animation about our impact on the world". GEEK. Ziff-Davis. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  6. ^ Cutts, Steve (21 December 2012). "MAN". YouTube. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  7. ^ Creamer, Ryan (8 January 2016). "'The Simpsons' go totally retro in '80s action movie homage". Mashable. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  8. ^ Mathews, Liam (8 January 2016). "The Simpsons Goes Full '80s in New Opening Credits Couch Gag". TV Guide. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  9. ^ Animation on FOX (9 January 2016). "LA-Z Rider Couch Gag from Guest Animator Steve Cutts". YouTube. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  10. ^ Kreps, Daniel (17 October 2016). "See Moby's Grim New Video About Smartphone Addiction". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  11. ^ ""Are You Lost in the World Like Me?"". Webby Awards. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  12. ^ a b Sharpies, Grant (19 June 2017). "Moby Releases Powerful Video for "In This Cold Place"". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  13. ^ Mufson, Beckett (20 June 2017). "Moby's New Music Video Is a Sad Cartoon Nostalgia Bomb". Vice. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Film index Award winner". www.annecy.org. © CITIA. Retrieved 9 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  15. ^ "News". www.citia.org. © CITIA. Retrieved 9 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  16. ^ "Happiness". The Webby Awards. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Ridley Scott to curate Saatchi & Saatchi's New Directors' Showcase at Cannes". The Drum. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  18. ^ "Ridley Scott to curate 28th New Directors' Showcase in partnership with MPC". RSA Films. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  19. ^ "The 5 Most Inspiring Short Films at the Cannes New Directors' Showcase Curated By Ridley Scott". Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  20. ^ "New Directors' Showcase 2018: meet the next generation of filmmaking talent". Retrieved 18 July 2018.