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howie

Animator/Illustrator/Video Artist

About Me

Saskatoon-born artist Howie Shia is a founding partner in the Toronto-based music/design/film studio PPF House. There he spends much of his time illustrating, animating and scoring independent work as well as commercial projects for the likes of the NFB, UN-Habitat, the YMCA, Nike, Maisonneuve Magazine, the Worst Pop Band Ever, LEO37 and others. A Chalmers Award nominee and recipient of the Vtape Video Art Award, Shia's work has been screened at festivals and galleries around the world, including the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), MIPTV Festival (Cannes), the Lux (London, England), the Glenbow Museum Festival of Moving Objects (Calgary) and the University of Cairo. Howie is a frequent contributor of set and prop designs to Toronto's acclaimed Belltower Theatre group and is known on the dance floor for his killer knee spin. Howie has been called many things throughout his diverse career, most notably, "Howie."

My Blog

FLUTTER in Montreal, NYC and Palm Springs

Howdy folks, FLUTTER Screenings in July:Fantasia Film FestivalMontreal, QCJuly 13, 5pm: Short Film Programme: Courts-métrages québécois 3July 13, 5:15pm: Openi...
Posted by howie on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:03:00 PST

FLUTTER wins Grand Prix at Tokyo International Anime Fair

Howdy folks,We are very pleased to announce (confirm) that Flutter was awarded the Open Entries Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Anime Fair last month. There's are several articles about it onlin...
Posted by howie on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:09:00 PST

FLUTTER at Tokyo International Anime Fair

Hi folks,I am pleased to announce that my newest animated short, FLUTTER , will be having its World Premiere at the TOKYO INTERNATIONAL ANIME FAIR next weekend (March 22-25).For details on the film, i...
Posted by howie on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:07:00 PST

PPF 2007 Calendar

PPF 2007 CalendarJust to let you all know, I've put together a new 2007 Calendar featuring a dozen of my recent images from the past year (and a bit).  It's available from the PPF Store.The ...
Posted by howie on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:47:00 PST

THE CENTURY OF LOVE

On and off for the past year, I've been working on a comic strip called the Century of Love.  It's about a husband and a wife.  And airplanes.  Some people seem to really like it.&...
Posted by howie on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:34:00 PST

"Portraits" is Innovative(ish)

"Portraits on a Blustery Day" was given honorable mention as the runner up for the Wallace Most Innovative Film award at the REEL ASIAN Film Festival in Toronto this past weekend.  So that's cool...
Posted by howie on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:07:00 PST