Maria-Elena Doyle

Maria-Elena is an award winning film director, designer/digital animator.
Of Spanish-Irish descent, Maria-Elena Doyle graduated with a degree in visual communication from the National College of Art and Design Dublin, Ireland.

Maria-Elena started her career as a motion graphics artist working for 7 years in Irish television.

In 2006 Maria-Elena was inspired to make her first short film, RAIN which received the Atlantis award for best foreign animation at the Moondance International Film Festival LA 2007.
In 2011 Maria-Elena received an AFTA award for her second short film Meniscus funded by the independent film-makers fund.
Meniscus has screened in festivals throughout the world, and was the first kiwi film selected for the official competition at Annecy International animation festival 2011.
"I am passionate about making outstanding original imagery"