CATYA PLATE -Spanish born/German multi-media artist, animator, director, producer, writer - came to New York in 1987 through a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the School of Visual Arts.
Her work has been shown since the mid-1980's at Museums and Galleries like the Whitney Museum at Altria and Adam Baumgold Gallery and is included in collections such as The Brooklyn Museum and New York Library/Print Collection. Reviews have appeared in The New York Times, among others.
In 2009 she created Clothespin Freak Productions to bring her “Clothespin Freaks” characters to life through handcrafted award-winning stop-motion animation films.
In April 2023, she received a prestigious NYC Women's Fund Grant Award by New York Foundation for the Arts for Las Nogas which premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival and won the Grand Prize for Best Environmental Film.
Filmography
Writer (5 Credits)
Las Nogas
Short Script
Meeting MacGuffin
Screenplay, Short Script
Las Nogas2023
Animation, Short
Meeting MacGuffin2017
Animation, Short
Hanging By A Thread2013
Animation, Short
Producer (3 Credits)
Las Nogas2023
Animation, Short
Meeting MacGuffin2017
Animation, Short
Hanging By A Thread2013
Animation, Short
Director (3 Credits)
Las Nogas2023
Animation, Short
Meeting MacGuffin2017
Animation, Short
Hanging By A Thread2013
Animation, Short
Cinematography (1 Credit)
Meeting MacGuffin2017
Animation, Short
Director of Photography (1 Credit)
Meeting MacGuffin2017
Animation, Short
Animator (1 Credit)
Meeting MacGuffin2017
Animation, Short
41 Awards & Selections
Official Selection Las Nogas
Queens World Film Festival New York
2024
Offical Selection Las Nogas
Boston Underground Film Festival Cambridge
2024
Offical Selection Las Nogas
Oxford Film Festival Oxford
2024
Offical Selection Las Nogas
Animac Lleida
2024
Official Selection Las Nogas
Cucalorus Wilmington, NC
2023
Official Selection Las Nogas
Filmets Badalona
2023
Official Selection Las Nogas
New Hampshire Film Festival Portsmouth
2023
Grand Prize: GREEN PLANET AWARD Las Nogas
Flickers' Rhode island International Film Festival Providence, RI
2023
Lois Weber Pioneer Award Meeting MacGuffin
Queens World Film Festival Queens, NY
2021
WINNER BEST ANIMATION SCRIPT Las Nogas
Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival Providence
2019
BEST ANIMATED FILM Meeting MacGuffin
ME Film Festival Milledgeville
2019
BEST ANIMATION Meeting MacGuffin
Jim Thorpe Film Festival Jim Thorpe
2019
BEST ANIMATION (Professional Category) Meeting MacGuffin
St. Francis College Women's Film Festival New York