Rony Oren

Rony Oren (Hebrew: רוני אורן; born on February 25, 1953) is an Israeli animator, claymator and academic. In the commercial world he is best known for more than 500 animated short films in clay and over 30 children books which he writes and illustrates. Oren was born in Haifa, Israel on February 25, 1953. He planned to be a biologist, and got into animation as a part-time job when he began making animated films for Channel 1 in the early 1970s. When he tried making an animated film with clay, he knew that he had found his material. From his independent studio Frame by Frame, established in 1978, he directed and animated over 500 short films and television series. Based on plasticine figures, a number of his films have received international awards. Oren won the Nachum Gutman prize for illustration. Oren's short films were submitted by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority and selected for screening in the Radio and Television Museum in New York and Los Angeles. Among the series that Oren produced were The Egg (25x25sec), Foxy Fables (13x7), Tales of a Wise King (26x6), and Grabbit the Rabbit (13x8).