Felix Colgrave

Felix Colgrave (born 29 November[3] 1992) is an Australian director, animator, cartoonist, filmmaker, artist and musician. Distribution of Colgrave's work has, to date, been focused on YouTube where his channel has 1.38 million subscribers. Colgrave mainly uses After Effects for his animations.[4] As of now, his most popular animation is Double King with over 48 million views.[5]

Felix Colgrave
Born
Felix Colgrave

(1992-11-29) 29 November 1992
Railton, Tasmania, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationDirector, animator, cartoonist, filmmaker, artist, musician
Years active2008–present
StyleAnimation, surrealist, absurdist humour
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2008–present
Genre
  • Animation
  • music
Subscribers1.38 million
Total views170,128,567
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2015[1]
1,000,000 subscribers 2019[2]
Updated: 22 June 2020
Musical career
GenresElectronic
Years active2018-present
LabelsNone
Websitecargocollective.com/felixcolgrave

Work

Colgrave has been involved in several commercial projects, having worked for clients such as Vice and Comedy Central,[6] as well as for Trip Tank[7] and Off the Air series.[8] He provided some in-game animations for Bethesda Softworks' Fallout 4.[9]

Colgrave's YouTube channel has twenty six of his 2D surreal, psychedelic, animations,[10] half of which have over a million views each. "DOUBLE KING", has over 40 million views as of July 2020. Colgrave also created the music for the DOUBLE KING animation, which he released as an album known as Royal Noises from Dead Kingdoms.[11][12]

His animation "Man Spaghetti", has been featured on the animation website known as Cartoon Brew[13] Colgrave has directed a number of music videos, including videos for DJ Mustard, Nicki Minaj & Jeremih's "Don't Hurt Me"[14][15][16] Fever The Ghost's "SOURCE",[17] and Shoe's "Egg".[18]

He was credited for doing the storyboards for Childish Gambino's music video for Feels Like Summer.[19][20]

Colgrave was interviewed at the Sydney Opera House with hosts from Comedy Central and Super Deluxe.[21]

Awards and recognition

The animation "DOUBLE KING", has won the best of the month award on the video-sharing website Vimeo.[22] His follow-up work "Flying Bamboo" was also featured as the opening for the Melbourne International Film Festival.[23]

"The Elephant's Garden" won "Best Australian Film" at the Melbourne International Animation Festival in 2014.[21] It has also gained exposure to the public from various web sources.[24][25] Both "DOUBLE KING" and "The Elephant's Garden" are featured in the book titled Australian Animation: An International History.[26]

Personal life

Felix Colgrave has been animating since he was a child. One of his first animations, "Last Resort", was created early in 2008 when he was 15 years old.[27]

Colgrave's wife, Zoë[28] is a costume and makeup-artist, known as Trugglet on Instagram[23] They became engaged on 31 October 2016; On 23 February 2019, Colgrave revealed that he has one child with his wife.[29] Currently he lives in Melbourne, Australia.[30]

References
  1. Felix Colgrave's Channel, archived from the original on 28 June 2015, retrieved 28 June 2015
  2. "Felix Colgraves' YouTube stats". Social Blade.
  3. Colgrave, Feliz [@felixcolgrave] (29 November 2017). "It's my birthday so I drew a baby" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 November 2019 – via Twitter.
  4. Colgrave, Feliz [@felixcolgrave] (16 February 2018). "I use varying combinations of Flash, AE and PS. This shot here though is a work-in-progress, all Flash so far" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 November 2019 – via Twitter.
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MSFkZHNi4&ab_channel=FelixColgrave
  6. "Felix Colgrave Animator".
  7. "Felix Colgrave - DSC Interview" – via www.youtube.com.
  8. Matos, Clinton (9 July 2018). "Felix Colgrave's new animation is now available on YouTube". htxt.africa. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  9. "Felix Colgrave". CBC/Radio-Canada. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  10. "Felix Colgrave - A Wizard, A True Star". Universalcollage.
  11. Raad, Raheel (8 September 2017). ""Double King" By Felix Colgrave". Medium.
  12. "Royal Noises from Dead Kingdoms: The Music of Double King, by Felix Colgrave". Felix Colgrave.
  13. ""Man Spaghetti" by Felix Colgrave". Cartoon Brew. 29 March 2013.
  14. "DJ Mustard, Nicki Minaj, Jeremih 'Don't Hurt Me' by Felix Colgrave". Promonews.
  15. "DJ Mustard Shares Animated 'Don't Hurt Me' Video". Billboard.
  16. "Watch The Video For DJ Mustard's "Don't Hurt Me" Featuring Nicki Minaj And Jeremih". TheFader.
  17. "Cartoons perform disco ritual for Fever the Ghost music video". Dezeen. 28 March 2015.
  18. "Shoe Biography". Last.fm.
  19. Renshaw, David (6 September 2018). "Childish Gambino's "Feels Like Summer" directors break down the spectacular animated video". The FADER.
  20. "Childish Gambino, Feels Like Summer".
  21. "Felix Colgrave: In Conversation with Greg Sharp & Alex Grigg". Sydney Opera House's "Graphic" Festival. - interview with Greg Sharp and Alex Grigg
  22. "Monday Short: Felix Colgrave's Double King (2017)". QuickDrawAnimations.
  23. "Trippy and relaxing animated insects move to a hypnotic beat". Boing Boing. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  24. ""The Elephant Garden" Will Blow Your Mind". SplinterNews.
  25. ""The Elephant's Garden 2013 Directed by Felix Colgrave"". Letterboxd.
  26. Torre, Dan; Torre, Lienors (2018). Australian Animation: An International History. Springer. p. 237. ISBN 978-3-319-95492-9. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  27. "Last Resort (S) (2008)" – via www.filmaffinity.com.
  28. "My fiancée Zoë, on a damp day". Twitter.
  29. Colgrave, Felix (23 February 2019). "Hi Hungry I'm Dadpic.twitter.com/tpJWTRc7PN".
  30. "Felix Colgrave".
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