Amaru Zeas-Sigüenza
Film Maker and Art Director
Guest lecturer at the Master in Designing and Leading Creative Organisations.
Since 2019 Amaru is Senior Art Director (AWS) Creative Tools Amazon Web Services (AWS). Originally from Ecuador, Amaru is an Award winning Film-maker and Art Director based in Austin, TX, currently working at AWS. With more than 16 years of experience in the CG industry, Amaru has won multiple awards for his creative CG art and his work has been published numerous times by magazines, and web articles around the world. He made his debut as a movie director back in 2021, when he produced his own short film called Life Hunter. With his second film, Picchu Amaru pays tribute to his own culture and dedicates the film to all the children in the world.
Latest awards: Cannes Shorts- Best Director, (Picchu). Winner of the HUM 3D Car Render 2018. Selected in the top 100 3D artists around the world by 3D Artist Magazine in 2016. CG Award best of 2016-2017, CG Society. Best substance Art of 2016 exposed in the Substance Days 2017 at Gnomon in Hollywood.