Dustin Grella

Time Traveler’s Garden

Beachwood Community Center Art Gallery · June 30, 2022

Exhibited “20 Years of Notes to Self” and installation of ‘Notes to Self’ letters.

Fear No Film Festival

Salt Lake City Library · June 23, 2022

Screenings of “Animation Hotline, 2022” in Animation Program 1.

The Fear No Film Festival aims to celebrate a similar range of artistic excellence, screening over 60 international short films, with non-cash awards awarded by a Grand Jury, the Utah Arts Festival, and by audience voting.

uaf.org/film/item/3390-animation-hotline-ohio-edition

Fear No Film Festival

Salt Lake City Library · June 23, 2022

Screenings of “Animated Intrepid” in Documentary Shorts Program. Artist, group show.

The Fear No Film Festival aims to celebrate a similar range of artistic excellence, screening over 60 international short films, with non-cash awards awarded by a Grand Jury, the Utah Arts Festival, and by audience voting.

uaf.org/film/item/3407-intrepid-animated

Polish International Film Festival 2022

Online · August 24, 2022

Screenings of “Prayers for Peace” in Animation Program.

festiival.info

Unmade Beds

LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University · June 2, 2022

Premiered new film “20 Years of Notes to Self” and installation of ‘Notes to Self’ letters.

A group exhibition of recent paintings, drawings, sculptures, and video installations organized by CLEA RSKY.

neiman.arts.columbia.edu/unmade-beds

Columbus Moving Image Art Review 49

Online · January 28, 2022

Exhibited “Animation Hotline, 2022”.

A screening event for artists residing in Columbus, Ohio and surrounding areas organized by Nicolette and Matt Swift.

youtu.be/sUWL9iSuGcA?t=3048

QC Arts Walk

Queens College · May 5, 2022

Exhibited “Animation Hotline Phone Booth”.

cuny.edu — Queens College Arts Walk announcement

Animation Hotline Shorts

McDonough Museum at Youngstown State University · October 9, 2021

Exhibited seven slate drawings and 170 “Animation Hotline” short films. Artist, solo show.

An exhibition of artwork by Dustin Grella. October 9–30 and December 3–18, 2021.

digital.maag.ysu.edu — exhibition record

Faculty Art Exhibition

Klapper Gallery at Queens College · November 4, 2019

Exhibited “NYC Tap Water”. Artist, group show.

Deptford Animadocs

Deptford Cinema · July 13, 2019

Screening of collection of “Animation Hotline” short animations. Artist, group show.

Festival of animated documentary films curated by Annabelle Honess Roe and Victoria Walden.

deptfordcinema.org/new-events/2019/7/13/deptford-animadocs-1

[Label This]

Pratt Institute’s Learning/Access Center · July 17, 2019

Exhibited documentation of 2012 James A. Farley Post Office Tax Day performance. Artist, group show.

A group exhibition conceived as a complement to the ‘Disability Rights Timeline’ which was installed in Spring 2019 by Pratt’s Learning/Access center.

issuu.com — Franklin Furnace exhibit

Think in Pictures

Amalenchenko Gallery · May 15, 2019

Exhibited “Animation Hotline Phone Booth”. Artist, group show.

A group exhibition of paintings, drawing and video installations curated by Matt Dillon and John Newsome.

artnet.com — Think in Pictures

Figurative Moving Forward

The Chauncey Stillman Gallery at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts · September 28, 2018

Exhibited collection of “Animation Hotline” short animations. Artist, group show.

An exhibition of Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts visiting artists.

20/20 Hindsight = 40 Years

SPACES · April 20, 2018

Exhibited “Animation Hotline Phone Booth”. Artist, group show.

20/20 Hindsight = 40 Years celebrates 40 years of artistic exploration and experimentation with 17 artists & collectives and 4 executive directors who represent the wide range of cultural production that has taken place through SPACES.

spacescle.org/exhibitions/2018/04/20/2020-hindsight-40-years

The House That Jack Built

Palais Des Festivals et Des Congrès · May 14, 2018

Writer/Director: Lars Von Trier. Festival screenings of the feature film, overall runtime 2:30:00. Animation contribution runtime 1:45.

festival-cannes.com — 2018 Official Selection

AniPromítaçka v Olomouci – Bajkazyl

Olomouc Bajkazyl · May 30, 2018

Exhibited “Animation Hotline” short animation titled “Ode to Bikesharing”. Artist, group show.

The first of a series of projections on the topic of bicycles, cyclists and cycling will take place directly in the premises of the Olomouc Bajkazyl.

facebook.com — event listing

MFJ 68 ‘The Moving Image Media Spectrum’

SVA Theater · December 4, 2018

Screening of the short film “Prayers for Peace”. Artist, group show.

Film screening showcasing nine short films from eight different countries featured in the current issue of the Millennium Film Journal.

millenniumfilmjournal.com/events/mfj-68-sva-screening

Animation Hotline

The Vault at SPACES · November 24, 2018

Exhibited collection of “Animation Hotline” short animations. Artist, group show.

Exhibition of ‘Animation Hotline’ videos created from audio collected at SPACES’ 20/20 Hindsight = 40 Years exhibition.

spacescle.org — SPACES hits trifecta

Millennium Film Journal No. 68 Screening

Anthology Film Archives · November 14, 2018

Screening of the short film “Prayers for Peace”.

Film screening showcasing nine short films from eight different countries featured in the current issue of the Millennium Film Journal.

anthologyfilmarchives.org — screening calendar

Doc Fornight

The Museum of Modern Art · February 16, 2017

Screenings of collection of “Animation Hotline” short animations. Artist, group show.

MoMA’s annual international festival of nonfiction film celebrates important new discoveries in documentary cinema.

moma.org/calendar/film/3648

Wynn Newhouse Awards 2016 Exhibition

Palitz Gallery · April 20, 2017

Exhibited “Animation Hotline Hotspot”. Artist, group show.

An exhibition of work from 2016 Wynn Newhouse Award recipients.

wnewhouseawards.com/Pages/Events.html

Doc Fortnight

The Museum of Modern Art · February 16, 2017

Screenings of collection of “Animation Hotline” short animations. Artist, group show.

MoMA’s annual international festival of nonfiction film celebrates important new discoveries in documentary cinema.

moma.org/calendar/film/3648

Animation Hotline, 2015

Museum of Modern Art · February 16, 2017

Screening of short film “Animation Hotline, 2015”. Artist, group show.

vimeo.com/dustystudio/animationhotline-2015-docs

Art In Motion

180 Maiden Lane · September 1, 2016

Exhibited “Madison Square Park” landscape animation installation. Artist, group show.

An exhibition of animation drawings, cells, video, painting and sculptures by nationally and internationally acclaimed animated short film artists.

andersoncontemporary.com/exhibitions.html

UnFixed

Transformer Station · January 15, 2016

Exhibited “New Years Eve Party, 2016” landscape animation installation.

Group exhibition featuring artists who are exploring the ephemeral image in a wide variety of ways with and without cameras and in still images as well as video.

transformerstation.org/exhibition/unfixed-the-fugitive-image

An Annual Affair

Frontrunner Gallery · May 6, 2016

Exhibited “Madison Square Park” landscape animation installation. Artist, group show.

An Annual Affair presents a D-I-Y alternative to Frieze New York and its numerous satellite fairs with a dynamic and diverse group of emerging artists, highlighting their creative fearlessness. Curated by Edward Symes.

artcards.cc — An Annual Affair

Animation Hotline, 2013 (short film)

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen · May 2, 2014

Screening of short film “Animation Hotline, 2013”. Artist, group show.

vimeo.com/dustystudio/animationhotline-2013

Animation Hotline, 2012

Cannes Film Festival · May 16, 2012

Screening of short film “Animation Hotline, 2012”. Artist, group show.

vimeo.com/dustystudio/animationhotline-2012

Prayers for Peace (world premiere and screenings)

Laemmle NoHo Theatres · June 25, 2009

Festival screenings of the short film “Prayers for Peace”.

vimeo.com/7520674

Glimpse

Kent Stage · January 27, 2007

Screening of short film “Glimpse”. Artist, group show.

vimeo.com/dustystudio/glimpse

20 Years of Notes to Self

Short film · June 2, 2022

Animated short film explaining the journey of the first twenty years of the “Notes to Self” project.

vimeo.com/dustystudio/20yearsofnotestoself

Animation Hotline, 2022 (Ohio Edition)

Short film compilation · April 13, 2002

Animation Hotline compilation of Ohio-centric stories or narrators.

vimeo.com/dustystudio/animationhotline-ohio

120db Films Bumper

Bumper · December 2022

Director, Producer, Animator.

Bumper for 120db Films.

vimeo.com/807347814

The Missing Piece

Disability INclusion · Short film · October 2021

Director/Producer. Executive Producer: Jill Houghton. Producer: Elaine Kubik. Runtime 2:22.

A storytelling video running through the purpose (visionary / overall impact of Disability:IN), and people (programs, stakeholders).

disabilityin.org — The Missing Piece

Adaptation: Episode 01: Floating Gardens of Bangladesh

PBS.org · Online episodic program · September 2021

Director of Animation. Executive Producer/Writer: Alizé Carrère. Overall runtime 11:00, animation contribution 1:06.

pbs.org/video/floating-gardens-of-bangladesh

Adaptation: Episode 02: Invasive Carp of Kentucky

PBS.org · Online episodic program · September 2021

Director of Animation. Executive Producer/Writer: Alizé Carrère. Overall runtime 11:00, animation contribution 0:10.

pbs.org/video/invasive-carp-of-kentucky

Adaptation: Episode 03: Coral Reefs of Vanuatu

PBS.org · Online episodic program · September 2021

Director of Animation. Executive Producer/Writer: Alizé Carrère. Overall runtime 11:00, animation contribution 1:02.

pbs.org/video/coral-reefs-of-vanuatu

Adaptation: Episode 04: Ice Stupas of Ladakh

PBS.org · Online episodic program · September 2021

Director of Animation. Executive Producer/Writer: Alizé Carrère. Overall runtime 11:00, animation contribution 1:41.

pbs.org/video/ice-stupas-of-ladakh

Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous

St. Louis International Film Festival (world premiere) · Feature film · August 2021

Director of Animation. Executive Producer: Susan Hagedorn. Overall runtime 90:00, animation contribution 7:43.

Commissioned to create nine animated segments to illustrate the poetry of Daniel Berrigan.

vimeo.com/739121230

It’s About Time

Online product launch during COVID-19 pandemic · Short animation · March 2021

Director/Producer. Creative Director: Tom David Thompson. Runtime 1:52.

Create animated video for Brands at Work using prerecorded audio tracks from patients.

vimeo.com/735249013

Vegetable Illustration

Creative Maine · Illustration · May 2021

Illustrator. Creative Director: Nancy Gordon.

Illustration for magazine article.

creativemainemag.com — We Are All Cooking on the Food Network

Numbers Game Illustration

Creative Maine · Illustration · May 2021

Illustrator. Creative Director: Nancy Gordon.

Illustration for magazine article.

creativemainemag.com/numbers-game

MIND/TRIP: OCD

Quibi · Short film · September 2020

Director of Animation. Director: Heidi Ewing. Overall runtime 8:37, animation contribution 3:30.

therokuchannel.roku.com — MIND/TRIP: OCD

Be The Cause

Online convention during COVID-19 pandemic · Short animation · October 2020

Director of Animation. Creative Director: Molly DeMeo. Runtime 1:23.

Promotional video for product launch.

vimeo.com/499307877

Monjuvi: Patient Profile

Online convention during COVID-19 pandemic · Short video · August 2020

Director/Producer. Creative Director: Molly DeMeo. Runtime 1:34.

Promotional video for product launch.

vimeo.com/738761262

Monjuvi: Roland

Online convention during COVID-19 pandemic · Short animation · August 2020

Director/Producer. Creative Director: Molly DeMeo. Runtime 0:43.

Short video introducing speaker for pandemic era online conference.

vimeo.com/738761598

Monjuvi: Malte

Online convention during COVID-19 pandemic · Short animation · August 2020

Director/Producer. Creative Director: Molly DeMeo. Runtime 0:56.

Short video introducing speaker for pandemic era online conference.

vimeo.com/738761706

Monjuvi: Jean Paul

Online convention during COVID-19 pandemic · Short animation · August 2020

Director/Producer. Creative Director: Molly DeMeo. Runtime 0:40.

Short video introducing speaker for pandemic era online conference.

vimeo.com/738761533

Monjuvi: David

Online convention during COVID-19 pandemic · Short animation · August 2020

Director/Producer. Creative Director: Molly DeMeo. Runtime 0:46.

Short video introducing speaker for pandemic era online conference.

vimeo.com/738761469

Monjuvi: Nicole

Online convention during COVID-19 pandemic · Short animation · August 2020

Director/Producer. Creative Director: Molly DeMeo. Runtime 0:39.

Short video introducing speaker for pandemic era online conference.

vimeo.com/738761163

Mission Possible: Ryan

Online convention during COVID-19 pandemic · Short animation · September 2020

Director of Animation. Creative Director: Molly DeMeo. Runtime 0:40.

Create four animated videos for DevlinHair using prerecorded audio tracks.

vimeo.com/735629513

Mission Possible: Sue

Online convention during COVID-19 pandemic · Short animation · September 2020

Director of Animation. Creative Director: Molly DeMeo. Runtime 1:01.

Create four animated videos for DevlinHair using prerecorded audio tracks.

vimeo.com/735624347

Mission Possible: Lori

Online convention during COVID-19 pandemic · Short animation · September 2020

Director of Animation. Creative Director: Molly DeMeo. Runtime 1:02.

Create four animated videos for DevlinHair using prerecorded audio tracks.

vimeo.com/735627850

Mission Possible: Bill

Online convention during COVID-19 pandemic · Short animation · September 2020

Director of Animation. Creative Director: Molly DeMeo. Runtime 0:47.

Create four animated videos for DevlinHair using prerecorded audio tracks. Entresto product launch.

vimeo.com/735623333

High Fives Illustrations

Alice Tully Hall · Illustration for poster/postcard · November 2020

Art Director. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz.

High Fives Animation

ACO Website · November 2020

Director/Producer. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz.

Stravaganti

Alice Tully Hall · Illustration for poster/postcard · February 2020

Art Director/Illustrator. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz.

Like as the Hart

Alice Tully Hall · Illustration for poster/postcard · January 2020

Art Director/Illustrator. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz.

Procedure to Pay

Facebook Sales Conference · Short animation · September 2019

Director of Animation. Executive Producer: Jason Trimiew. Director: Matt Boatright-Simon. Runtime 2:42.

Video to explain Facebook’s Procedure to Pay process.

vimeo.com/739138975

NYC Tap Water

Conceptual artwork · November 4, 2019

Bottled tap water with unique hand-drawn labels.

dustystudio.com/project/new-york-city-tap-water-2012

Celebrate!

Alice Tully Hall · Illustration for poster/postcard · August 2019

Art Director/Illustrator. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz.

Custom Chalkboard Font

Custom font · July 2019

Art Director. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz.

Transition and Sustainability

Film Forum · Short film · May 1, 2019

Director/Animator. Runtime 230 seconds.

Unique animation combined with new edit of previously created material. Commissioned by Karen Cooper, director of New York City’s Film Forum, the film was installed in the theater’s lobby for the month of May as part of an ongoing series.

filmforum.org/lobby-movies

Timeless Bach Animation

ACO Website · Promotional animation · February 2019

Director/Producer. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz. Runtime 0:18.

Produced promotional animation for orchestra concert series.

vimeo.com/739131499

Timeless Bach Poster

Alice Tully Hall · Illustration for poster/postcard · February 2019

Art Director. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz.

Beethoven Eroica Animation

ACO Website · Promotional animation · April 2019

Director/Producer. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz. Runtime 0:50.

Produced promotional animation for orchestra concert series.

vimeo.com/739128464

Beethoven Eroica Poster

Alice Tully Hall · Illustration for poster/postcard · April 2019

Art Director. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz.

Supernova

Music video · October 22, 2018

Director, Producer.

“Supernova” by Love Motel, with music video produced by Dustin Grella.

Mozart Serenade Illustration

Alice Tully Hall · Illustration for poster/postcard · August 2018

Art Director/Illustrator. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz.

Haydn Impériale Poster

Alice Tully Hall · Poster/postcard · October 2018

Art Director. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz.

Intrepid Animated: David Benedict

Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Permanent Collection · Short film · August 2018

Director/Producer. Producer: Elaine Charnov. Runtime 2:30.

Produced animated short using audio from the Intrepid Oral History Project.

intrepidmuseum.org — Intrepid Animated

Intrepid Animated: Wesley & June Hays

Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Permanent Collection · Short film · August 2018

Director/Producer. Producer: Elaine Charnov. Runtime 2:33.

Produced animated short using audio from the Intrepid Oral History Project.

intrepidmuseum.org — Intrepid Animated

Intrepid Animated: Pete Schoeffel

Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Permanent Collection · Short film · August 2018

Director/Producer. Producer: Elaine Charnov. Runtime 2:52.

Produced animated short using audio from the Intrepid Oral History Project.

intrepidmuseum.org — Intrepid Animated

Negotiations

Harvard Business School Publishing · Short film · May 2018

Director of Animation. Writer/Producer: Jessica Gidal. Runtime 2:05.

Produce animation for explainer video.

hbr.org — The Explainer: How to Negotiate Nicely Without Being a Pushover

Body Language

Harvard Business Review · Short film · June 2018

Director of Animation. Writer/Producer: Jessica Gidal. Runtime 2:00.

Produce animation for explainer video.

vimeo.com/738793038

Wrench in the Works

Center Stage · Animation for live presentation · May 7, 2018

Director/Producer. Executive Producer: Joe Richman. Producer: Nellie Gilles. Runtime 22:48.

Animation for live presentation of the Radio Diaries podcast.

vimeo.com/dustystudio/wrenchintheworks

Renewal

Nautilus · Short film · February 2018

Director of Animation. Executive Producer: Laura Helft. Producer/Writer: Jessica Plumb. Overall runtime 7:42, animation contribution 1:00.

nautil.us — How the Elwha River Was Saved

Saiga Saga

Nautilus · Short film · February 2018

Director of Animation. Executive Producer: Laura Helft. Producer/Writer: Kate Bradbury. Overall runtime 8:00, animation contribution 1:00.

nautil.us — The Antelope Killing Fields

Ghotu Motu

Children’s program · March 2018

Director of Animation. Executive Producer: Steve Hays. Producer: Vega Tamotia. Runtime 2:17.

Created character design, storyboards and animation for short film.

Animation Hotline (SPACES Gallery)

Short films · November 16, 2018

Created animations of participants’ SPACES stories, collected during the 40th anniversary exhibition and then exhibited in The Vault, an intimate space for audiences to experience video and audio works.

spacescle.org — 2018 annual report (PDF)

Title Cards

Cannes Film Festival (world premiere) · Feature film · May 2018

Director of Animation. Writer/Director: Lars Von Trier. Overall runtime 2:30:00, animation contribution 0:08 each.

Six animated sequences for the title cards delineating the chapters throughout the film.

vimeo.com/739046637

Shadow Under the Street Lamps

Cannes Film Festival (world premiere) · Feature film · May 2018

Director of Animation. Writer/Director: Lars Von Trier. Overall runtime 2:30:00, animation contribution 1:45.

Animated sequence used throughout a feature film.

youtube.com — Shadow Under the Street Lamps

JFNA GA17 Animated Intro

JFNA GA17 Conference · Animated introduction · November 2017

Director of Animation. Creative Director: Mooki Saltzman. Runtime 0:50.

vimeo.com/735614990

Passing Notes

Amazon Prime Video, Season 01 · Animated sequence · October 2017

Animator. Director: Mark Mannucci. Producer: Jon Halbert. Runtime 35m 45s.

Created 60 seconds of chalkboard animation for the Lore TV series. Lore is an American horror anthology television series developed by the creator of the podcast of the same name, Aaron Mahnke, with Valhalla Entertainment and Propagate Content.

amazon.com — Lore

Natural Selection in an Outbreak

Nautilus · Short film · January 2017

Director of Animation. Producers: Nate Dappen, Neil Losin. Animation contribution runtime 1:10.

Production of animated sequence for Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s series for Day’s Edge Media. This video focuses on the front lines of the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa and explains how scientists monitored the evolution of the virus by analyzing its genome.

biointeractive.org — Natural Selection in an Outbreak

Culture of Meat

Nautilus · Short film · July 2017

Director of Animation. Executive Producer: Laura Helft. Producer/Writer: Kate Bradbury. Overall runtime 6:55, animation contribution 1:00.

nautil.us — The Best Burger Place Is a Lab

Animation Hotline, 2015

Short film compilation · February 17, 2017

Director, Producer, Animator. Runtime 2:05.

Animation Hotline is a series of over 150 crowd-sourced telephone answering machine messages that have been being animated since 2011. This documentary compilation focuses on real life stories.

vimeo.com/dustystudio/animationhotline-2015-docs

Spark of Science: Pardis Sabeti

Nautilus · Short film · January 2017

Animator. Directors, Producers: Neil Losin, Nate Dappen. Created 90 seconds of animation, total runtime 1:39.

The computational geneticist explains why she chose research over being a doctor.

nautil.us — Spark of Science: Pardis Sabeti

Spark of Science: Jon Beckmann

Nautilus · Short film · January 2017

Animator. Directors, Producers: Neil Losin, Nate Dappen. Created 90 seconds of animation, total runtime 2:06.

The conservation ecologist discusses the plight of animals in a human-dominated landscape.

nautil.us — Spark of Science: Jon Beckmann

Spark of Science: Rob Pringle

Nautilus · Short film · December 2016

Animator. Directors, Producers: Neil Losin, Nate Dappen. Created 90 seconds of animation, total runtime 2:00.

The Princeton ecologist tells us about the scientists who inspired his work.

nautil.us — Spark of Science: Rob Pringle

Spark of Science: Melissa Franklin

Nautilus · Short film · December 2016

Animator. Directors, Producers: Neil Losin, Nate Dappen. Created 90 seconds of animation, total runtime 2:12.

Harvard’s first tenured woman physicist tells us about her heroes and her work.

nautil.us — Spark of Science: Melissa Franklin

Vulcan and the Power of Ideas

Nautilus · Short film · September 2016

Director of Animation. Producers: Nate Dappen, Neil Losin. Animation contribution runtime 1:10.

Production of animated sequence for Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s series for Day’s Edge Media. MIT professor of science writing and the author of “The Hunt for Vulcan”, Tom Levenson, retells the history of planet Vulcan, a story that reveals how the power of an idea can shape the currents of thought, and sometimes, lead researchers down the wrong path.

youtube.com — Vulcan and the Power of Ideas

Boundries

Nautilus · Short film · May 2016

Director of Animation. Producers: Nate Dappen, Neil Losin. Animation contribution runtime 1:10.

Production of animated sequence for Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s series for Day’s Edge Media. Krista Schlyer, who has spent the last seven years documenting the environmental effects of the U.S./Mexico border wall, and biologist Jon Beckmann, who studies how man-made barriers influence the movement of wildlife. Schlyer and Beckmann have seen damaging impacts of the border wall firsthand, but they remain optimistic.

youtube.com — Boundries

Sports Animation

Short film · September 2016

Animator. Co-Producer: Nobuaki Doi, New Deer. Director and Producer: Hiroshi Yamakawa, Spoon. Animated 30-second segment of four part animation, runtime 2:27.

This animated film is inspired by sports athletes and their internal conflict of constantly facing themselves and fighting against themselves to push their boundaries.

vimeo.com/207257270

Orphan Black Fan Art Sizzler

Sizzle reel · July 2016

Director. Runtime 0:45.

45-second video compiled of fan art supplied by BBCA for video to be screened at Comic Con.

Park Landscape Animation

Conceptual artwork · May 6, 2016

One-hour animation projected on pastel on slate drawing.

dustystudio.com/project/park-land

Rumspringa

Fashion film · March 2016

Director of Animation. Director: Rachel Fleit.

Directed elements of animation throughout film. Fashion film for ÖHLIN/D Fall/Winter 2015 Collection.

dustystudio.com/project/rumspringa

New Years Eve Party, 2016

Two hour video projection over pastel on slate drawing · January 15, 2016

Artist created this video on New Year’s Eve of 2015 in a New York City subway station. While the celebration continued on the streets of New York, the station is quiet with only a few revelers passing through. Collection of Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell.

transformerstation.org/exhibition/unfixed-the-fugitive-image

New Years Eve Party, 2016

Conceptual artwork · January 2016

Created 2:00:00 video and animation with chalk on slate.

Animator and video artist Dustin Grella created this video on New Year’s Eve of 2015 in a New York City subway station. Collection of Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell.

tsguide.org — Dustin Grella

Time Square Time Machine

Short film · March 2016

Director of Animation. Director, Writer, Producer: Jonathan Halperin, Mark Mannucci, Anna Bowers. Runtime 3:30.

Short animated film offering an awe-inspiring view of the speed and ferocity with which humans have utterly transformed the globe.

pbs.org — TED Talks: Science and Wonder

Freeform Sizzler

Sizzle reel · January 2016

Director, Producer, Animator. Runtime 1:00.

Sizzle reel created for the launch of Disney’s Freeform channel.

dustystudio.com/project/freeform

My Silver Hair

New York Times · Short film · September 16, 2015

Director of Animation.

In this short animation, a New Yorker explains why she wears her hair in its natural color.

nytimes.com — My Silver Hair

Bitcoin

Animated explainer video · July 2015

Director of Animation. Executive Producer: Ari Kuschnir, m ss ng p eces. Runtime 2:05.

Explainer animation for Joi Ito presentation about Bitcoin.

dustystudio.com/project/knotty-objects-bitcoin

Hummingbird’s Wings

Short film · February 9, 2015

Experimental short bridging the gap between live action and animation, documentary and poetry.

vimeo.com/116792187

Living Progress

Short film · January 26, 2015

Director, Producer, Animator.

HP Living Progress Through the Lens of Animator Dustin Grella.

3blmedia.com — HP Living Progress

Wait For Your Love

Music video · January 21, 2015

Animator.

Bay Uno’s mischievous stroll through Manhattan is punctuated by a series of pranks.

dustystudio.com/project/wait-for-your-love-by-bay-uno

Love Ain’t Enough

Music video · January 14, 2015

Director, Producer, Animator.

This animated video for the Barr Brothers was filmed through one continuous shot of 50 cardboard cut-outs and 15 paintings.

youtube.com — Love Ain’t Enough

I Married My Family’s Killer

Short film · October 17, 2014

Animator.

This award winning documentary details the stories of three couples who intermarried after the Rwandan Genocide.

imarriedmyfamilyskiller.com

The Helpful Elephant in the Room

Animated commercial series · November 2014

Director of Animation. Producer: Andy Spade, Partners & Spade. Director: Van Neistat.

Directed and produced the animation for six spots. Animated commercials for the J.Crew holiday series “The (Helpful) Elephant in the Room.”

dustystudio.com/project/the-helpful-elephant-in-the-room

Spinners

Music video · March 26, 2014

Director, Producer, Animator.

“Spinners” by The Hold Steady, with music video directed by award-winning artist Dustin Grella.

youtube.com — Spinners

Sundance House Installation

Installation, performance, short film series · January 2014

Director, Producer, Animator. Creative Director: Carolyn Swartz.

Built five hotline “hotspots” and animated ten voicemails during a series of live performances. The Animation Hotline Hotspots were built as an interactive event for the Sundance Film Festival. Festival participants were encouraged to leave their own messages, of which ten were then chosen to be animated and put back on the televisions to be viewed. The new messages were animated live during the course of the festival.

dustystudio.com/project/animation-hotline-hotspot

Animation Hotline, 2013

Short film compilation · September 12, 2013

Director, Producer, Animator. Runtime 5:24.

Animation Hotline is a series of crowd-sourced telephone answering machine messages that have been being animated since 2011.

vimeo.com/dustystudio/animationhotline-2013

Ode to Bikesharing

New York Times · Short film · May 22, 2013

Director of Animation.

In this animation, a New Yorker looks forward to the city’s bike-share program and reminisces about riding his bike when the city was very different.

nytimes.com — Ode to Bike Sharing

The Night Witch

New York Times · Short film · December 19, 2013

Director of Animation, Producer, Animator.

This animated Op-Doc explores the life of Nadezhda Popova, known as Nadia, who became a World War II hero as part of a Soviet all-female bombing regiment.

nytimes.com — The Night Witch

United We Test

Animated explainer video · 2013

Director of Animation. Producer: Peter Barg. Runtime 3:18.

“United We Test” is an unbranded campaign dedicated to changing the fight against lung cancer, a rallying cry to raise awareness, educate, and motivate lung cancer patients to get tested for biomarkers.

dustystudio.com/project/united-we-test

Other Than

Feature film · May 2013

Co-Director. Producer: James Kenney.

Directed five interstitials for feature film. Eleven filmmakers based on five continents create this melting pot of a feature.

dustystudio.com/project/other-than

What Is Curation?

Animated sequences · March 2012

Animator. Executive Producer: Ari Kuschnir, m ss ng p eces.

Created animated segments that were used throughout the video. This is the first in a series of videos explaining the shifts we’re seeing in the world of content creation. Curation has exploded with the growth of Twitter, Tumblr and now Pinterest.

vimeo.com/38524181

Condoms as Evidence

Short film · July 2012

Director of Animation. Runtime 6:13.

How policing practices put sex workers and HIV services at risk in Kenya, Namibia, Russia, South Africa, the United States, and Zimbabwe.

opensocietyfoundations.org — Why Do They Take Our Condoms?

Animation Hotline, 2012

Short film compilation · May 15, 2012

Director, Producer, Animator.

Animation Hotline is a series of crowd-sourced telephone answering machine messages that have been animated.

vimeo.com/dustystudio/animationhotline-2012

A Pub Where Scientific Geniuses Swap Ideas

Short film · May 2012

Animator. Writer/Director: John Pavlus. Runtime 2:45.

In this animated portrait for Janelia Farm Research Campus, three scientists tell stories about what Bob’s Pub means to their creative process.

vimeo.com/42619705

Beautiful

Music video · February 2011

Editor. Writer, Director: Elijah Black.

Music video for the track “Beautiful” by Elijah Black.

youtube.com — Beautiful

XMAS Swagger

Music video · December 2011

Editor. Writer, Director: Princess Superstar.

Music video for the track “XMAS Swagger” by Princess Superstar.

youtube.com — XMAS Swagger

Space Cow Bumper

Bumper · June 2009

Director, Producer, Animator.

Bumper for production sound company, Space Cow, Inc.

vimeo.com/7711049

Prayers for Peace

Short film · May 1, 2022

Animated short film that uses pastels on a slate chalkboard to underscore life’s impermanence as the artist confronts the memory of his younger brother killed in Iraq.

vimeo.com/7520674

Consumption

Short film · 2008

Director, Producer, Animator.

Late night wall drawings.

dustystudio.com/project/consumption

Glimpse

Short film · January 26, 2007

Experimental stop-motion animation, a study of the life of painter Willem de Kooning and a stream of consciousness narrative concerning the impermanence of life.

vimeo.com/7746542

Notes to Self Project

Conceptual art project · Ongoing since April 13, 2002

Grella has written and then mailed himself a letter every day since April 13, 2002. The exercise has generated thousands of letters (and counting), which remain meticulously ordered and still sealed to this day. The slight variations in the project, a change of font, the physical location of the cancellation stamp, and of course, the inaccessible contents, are nuances that help identify the passage of time.

dustystudio.com/project/notes-to-self

Animation Hotline (#001–217)

Short films · Ongoing since February 1, 2011

Animation Hotline uses crowd-sourced voicemail messages as content for micro-animations.

vimeo.com/channels/animationhotline

Mobile Animation Station

Conceptual artwork

Decommissioned school bus converted into a mobile animation studio for workshops and events.

Inspired by Alan Ginsberg

Conceptual art project

Polaroid-style photos and accompanying text pay tribute to a project conceived by the late poet Allen Ginsberg.

dustystudio.com/project/inspired-by-allen-ginsberg

Backstage at the Utah Arts Festival 2022: Fear No Film, Artist Marketplace, WordFest Poetry Slam, Wasatch IronPen award winners announced

The Utah Review · June 27, 2022

theutahreview.com

The Time Travlers’ Garden at Beachwood Community Center Art Space

Collective Arts Network Journal, Cleveland · June 21, 2022

canjournal.org

Backstage at the Utah Arts Festival 2022: 19th Fear No Film will feature most internationally diverse slate ever, with 71 short films, 23 countries, 11 languages

The Utah Review · June 20, 2022

theutahreview.com

Disabled Entrepreneurs Speak Out On The Choice To Go It Alone And Be Your Own Boss

Forbes · November 28, 2021

forbes.com

Dustin Grella Posts Uplifting Special Election Day ‘Animation Hotline’ Short

Animation World Network · November 3, 2020

awn.com

Event Updates: ITFS Online, OIAF, Animafest, Hiroshima, Cartoon Forum & More

Animation Magazine · April 30, 2020

animationmagazine.net

Spaces hits trifecta with three strong fall shows ‘headlined’ by Sarah Kabot’s ‘NYT 2015’

Cleveland Plain Dealer · November 25, 2018

cleveland.com

The Unbearable Lightness of Drawing: Dustin Grella and Dusty Studio

Millennium Film Journal · Fall 2018 · pages 53–65

40th anniversary show at Spaces offers vital self-portrait of an essential arts institution

Cleveland Plain Dealer · April 21, 2018

cleveland.com

New Ways to See Non-Fiction: How MoMA Doc Fortnight Brings a Fresh Perspective to Documentary Films

IndieWire · February 15, 2017

indiewire.com

How MoMA’s 2017 Doc Fortnight Speaks to Our Current Times

SVA Features · February 15, 2017

sva.edu

ANNY Announces First-Ever “Best of Fest”

Animation Magazine · September 3, 2016

animationmagazine.net

Art and Life in “Unfixed: The Fugitive Image”

Scene · January 13, 2016

clevescene.com

This Design Studio Will Animate Your Deepest Confessions and Secret Fantasies

Design Taxi · September 25, 2015

designtaxi.com

The Animation Hotline: Innovative Shorts Just a Phone Call Away

Animation World Network · October 1, 2015

awn.com

A Brookyln-based studio wants to animate your lies, fears, confessions and drunkalogues

It’s Nice That · September 25, 2015

itsnicethat.com

The Voyeuristic Pleasure of Animating Anonymous Voicemails

Vice · September 28, 2015

vice.com

This Studio Animates The Stories You Tell Over An Answering Machine

Lost At E Minor · September 21, 2015

lostateminor.com

HP Living Progress Through the Lens of Animator Dustin Grella

3BL Media · January 26, 2015

3blmedia.com

HP Living Progress Through the Lens of Animator Dustin Grella

HP Next · January 26, 2015

3blmedia.com

Dustin Grella: Time & Movement

Frontrunner Magazine · February 9, 2015

frontrunnermagazine.com

Slate of Hand

Adobe Inspire Magazine · June 18, 2014

creativecloud.adobe.com

HP Sundance House hosts Dustin Grella and his unique chalkboard animations

Pro Video Coalition · January 29, 2014

provideocoalition.com

Dustin Grella Brings Animation Hotline to Sundance

Animation World Network · January 25, 2014

awn.com

Siberia’s “Cannes” festival kicks off this week

Calvert Journal · August 20, 2013

calvertjournal.com

Dustin Grella: Director, Prayers for Peace

Popcorn and Vodka · February 17, 2013

popcornandvodka.com

Animation in Movement: The Internet Generation

Kurzfilm Magazin: Short Report 2012 · 2012

ag-kurzfilm.de (PDF)

Posting Ones Self

Dossier Journal · April 18, 2012

dossierjournal.com

Animation Hotline

15th Japan Media Arts Festival · February 21, 2012

archive.j-mediaarts.jp

Stuttgart Animation Fest Announces 2012 Program

Animation Magazine · April 20, 2012

animationmagazine.net

Micropolis: An Artist Obsessed With Letters

WNYC News · April 17, 2012

wnyc.org

A Visit with Animator Dustin Grella

ASIFA East aNYmator · January 19, 2012

asifaeast.com

Film Obsessions: Pigeon Impossible, Prayers for Peace, and A Love Story in Stop-Motion

Obsessed Magazine · Fall 2011

meetsobsession.com

Animation Block Party Sets Lineup for July 29–31 Bash

Animation Magazine · June 30, 2011

animationmagazine.net

“Animation Hotline” Visualizes Voicemails as Hand-Drawn Short Films

Fast Company Design · July 7, 2011

fastcompany.com

Check Out This Charming Collection of Animated Voice Mails

Vulture Magazine · July 28, 2011

vulture.com

ASIFA East Awards and Film round up!

ASIFA East aNYmator · May 11, 2011

asifaeast.com

Twins are weird…

ASIFA East aNYmator · March 28, 2011

asifaeast.com

Dustin Grella’s Animation Hotline

Sprockets · February 9, 2011

awn.com

Phone In Animations From Dustin Grella

OEN · March 16, 2011

the189.com

Ottawa Day 1: Please Move Out of My Way!

Animation World Network · October 20, 2010

awn.com

Ottawa Honors Mr. Christie, External World

Animation Magazine · October 25, 2010

animationmagazine.net

Animatron Pays Out $17,000 to Winning Films

Animation Magazine · October 15, 2010

animationmagazine.net

Prayers for Peace From Dustin Grella

OEN · July 30, 2010

the189.com

Flawed Wins Special Jury Honor at Palm Springs Shorts Fest

Animation Magazine · June 29, 2010

animationmagazine.net

Chosin’ wins top documentary

The American Legion · May 18, 2010

legion.org

Eight Animated Films Vie for Student Academy Awards

Animation Magazine · May 7, 2010

animationmagazine.net

Monstra Animation Festival Means Spring is Here At Last

Animation World Network · April 23, 2010

awn.com

Royal Flush Festival Hands Out ‘Skullie’ Awards At Slipper Room

T4C · October 23, 2009

top40-charts.com

Filmmaker Grella’s work to be showcased at Standing Rock International Short Film Festival in Kent

Cleveland Plain Dealer · January 15, 2008

cleveland.com