The Cosmic Potato (2018)

Director, Production Designer, Model Maker, Puppet Performer, Visual Effects Artist

In this award-winning short film, a cosmic potato is heading straight for the city of Mibukiville, and only shy sheep scientist Miikshi can stop it.

Awards:

  • 1st Place Winner at the 2019 Kids With S.T.E.A.M. Film Festival

  • Winner, "Best Family Friendly", at the 2019 Queens World Film Festival

Official selection:

  • 35th Annual KIDFILM Family Festival (Dallas, Texas, USA)

  • 2019 Providence Children's Film Festival (Providence, Rhode Island, USA)

  • 2019 OUF! Festival Off Casteliers (Montréal, Québec, Canada)

  • Martha's Vineyard Film Festival 2019 (West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA)

  • 2019 Queens World Film Festival (Queens County, New York, USA)

  • Near Nazareth Festival 2019 (Afula, Israel)

  • KIDS FIRST! Film Festival (USA)

  • California Independent Film Festival (Danville, California, USA)

  • Kids With S.T.E.A.M. Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

Developed into a 10-episode series co-produced with Shaftesbury for TVO, supported by the Independent Production Fund and Shaw Rocket Fund.

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Production Credits

Director: Justin T. Lee
Story: Justin T. Lee, Lindsay Lee
Writer: Lindsay Lee

Puppet Performers: Justin T. Lee, Lindsay Lee, Zeus
Assistant Puppet Performers: Benjamin Craig, Dean Douglas, Graeme Gerussi, Angelica LeMinh
Puppet Wrangler: Marty Stelnick
Character Voices: Dave Hodgson, Melanie Leblanc, Justin T. Lee, Lindsay Lee, Jeffrey Mackey, Mat from Techmoan, Gabby Morton-Jones

Executive Producers: Justin T. Lee, Lindsay Lee
Supervising Producer: Jeffrey Mackey

Music Composer: Justin T. Lee

Directors of Photography: Jeffrey Mackey

Production Designer: Justin T. Lee
Additional Concept Art: Jennifer Leung
Contributing Artists: Robert Berger, Graeme Gerussi, Zuriñe Santander
Puppet Builders: Grace Braniff, Benjamin Craig, Lindsay Lee
Costume Designer: Grace Braniff

Art Department: Grace Braniff, Benjamin Craig, Robert Findlay, Hilton Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey Mackey, Dele Nuga
Technical Officer: Devin Ostrom

Production Assistants: Serkan Celik, Benjamin Craig, Dean Douglas, Graeme Gerussi, Angelica LeMinh

Post-Production: Gazelle Automations

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