Leo Campasso, animation director 2D and 3D

Award-winning animation director and animator for advertising, shorts and series.

Work 95

AURA Animation Studio

AURA is a 2D & 3D animation studio in Barcelona, created by animators. It makes high-quality advertising and content, with a focus on character animation and design.

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About

Leonardo Martín Campasso, known as Leo Campasso, is an award-winning animation director and animator born in Buenos Aires in 1988. He has worked in animation for more than 25 years, from taking part in a Guinness World Record to animating for Disney, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.

He started animating in 2D at the age of seven, self-taught. With the arrival of Macromedia Flash in 2000 he founded Enano Cartoons and produced more than fifty shorts on his own. In 2009 he went independent and launched Leo Campasso Studio, which moved from Buenos Aires to Barcelona in 2018. After twelve uninterrupted years and thousands of 2D and 3D productions, he founded AURA Studio, a production company focused on advertising and content.

Services

Animation direction
2D character animation
3D character animation
Character design and concept art
Animatics and layout

Recognition

Annecy
Official Selection
Relevo2023
Ojo de Pescado
Best International Short Film for Children
Tsunami Girl2022
Cartón
Special Mention, narrative treatment
Tsunami Girl2022
REGARDSaguenay
In competition
Tsunami Girl2023
AnimestBucharest
Selected
Tsunami Girl
Guinness World Record
Smallest stop-motion film
A Boy and His Atom2013
PictoplasmaBerlin
Premiere
Travelers2011
BAFICI
Selected
Travelers2012
onedotzero Buenos Aires
Selected as a new talent
2008–09
Newgrounds
Front page
Wild Wind2009
Vimeo
Staff Picks
Press
Featured by Cartoon Brew, Catsuka, Motionographer and Stash

Clients

Cartoon Network
Disney
Nickelodeon
Fox
MTV
Google
Coca-Cola
IBM
Red Bull
JibJab
Play-Doh
Jose Cuervo
Converse
Sony
Danone
Fanta
Greenpeace
Red Cross

Career timeline

1988
Born.
1995
Takes his first steps in 2D animation, self-taught.
2000
Founds Enano Cartoons with Macromedia Flash and produces more than 50 shorts on his own.
2006
First job, at the multimedia company Admotion, making two cut-out animation series. He also begins traditional animation studies with Hook Up and soon joins the company as a 2D and 3D animator for Cartoon Network, Disney, Nickelodeon and Fox.
2008–09
Selected as a new talent at onedotzero Buenos Aires.
2009
Goes independent and launches Leo Campasso Studio with Wild Wind, a short that makes the front page of Newgrounds.
2010
Takes part in the integral creation of the Gluko & Lennon pilot, later the series Little Big Awesome.
2011
Travelers premieres at Pictoplasma in Berlin.
2012
Travelers is selected at BAFICI, the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema.
2013
With Punga.tv, makes A Boy and His Atom for IBM, a Guinness World Record for the smallest stop-motion film.
2014–2017
Animation and commercials for brands including MTV, Google, Coca-Cola, Cartoon Network and Disney.
2018
Leo Campasso Studio moves from Buenos Aires to Barcelona.
2021–22
AURA Studio and Niceshit create Blue Dog, an animated ad for a Spanish brewery.
2022
Tsunami Girl, co-directed with Antonio and Carlos Balseiro, wins Best International Short Film for Children at Ojo de Pescado and a Special Mention at Cartón.
2023
AURA produces the short film Home. Relevo, made with Bestia, is selected at Annecy.
2024–today
AURA Studio is in production on its first original 2D animated series.

Contact

For animation direction, character animation, design and production.

contact@leocampasso.com.ar

Studio enquiries: info@aurastudio.tv