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Suzie Hanna is Emerita Professor of Animation at Norwich University of the Arts. She is an animator who makes independent and commissioned films in collaboration with academics, artists, scientists, poets and musicians. Her numerous short films have all been selected for international festivals, TV broadcast, curated shows and public service platforms.

Recent work includes theatrical and architectural projection and live improvised VJing. She contributes to books, journals and conferences and was Chair of the National Association of Higher Education in the Moving Image from 2016 to 2019, continuing to work as a PhD supervisor and international examiner. She runs creative workshops on many aspects of her research and practice, and plays the violin and the musical saw.

I employ diverse approaches and techniques in mixed media animation production, including stop-motion, object theatre, shadow work, painting and drawing. Commissions include animated scenery for theatre and large architectural projection as well as short films for education and entertainment.

My current personal focus in research and practice is poetry animation made in collaboration. This includes VJ improvised animation in performance.

I have played the fiddle since childhood and continue to perform with a family band The Marisca Trio. Find us on Instagram and Facebook.

We perform music for Sacré Theatre’s annual productions as well as Music Hall since working in street theatre in the 1980s.
Listen to samples of our work on Bandcamp.

News

Bath Picture House : Micro Cinema course

I am running a course with Sally Bayley at Bath Picture House on Saturday 2nd November

1 Day Film Course

Micro Cinema: A Course for Writers and Filmmakers

Saturday 2nd November, 11am – 4pm

This one-day course will model a way of producing stories from visual and literary prompts. You will learn how a story or plot can be drawn from one absorbing word or phrase which, when animated, can turn into an entire story.  Writer Sally Bayley and animator Suzie Hanna will lead you through a morning and afternoon session dedicated to finding your micro story or plot, your piece of micro cinema.

New Video Release

Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage

The Youngest Sailor

I have just made this video for Hannah and Ben’s new single ‘The Youngest Sailor’ which is a track from their new album ‘In the Dark We Grow’. Lovely review from KLOF Magazine

Darkness

Link to play my latest Poetry Film ‘Darkness’ made in collaboration with poet Ben Morgan for Invertlight Project at St Peter Hungate. Also shown at the Raveningham Sculpture trail this summer in the Micro Kino, which won second prize in the audience award.

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