Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata are award-winning filmmakers and animation directors. Working together as “Tiny Inventions”, they are known for their unique mixed-media animation, which combines hand-crafted art and digital techniques. Since beginning their collaboration in 2007, Max and Ru have directed and produced TV commercials, music videos, PSA’s, comics, interactive games and four independent films. Their films have screened in festivals around the world, including Sundance Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, Annecy Animation Festival, and have received over 50 international awards, including an Academy Award nomination for their short “Negative Space”.