Mark Gravas (born 29 September 1966) is an Australian animator,
director and producer. He is the creator/director of Yakkity Yak
(2002/2003), an Australian/Canadian co-production. Mark co-owns Sydney
based media production company Kapow Pictures with his partner Sandra
Walters.Mark Gravas directed the 2005 animated film Here Comes Peter
Cottontail: The Movie, He also designed and directed the 2006 Cartoon
Network production of Casper's Scare School. Gravas also co-owns the
creative company Kapow Pictures, based in Sydney, Australia.Mark has
lived in Sydney, Australia for most of his life. He left school at the
end of year 10 and studied fine art, and later graphic design at
Randwick Tafe. He traveled to London in his 20s and worked at various
animation studios. He met his partner Sandra Walters in London. He
directed a short film for Nickelodeon Ego from Mars in 1999 and also
worked with Bradley Trevor Grieve BTG on Agent Green. He went on to
create and direct the short film Show and Tell in 2001 which won an
AACTA Award for best animated short in 2002. Mark created, designed
and directed Yakkity Yak a 52 x 11 mins children's TV series for MTV
Networks International in 2003. He designed and directed Here Comes
Peter Cottontail: The Movie in 2005 and Casper's Scare School in 2006.
He co-created (and designed and directed) CJ the DJ with Stu Connolly,
a 52 x 11 mins children's TV series shown on ABC 3 in 2009. Mark has
also designed and directed music videos including Everyone Seems to be
Out to Get You selected for Annecy Animation Festival and Tickle shown
at Pictoplasma Berlin 2013.
director and producer. He is the creator/director of Yakkity Yak
(2002/2003), an Australian/Canadian co-production. Mark co-owns Sydney
based media production company Kapow Pictures with his partner Sandra
Walters.Mark Gravas directed the 2005 animated film Here Comes Peter
Cottontail: The Movie, He also designed and directed the 2006 Cartoon
Network production of Casper's Scare School. Gravas also co-owns the
creative company Kapow Pictures, based in Sydney, Australia.Mark has
lived in Sydney, Australia for most of his life. He left school at the
end of year 10 and studied fine art, and later graphic design at
Randwick Tafe. He traveled to London in his 20s and worked at various
animation studios. He met his partner Sandra Walters in London. He
directed a short film for Nickelodeon Ego from Mars in 1999 and also
worked with Bradley Trevor Grieve BTG on Agent Green. He went on to
create and direct the short film Show and Tell in 2001 which won an
AACTA Award for best animated short in 2002. Mark created, designed
and directed Yakkity Yak a 52 x 11 mins children's TV series for MTV
Networks International in 2003. He designed and directed Here Comes
Peter Cottontail: The Movie in 2005 and Casper's Scare School in 2006.
He co-created (and designed and directed) CJ the DJ with Stu Connolly,
a 52 x 11 mins children's TV series shown on ABC 3 in 2009. Mark has
also designed and directed music videos including Everyone Seems to be
Out to Get You selected for Annecy Animation Festival and Tickle shown
at Pictoplasma Berlin 2013.
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