Kirsten Lepore is an LA-based director and animator, and alumna of CalArts. She was the Animation Director on the A24 feature, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, which was nominated for a Golden Globe, and won a Critics Choice Award, Nation Board of Review, and New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Animated Picture. Previously, Kirsten’s viral short “Hi Stranger” garnered upwards of 200 million views online, and her stop-motion episode of Adventure Time won a 2016 Emmy & Annie award. She has worked with clients such as Google, MTV, Mini Cooper, Silk, Skippy, Nestle, and many more.
She is also the Writer/Director of the Marvel Studios’ “I am Groot” series for Disney+.
