Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
Director · Actor · WriterTomás Pichardo-Espaillat (b. 1987, Santo Domingo) is a storyteller from the Dominican Republic. Working primarily on video, animation and drawing. He was granted a full year scholarship at Fabrica, Benetton's Design Research center, in Treviso, Italy in 2013. Tomás received his BFA in Art and Media at Parsons, the New School of Design in 2010. And his AA degree in fine arts, at Altos de Chavón, in 2008. Pichardo's work has hints of magic realism. Evoking the colorful, surreal and sometimes disorienting experience of growing up in the Caribbean. His world is personal and intimate, with characters full of colors and textures, drawn into situations outside of their comfort zone. Recent solo exhibitions include CasaQuien (DR), Centro de la Imagen (DR) and Fabrica Features (Lisbon, Portugal). And he has had work included in group exhibitions at the Triennale di Milano (Italy), Museum for Contemporary Art, (México) and Annecy Animation Film Festival (France).
More details at TMDB
KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR4
DIRECTOR38
Olivia & the Clouds
2025
Director
One of the most dangerous men in American history
2023
Director
The Rebel Radio that brought down a war criminal
2022
Director
Las Mariposas: How Three Sisters defied a Dictator
2021
Director
What really happened during the Attica Prison Rebellion
2021
Director
The Secret Society of the Great Dismal Swamp
2021
Director
Can Love and Independence Coexist?
2021
Director
El Club de Chichiguas
2020
Director
The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire
2020
Director
Asterisco
2020
Director
El Regreso al Planeta M
2020
Director
The life, legacy & assassination of an African revolutionary
2020
Director
The Rise and Fall of History's First Empire
2020
Director
Midnight's Children
2019
Director
Short Stories About Loneliness
2019
Director
Why Should You Read Sci-fi Superstar Octavia E. Butler?
2019
Director
Harvey Milk's radical vision of equality
2019
Director
The Aztec myth of the unlikeliest sun god
2019
Director
Divine Comedy
2019
Director
The 1937 Haitian Massacre
2018
Director
Waiting for Godot
2018
Director
The psychology of post-traumatic stress disorder
2018
Director
El Camino Interminable
2017
Director
El Vendedor de Muchachas de Cartón
2016
Director
The science of skin color
2016
Director
What is abstract expressionism?
2016
Director
Is graffiti art? Or vandalism?
2016
Director
The Neuroscience of Imagination
2016
Director
Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present?
2016
Director
Solid, liquid, gas and ... plasma?
2015
Director
Malvao
2015
Director
Who was Confucius?
2015
Director
Cumbia de Piedra
2014
Director
Dante
2013
Director
Floating Islands
2013
Director
AstroLunar
2012
Director
Línea Confín
2011
Director
Where the Bees Sleep
Director
WRITER13
Olivia & the Clouds
2025
Writer
El Club de Chichiguas
2020
Screenplay
El Regreso al Planeta M
2020
Screenplay
Asterisco
2020
Writer
El Camino Interminable
2017
Screenplay
El Vendedor de Muchachas de Cartón
2016
Screenplay
Malvao
2015
Screenplay
Cumbia de Piedra
2014
Screenplay
Dante
2013
Screenplay
Floating Islands
2013
Screenplay
AstroLunar
2012
Screenplay
Línea Confín
2011
Screenplay
Where the Bees Sleep
Writer
PRODUCER7
EDITOR10
VISUAL EFFECTS22
Roots
2024
Supervising Animation Director
What really happened during the Attica Prison Rebellion
2021
Animation
Can Love and Independence Coexist?
2021
Animation
El Club de Chichiguas
2020
Animation Director
El Regreso al Planeta M
2020
Animation Director
Midnight's Children
2019
Animation
Why Should You Read Sci-fi Superstar Octavia E. Butler?
2019
Animation
Harvey Milk's radical vision of equality
2019
Animation
The Aztec myth of the unlikeliest sun god
2019
Animation
Divine Comedy
2019
Animation
Waiting for Godot
2018
Animation
The science of skin color
2016
Animation
What is abstract expressionism?
2016
Animation
Is graffiti art? Or vandalism?
2016
Animation
The Neuroscience of Imagination
2016
Animation
Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present?
2016
Animation Director
Solid, liquid, gas and ... plasma?
2015
Animation
Malvao
2015
Animation Director
Who was Confucius?
2015
Animation
Cumbia de Piedra
2014
Animation Director
Floating Islands
2013
Animation Director
Línea Confín
2011
Animation Director
ART22
Olivia & the Clouds
2025
Art Direction
The Rebel Radio that brought down a war criminal
2022
Storyboard Artist
What really happened during the Attica Prison Rebellion
2021
Storyboard Artist
Can Love and Independence Coexist?
2021
Storyboard Artist
The Secret Society of the Great Dismal Swamp
2021
Storyboard Artist
The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire
2020
Storyboard Artist
The life, legacy & assassination of an African revolutionary
2020
Storyboard Artist
The Rise and Fall of History's First Empire
2020
Storyboard Artist
Midnight's Children
2019
Storyboard Artist
The Aztec myth of the unlikeliest sun god
2019
Storyboard Artist
Harvey Milk's radical vision of equality
2019
Storyboard Artist
Why Should You Read Sci-fi Superstar Octavia E. Butler?
2019
Storyboard Artist
Divine Comedy
2019
Storyboard Artist
The 1937 Haitian Massacre
2018
Storyboard Artist
The psychology of post-traumatic stress disorder
2018
Storyboard Artist
Waiting for Godot
2018
Storyboard Artist
Is graffiti art? Or vandalism?
2016
Storyboard Artist
What is abstract expressionism?
2016
Storyboard Artist
The Neuroscience of Imagination
2016
Storyboard Artist
The science of skin color
2016
Storyboard Artist
Solid, liquid, gas and ... plasma?
2015
Storyboard Artist
Who was Confucius?
2015
Storyboard Artist
