Yu Sun is an animation filmmaker and animated AR experience creator from China, now based in the UK and China. Before she started to study animation(ma) at London college of communication(Ual), she worked as a senior concept artist in game and animation industry for three years.

Her aim is to explore the various possibility of animation in mixed media and how can we tell and understand others' experiences through traditional, experimental, and immersive animation. From hand embroidery to Augmented Reality, she keeps pushing boundaries to shape her unique visual language and storytelling skills. Her ma graduation film Stay wins The Norman McLaren awards for British Short Animation at the 75th Edinburgh International Film Festival(2022) and Best Innovation Award at Animation Academy Awards of Beijing Film Academy(2022). She has been researching for her next short film.

For work: She does commissioned animations and AR artworks. Her recent client is Ashmolean museum and she has worked for projects funded by Barbican centre and British council. She also gives lessons at Lcc as a visiting practitioner.

1. Animation filmmaker, Animated AR experience creator

   Self-employed · Jan 2022 - Present

   For work: She does commissioned animations and AR artworks. Her recent client is Ashmolean museum and she has worked for projects funded by Barbican centre and British council. Details are included in CV.

2. Visiting practitioner

   London college of communication · Sep 2022 - Present

3. Temporary lecturer

   London college of communication (Ual) · Jan 2022 - Jan 2022

   Presenting my film Love yourself and teaching Spark AR to MA animation students(21/22) in Lcc

4. Concept artist

   Beijing Seventy two Creative Culture and Media Co., Ltd, Beijing, China · Dec 2017 - Dec 2020

   Working with directors, art directors and producers. Designing characters and landscapes for 3D animation series and movies at pre-production stage

1. Storyboarding for Animators

   NFTS · May 2022

   ScreenSkills Funded

2. Master Animation

   London college of communication (Ual) · Oct 2020 - Dec 2021