Jakub Bednarz

Character Animator, Illustrator

Born in 1995, in Poland, Jakub is a character animator, working in both 2D and 3D character animation. He is a BA graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and an MA graduate of Gobelins l’ecole de l’image in Paris.

Working professionally since 2019, he has obtained over six years of experience in the animation industry in France and the UK: on animated 3D feature film productions for Netflix, DNEG, and Illumination & on traditional hand-drawn 2D animated short film projects for Pixar Co-operative and other clients.

Notable character animation film credits:

He is also the author of the 'Tale of the Origin of the Holy Roman Empire of Mice,' an illustrated children’s novel, published in 2025 in the United States by Angelus Press and in Poland by Dębogóra.

Jakub is a husband and a father of two.

Jakub is open to discussing short- and long-term collaborations. He speaks fluent English, French, and Polish.

If you would like to access any of the password-protected content, please send an email at kuba.tolubie@gmail.com.

If you would like to support Jakub’s work, consider buying a coffee— https://buymeacoffee.com/kubatolubie

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Speaker at Lightbox Expo 2024, Pasadena, CA
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Winning premiere of 'Starling', Tribeca Festival, NYC, 2023
w/J.P. Vine during production of 'Cardboard', Locksmith Animation
Despicable Me 4 crews and families party at Illumination Studios Paris
Despicable Me 4
At Illumination Studios Paris, 2022
Crew premiere of 'The Twits'
The Twits, Netflix, 2025
DOGS, Gobelins graduation film
Gobelins graduation
Gobelins graduation 2019 with the team
Animation intern at Framestore, 2019
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Intern at Framestore 2019
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Gobelins graduation 2019 with Michel Ocelot

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Media

Epic Failures—speech at a Lightbox 2024 panel.

Interview with The Rookies (DOGS).

Interview with Rhode Island International Film Festival (DOGS).

Link to the English edition of the mice book.

Link to the Polish edition of the mice book.

Interview with Aleteia PL (shortened) (Empire of Mice).

Interview with Aleteia PL (full length) (Empire of Mice).

Translation of the Aleteia PL interview to English (Empire of Mice).

Interview with Grafmag (PL) (Gobelins).

Interview with Dominikanie.pl (PL) (Domini Canes).

Interview in ‘Starling’ - behind the scenes video.

Recommendations

“I worked with Jakub on The Twits as the Head of Character Animation for the show. Right from assigning his first shot I noticed his talent. Able to take the shot to a high level with often only minor notes he quickly produced a great run of shots. Jakub created some stellar reference videos acting out shots with energy and strong ideas for posing and timing which he translated brilliantly into his animation. In discussion about the work it always felt like a creative conversation that lead to the best result rather than me just guiding him all the way. His work has flare and natural performance which worked perfectly for the Twits and he was able to adjust the tone and level to fit the different characters across the show. I look forward to our next collaboration. I think he might be quite good at darts too.”

Kevin Spruce—Animation Director, Supervisor, previously Animation Director at Jellyfish Pictures, Head of Animation at Framestore.

“Jakub is a gifted animator. We were lucky that he joined the team on the short film ‘Starling’ early. His work on the main character influenced how we approached the character in the film. Jakub is very collaborative and takes direction well - a pleasure to work with. He worked fast and his shots were approved quickly with minimal or no notes. I'm also grateful that he recommended several of the other animators that became part of our team.”

Holger Leihe—veteran animator of Pixar Animation Studios, previosly at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Dreamworks