Hi, I'm Alberto Hernández Mérida, a stop-motion animator born in Mexico City (1987), currently living in Budapest, Hungary. I specialise in stop-motion animation and take on roles from animator and director to editor and puppet/builder, delivering work for feature films, short films, TV segments, and music videos. I collaborate across teams to craft vivid, tactile worlds, from puppets and props to lighting and camera work. My projects include freelance Upwork work since 2016, a feature film contribution for Taucher/El Buzo (Austria, 2018), TV segments like Miskina Season 2 (2024), and the SYFY Network logo idents (2019–2023).…

Alberto Hernández Mérida

Hi, I'm Alberto Hernández Mérida, a stop-motion animator born in Mexico City (1987), currently living in Budapest, Hungary. I specialise in stop-motion animation and take on roles from animator and director to editor and puppet/builder, delivering work for feature films, short films, TV segments, and music videos. I collaborate across teams to craft vivid, tactile worlds, from puppets and props to lighting and camera work. My projects include freelance Upwork work since 2016, a feature film contribution for Taucher/El Buzo (Austria, 2018), TV segments like Miskina Season 2 (2024), and the SYFY Network logo idents (2019–2023).…

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Hi, I’m Alberto Hernández Mérida, a stop-motion animator born in Mexico City (1987), currently living in Budapest, Hungary. I specialise in stop-motion animation and take on roles from animator and director to editor and puppet/builder, delivering work for feature films, short films, TV segments, and music videos.

I collaborate across teams to craft vivid, tactile worlds, from puppets and props to lighting and camera work. My projects include freelance Upwork work since 2016, a feature film contribution for Taucher/El Buzo (Austria, 2018), TV segments like Miskina Season 2 (2024), and the SYFY Network logo idents (2019–2023).

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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Stop-Motion Animator at Upwork
January 1, 2016 - Present
Freelance stop-motion animator delivering client projects on Upwork platform
Stop-Motion Animator at Extrafilm
January 1, 2018 - Present
Worked on the stop-motion segment for feature film Taucher/El Buzo (Austria, 2018)
Animator at Touched (Short Film)
January 1, 2015 - Present
Animated the 2015 short film Touched (Spain)
Director, Animator, Stop-Motion Segment at Prime/Quad
January 1, 2024 - Present
Directed and animated the stop-motion segment for TV series Miskina Season 2
Director, Animator, Puppet Builder, Background & Props Builder at SYFY Network Logo Idents
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023
Directed, animated and built puppets, backgrounds & props for SYFY Network logo idents
Director, Animator & Editor at Vikings Connected
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Directed, animated and edited the Holiday Special Intro
Director, Animator, Puppet Builder at Abstract – Nature vs Nurture (Music Video)
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Directed and animated the music video Nature vs Nurture; puppet building involved

Education

Postgraduate Degree in Stop-Motion Animation Techniques at BAU Centre Universitari de Disseny de Barcelona, Spain
January 1, 2015 - January 26, 2026
Character Animation workshop, Clay Animation at Valencia, Spain
January 1, 2015 - January 26, 2026
Directing stop motion animation with Beast Studio at Animarkt, Lodz, Poland
January 1, 2018 - January 26, 2026
Directing stop motion animation with Barry Purves at Animarkt, Lodz, Poland
January 1, 2019 - January 26, 2026

Qualifications

Best Music Video Stop Motion MX 2019
January 1, 2019 - January 26, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Other
    paper Gladiator II: Social Video Project

    The goal of this project was to create a short but highly impactful, attention-grabbing vertical social video, that captures the spectacular action and intensity of Gladiator II. Paramount wanted the video to look cinematic, yet feel at home on social media, captivating viewers and encouraging them to rush to theaters.

    Using the idea of a zoetrope, I turn the coliseum into a living piece of art. Showing the action on each of the sculpture that stands on each arch.

    uniE608 Lego LOTR set Rivendell
    Stop-motion made for Lego in celebration of the release of the new set Rivendell, from the iconic film series, Lord of the Rings https://www.instagram.com/p/CrfzT_xNDA6/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== animator…
    uniE608 SYFY Movie Homage: The Bourne Trilogy
    Commissioned by SYFY network to create an homage animation based on the Bourne Trilogy. In this short animation, I went to find iconic scenes that make Jason Bourne an action character renowned worldwide. Through paper craft I build an elegant and minimalist locations based on the film, where I place Jason Bourne is being chased. animator filmdirector advert…
    uniE608 SYFY Movie Homage: Troy
    Commissioned by SYFY network to create an homage animation based on Troy. In this short animation I got inspired by greek/roman vases and went to give that texture to the background. The horse and warriors design are inspired by the ones of the film, with slight modifications. The use of light shows the transitions of mood, from day to night and to the battle moment. animator advert…
    uniE608 SYFY Holiday Logo Ident (Extended Cut)
    Animation I create for TV Network SYFY. The puppet has a wire armature and is fur is felt. Snow is cotton and trees are made also of felt. advert animator…
    uniE608 Nature Vs Nurture Official Music Video
    A stop motion story based video giving more depth to the song's prime subject, adoption. Family ain't always blood. Song Performed by Abstract animator…