Sara Taigher

Sara Taigher works as a director and motion designer. Her artistic work is deeply inspired by contrasts between nature and technology and ranges from animated music videos, commercials and short films. Sara starts producing videos and motion graphics in 2000 when she enrolls at a short course of video design at the European Istitute of Design (IED) in Rome. In 2005 she moves to London and graduates in Graphic and Media Design at London College of Communication. In Rome she starts directing animated commercials hired by the production company "Filmmaster". She also gains skills in music video direction with Solar life raft (Dj Rupture and Matt Shadetek) and Valse de meduse (Le Cardamomò). In 2012 she funds her own production company So what with Ippolito Simion and Lorenzo Giordano and works closely with advertising agencies and brands like Philip Morris, Nissan, Lottomatica, Barilla, Universal, Lenovo and Panasonic. In 2014 Sara writes her first short film "Black" with the help of the italian novelist and comic writer Lorenzo Bartoli. In 2017 she starts teaching "Art Direction for motion graphics" at the European Istitute of Design (IED) in Rome. In 2018 Black is selected at over 30 festivals around the world. In 2019 she funds the animation studio Robotina with Yassmin Yaghmai.