Nico Casavecchia

Nico Casavecchia (born Nicolás Casavecchia) is an Argentine director, screenwriter and illustrator. His work includes music videos, commercials and film, often employing mix media techniques ranging from animation to live action. Casavecchia most notably directed A Boy and His Atom (2013) a stop-motion animated short film created by IBM Research scientists, made by moving carbon monoxide molecules. The movie has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film. Casavecchia was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied graphic design in the University of Buenos Aires for 8 months and has been an autodidact ever since. His professional career began while working for graphic design studios and advertising agencies. In 2001 he won the first edition of OFFF festival in the ARTS category and moved to Barcelona where he lived for the following 11 years. Later, in 2004, Casavecchia co-funded AÄB, a multi disciplinary studio together with his partners Hernan Curioni and Agustín Verrastro. In AÄB he explored different filmmaking techniques influenced by Verrastro's expertise in animation and Curioni's talent in Art direction and illustration. After AÄB's dissolution, Casavecchia started directing under his own name. Since December 2012 Casavecchia has lived in Brooklyn and collaborates with the production company 1st Avenue Machine as member of their roster of directors.