Directing

 

Don’t Think of a Pink Elephant (15 Awards, 100 Official Festival selections)

Maut Ka Ku’nan

At The Café Chichi (screenings: NFTS BAFTA Talent Showcase, Manchester Animation Festival)

Colin

Jack

Fang

 

Film / Television

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Early Man (feature), Aardman, Assistant Animator

Aardman Commercials, Assistant Animator

Rastamouse, Dinamo Productions, Puppet Fabricator

Shaun the Sheep, Aardman Animations, Model Maker

Nickelodeon, London, Art Department

Brollic, Random Acts of Flyness, for HBO, Puppet Fabricator

Igloo Animation, Puppet Fabricator

Kill the Noise "Kill it for the Kids" music video for OWSLA, Puppet Character Design

Arch Models, Clapham Road Studios, Model Maker

At Issue, Yamination Studios, Model Maker & Costume Fabricator

Evidently, Pinewood Film Studios, London, Art Department

Front of House, ITV 1, Art Department, and Camera Assistant

Bars, Mucky Puppet Films, London, Puppeteer

Pay Phone, Short Film, First Take, Liverpool, Camera Operator

Dead Man’s Cards Feature Film, Aces and Eights Productions, Liverpool, Costumes Assistant and Runner

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Articles

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https://directorsnotes.com/2020/09/28/suraya-raja-dtoape/ Director's Notes

https://www.skwigly.co.uk/showcase/dont-think-of-a-pink-elephant/  , Skwigly Magazine

The film collective exploring the intersection between feminism and horror – Little White Lies, Matt Turner

Don’t Think of a Pink Elephant: An Interview with Suraya Raja – Puppet Place, Emma Windsor

https://thecuriousbrain.com/ The Curious Brain

https://www.ruthlessmagazine.co.uk/film/surayaraja Ruthless Magazine

Herself: Girlhood in Stop Motion Film – Santa Barbara Independent, Rachel Heidenry

DIY Filmmakers Explain How to Make a Horror Film On the Cheap – Broadly, Sirin Kale

https://www.ocdaction.org.uk/creative-community/dont-think-pink-elephant  OCD Action

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Residencies

 

Mentoring of Artists, The Koestler Trust, London

Puppetry and Performance, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Humberhead Peatlands NNR Artist Residency, The Art House and English Nature

Artists in Education, Salford Museum and Art Gallery

Kick Arts, Wirral Sports and Arts Initiative

Solo Exhibition, English Nature Offices, Wakefield 

 

Education / Courses

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Directing Animation, The National Film and Television School

The 3 Month Animation Course, UWE, Bristol

BA (Hons) Visual Communications, Leeds College of Art & Design