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RECOGNITION
Film ‘Harvest’
- PRIX ROYAL Paris Animation Awards 2021 - Award Winner.
- Monthly Indie Shorts 2021 - Award Winner (x 2).
- Panthéon du Prix Royal 2021 - Nominee.
- Standalone Film Festival & Award 2021 - Official Selection.
- Kid’s First! Film Festival 2020 - Official Selection.

Past Experience

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Umaimah is an Animation Designer and Visual Development Artist from Northern Nigeria currently working in the U.S. She spends most of her time painting, collecting floral dresses/trinkets and playing with her calico kitten. In the few months since graduating from Savannah College of Arts and Design (BFA), she started working with Disney TV Animation. She has also worked for other studios like, Cartoon Network and Warner Brothers. She loves working with other creative people and being inspired by them.
E-mail - udamakka@gmail.com
Literary representation - Susan Graham of Einstein Literary Management

LIGHTBOX EXPO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M02kbetHxY

INVERSE - https://www.inverse.com/article/41289-get-out-horror-film-get-our-a-year-later-fan-art

CREATIVE HOWL - https://creativehowl.com/work/umaimah-damakka/

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jordan-peele-get-team-celebrate-fan-inspired-art-1059794

ALEXIS BURLING (critic / writer / editor) - https://alexisburling.com/in-she-votes-100-female-artists-retell-the-suffrage-movement-story/

The Chiswick Calendar - https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/chiswick-reconfined-reconstrained/

ISSUU - https://issuu.com/ascendmagazine/docs/ascend_2__1_/6

VOYAGE ATL - http://voyageatl.com/interview/meet-umaimah-damakka-coloured-braids-midtown/

ShoutOut Atlanta - https://shoutoutatlanta.com/meet-umaimah-damakka-animation-artist/