Summary:

Even You Leave: A Neighborhood Sketchbook is a hand-drawn animated 360° short film drawn from sketches of the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. It is also a meditation on the relation between movement, space, and creativity.

Director Bio:

Geoffrey Beatty is an animator, designer, artist, and educator.

After receiving his undergraduate degree in animation from the University of the Arts, Geoff worked for the MIT Media Lab creating animation for research into artificial intelligence and robotics. Since then, he has worked on a wide variety of projects including augmented reality exhibits, character-based narratives, and medical visualizations for clients as diverse as Google, Target, Hermès, Hasbro, Novartis, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Geoffrey has been teaching animation and design for nearly 20 years, most recently as Assistant Professor of Digital Arts at La Salle University.