Directing
PES
Born
1976-05-26 (50)
Place of birth
Dover, New Jersey, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
14 titles
Adam Pesapane (born May 26, 1973), known by the pseudonym PES, is an Oscar and Emmy-nominated American director and stop-motion animator of numerous short films and commercials. In 2013, his short film Fresh Guacamole was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar. In 2016, his commercial for the Honda Motor Co. entitled "Paper" earned an Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Commercial of 2016."
Known for
NRA love story by PES. Announcing the new citizenM Hotel in Times Square, New York City.
Swan Song
2014
2.0A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, critics, and fans.
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011
NRVarious fruits and vegetables act as gears.
Still Life
2018
7.2In this follow-up to his stop-motion hit Western Spaghetti, director PES transforms familiar objects into Fresh Guacamole.
Fresh Guacamole
2012
NRA lens is smashed with a hammer.
Lens Smash
2018
7.0Stop motion movie showing the cooking of spaghetti using everyday objects instead of food.
Western Spaghetti
2008
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
2.0A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, critics, and fans.
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011
7.2In this follow-up to his stop-motion hit Western Spaghetti, director PES transforms familiar objects into Fresh Guacamole.
Fresh Guacamole
2012
Behind the camera
NRA love story by PES. Announcing the new citizenM Hotel in Times Square, New York City.
Swan Song
2014
NRVarious fruits and vegetables act as gears.
Still Life
2018
7.2In this follow-up to his stop-motion hit Western Spaghetti, director PES transforms familiar objects into Fresh Guacamole.
Fresh Guacamole
2012
7.2In this follow-up to his stop-motion hit Western Spaghetti, director PES transforms familiar objects into Fresh Guacamole.
Fresh Guacamole
2012
NRA lens is smashed with a hammer.
Lens Smash
2018
7.0Stop motion movie showing the cooking of spaghetti using everyday objects instead of food.
Western Spaghetti
2008
7.0Stop motion movie showing the cooking of spaghetti using everyday objects instead of food.
Western Spaghetti
2008
7.0A delicatessen wizard creates a delicious-looking sandwich from some unusual ingredients.
Submarine Sandwich
2015
7.0A delicatessen wizard creates a delicious-looking sandwich from some unusual ingredients.
Submarine Sandwich
2015
A gold mannequin is overtaken by nature in this surrealistic short by Oscar-nominated director PES.
Black Gold
2014
A gold mannequin is overtaken by nature in this surrealistic short by Oscar-nominated director PES.
Black Gold
2014
6.3Surrealist stop motion comedy, whereby sentient chairs copulate.
Roof Sex
2002