Erick Oh

Directing

Erick Oh

Born

1984-01-10 (42)

Place of birth

South Korea

Known for

Directing

Credits

26 titles

Erick Oh is a Korean filmmaker and animator based in California, USA. His independent films have been introduced and awarded at numerous international film festivals. After receiving his BFA from Fine Art Department at Seoul National University and his MFA from UCLA’s film program, Erick worked at Pixar Animation Studios from 2010 to 2016 as an animator. Erick recently joined Tonko House and directed PIG : The Dam Keeper Poems which was nominated at Annie Awards 2018 for the Best Special Animation.

Known for

Namoo poster
5.0

A narrative poem brought to life and an ode to a grandfather's passing, NAMOO—which translates to “tree” in Korean—follows the journey of a budding artist from beginning to end.

Namoo

2021

The Chronicles of Bad Luck poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Chronicles of Bad Luck

2015

The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill poster
7.2

Pig lives at the top of a hill in a town surrounded by a destructive, dark cloud. Before Pig’s father leaves to find a solution to the cloud, he builds Pig a small wooden dam to protect him and the town. The dam’s windmill keeps the cloud at bay, and Pig now has the responsibility to care for the dam. Young and alone, Pig finds love and family through his friendship with Fox, and continues to care for the townsfolk in a variety of ways. However, Pig struggles with the absence of his father, and his desire to search for his father competes with his need to keep the town safe.

The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill

2019

Heart poster
5.7

The film, Heart questions ourselves in realizing our essence and the meaning of life. This film will captivate the viewer's attention to what we fight for and why we destroy each other.

Heart

2010

No artwork available
NR

A table is set with an array of symbolic objects - fish, apple, hourglass, diamond, and a heart -prepared as an intricate meal. A colossal entity sits to partake. Is this entity a deity, the universe, or the essence of nature itself? The eternity humanity so fervently desires and the meaning it tirelessly seeks are reduced to nothing more than a single meal for this vast, inscrutable being.

Supper

2025

TOTALITY poster
NR

TOTALITY | 4K is a short film with the footages of the total solar eclipse that happened in Aug 21st, 2017 in North America. All the still and moving images are taken by Rainbow Astro, founded by Jun Ho Oh, the director of KAIST HUBO LAB.

TOTALITY

2017

Behind the camera

Namoo poster
5.0

A narrative poem brought to life and an ode to a grandfather's passing, NAMOO—which translates to “tree” in Korean—follows the journey of a budding artist from beginning to end.

Namoo

2021

Namoo poster
5.0

A narrative poem brought to life and an ode to a grandfather's passing, NAMOO—which translates to “tree” in Korean—follows the journey of a budding artist from beginning to end.

Namoo

2021

The Chronicles of Bad Luck poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Chronicles of Bad Luck

2015

The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill poster
7.2

Pig lives at the top of a hill in a town surrounded by a destructive, dark cloud. Before Pig’s father leaves to find a solution to the cloud, he builds Pig a small wooden dam to protect him and the town. The dam’s windmill keeps the cloud at bay, and Pig now has the responsibility to care for the dam. Young and alone, Pig finds love and family through his friendship with Fox, and continues to care for the townsfolk in a variety of ways. However, Pig struggles with the absence of his father, and his desire to search for his father competes with his need to keep the town safe.

The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill

2019

The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill poster
7.2

Pig lives at the top of a hill in a town surrounded by a destructive, dark cloud. Before Pig’s father leaves to find a solution to the cloud, he builds Pig a small wooden dam to protect him and the town. The dam’s windmill keeps the cloud at bay, and Pig now has the responsibility to care for the dam. Young and alone, Pig finds love and family through his friendship with Fox, and continues to care for the townsfolk in a variety of ways. However, Pig struggles with the absence of his father, and his desire to search for his father competes with his need to keep the town safe.

The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill

2019

The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill poster
7.2

Pig lives at the top of a hill in a town surrounded by a destructive, dark cloud. Before Pig’s father leaves to find a solution to the cloud, he builds Pig a small wooden dam to protect him and the town. The dam’s windmill keeps the cloud at bay, and Pig now has the responsibility to care for the dam. Young and alone, Pig finds love and family through his friendship with Fox, and continues to care for the townsfolk in a variety of ways. However, Pig struggles with the absence of his father, and his desire to search for his father competes with his need to keep the town safe.

The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill

2019

Heart poster
5.7

The film, Heart questions ourselves in realizing our essence and the meaning of life. This film will captivate the viewer's attention to what we fight for and why we destroy each other.

Heart

2010

No artwork available
NR

A table is set with an array of symbolic objects - fish, apple, hourglass, diamond, and a heart -prepared as an intricate meal. A colossal entity sits to partake. Is this entity a deity, the universe, or the essence of nature itself? The eternity humanity so fervently desires and the meaning it tirelessly seeks are reduced to nothing more than a single meal for this vast, inscrutable being.

Supper

2025

TOTALITY poster
NR

TOTALITY | 4K is a short film with the footages of the total solar eclipse that happened in Aug 21st, 2017 in North America. All the still and moving images are taken by Rainbow Astro, founded by Jun Ho Oh, the director of KAIST HUBO LAB.

TOTALITY

2017

Symphony poster
NR

'Symphony' portrays a sentient creature trying to escape from a reality of being swept away and assimilated into the mainstream, regardless of its own will. The topic of this abstractedly crafted animation applies to anything that struggles to be free. It can be a phenomenon occurring deep within the mind, or an individual confronting the standardized masses. There is no concrete answer to these questions; the only role I play is to showcase reality. The solution and conclusion of the story is open for interpretation.

Symphony

2008

Symphony poster
NR

'Symphony' portrays a sentient creature trying to escape from a reality of being swept away and assimilated into the mainstream, regardless of its own will. The topic of this abstractedly crafted animation applies to anything that struggles to be free. It can be a phenomenon occurring deep within the mind, or an individual confronting the standardized masses. There is no concrete answer to these questions; the only role I play is to showcase reality. The solution and conclusion of the story is open for interpretation.

Symphony

2008

HUBO poster
6.0

HUBO (KHR-3) is a walking humanoid robot with a life-size bipedal frame, developed by the KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and was revealed January, 2005. HUBO, short form for "humanoid robot," has been paving the road in realizing a vision of fantasy to the real world.

HUBO

2009

METAMODERNITY poster
6.0

One person is born out of his consciousness. As he looks into his inner self as well as observes the world around him, he goes on a journey to find his own voice and color.

METAMODERNITY

2022

Way Home poster
6.0

'Way Home' is a story featuring a fly, a dung beetle, and a farmer.

Way Home

2008

Way Home poster
6.0

'Way Home' is a story featuring a fly, a dung beetle, and a farmer.

Way Home

2008

Communicate poster
6.0

By covering the whole history of communication and media, Communicate shows how humankind has been interacting with one another to reach the true answer of life which is illustrated as a red ball. Winner of the Grand Prize Asia Digital Art Awards 2009

Communicate

2008

No artwork available
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

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Gunther poster
7.0

Gunther's journey to find out who he is continues even when his friends are all starving to death.

Gunther

2014

Gunther poster
7.0

Gunther's journey to find out who he is continues even when his friends are all starving to death.

Gunther

2014

The Bag poster
6.0

'The Bag' describes those living in such a chaotic world where truth and falsehood are all mixed together; those who cannot find the true meaning of life.

The Bag

2006

The Bag poster
6.0

'The Bag' describes those living in such a chaotic world where truth and falsehood are all mixed together; those who cannot find the true meaning of life.

The Bag

2006

How To Paint Your Rainbow poster
5.8

A man dies and a red flower blossoms. Then the colors of orange, yellow, green, blue and purple come into play and combine to become a beautiful and sublime rainbow.

How To Paint Your Rainbow

2018

No artwork available
NR

Surrounded by the vast expanse of the universe we are but microscopic creatures, no bigger than specks of dust. And yet, each and everyone of us carries an immense universe within themselves. After all, everything is connected and part of the same cycle. Using grand-scale images and music, Origin depicts the very source of life in a poetic and abstract way. It poses its core message by asking spiritual questions about our very existence. Where do we come from and where are we going? What is our true origin?

Origin

2022

Opera poster
7.4

The history, structures and rhythms of human history are seen through a glorious, massive pyramid.

Opera

2020

How to Eat Your Apple poster
6.3

Here is a delicious apple. How would you like to eat it?

How to Eat Your Apple

2011

How to Eat Your Apple poster
6.3

Here is a delicious apple. How would you like to eat it?

How to Eat Your Apple

2011