Directing
Alberto Mielgo
Born 1979-04-29 · Madrid, Spain
Alberto Mielgo (born April 29, 1979) is a Spanish-born American animation director, artist, and animator. His accolades include an one Academy Award, four Emmy Awards and two Annie Awards. Born and raised in Spain, Mielgo is currently established in Los Angeles, after having worked and lived in various countries of Asia and Europe. Mielgo won a Primetime Emmy Award (2013), and an Annie Award (2013) for his work on Disney's Tron: Uprising as Best Production Designer. Mielgo won three Emmy Awards (2019) for Best Animated Short, Best Art Direction, Best Animation, and an Annie award (2019) for Best Art Direction of "The Witness" episode for Netflix Animation anthology Love, Death & Robots. In March 2022, he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for The Windshield Wiper. In September 2022, the "Jibaro" episode of Love, Death, & Robots, written and directed by Mielgo, won the 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
7.0Inside a cafe while smoking a whole pack of cigarettes, a man poses an ambitious question: "What is Love?". A collection of vignettes and situations will lead the man to the desired conclusion.
The Windshield Wiper
2021
7.0Inside a cafe while smoking a whole pack of cigarettes, a man poses an ambitious question: "What is Love?". A collection of vignettes and situations will lead the man to the desired conclusion.
The Windshield Wiper
2021
7.0Inside a cafe while smoking a whole pack of cigarettes, a man poses an ambitious question: "What is Love?". A collection of vignettes and situations will lead the man to the desired conclusion.
The Windshield Wiper
2021
9.0A short film written and directed by Alberto Mielgo, serving as the reveal trailer for Bungie's extraction shooter Marathon. The short showcases the stylized, merciless beauty of the game's world.
Marathon | Reveal Cinematic Short
2025
9.0A short film written and directed by Alberto Mielgo, serving as the reveal trailer for Bungie's extraction shooter Marathon. The short showcases the stylized, merciless beauty of the game's world.
Marathon | Reveal Cinematic Short
2025