Originally from China, Danski Tang is an animation filmmaker and a visual artist now based in Los Angeles.

Focusing on hand-drawn animation and non-fiction, Danski stitches frames into a constantly evolving organism to explore themes of memory, the subconscious, cultural indoctrination, and body autonomy. Her work has been shown in numerous international film festivals such as MoMA DocFortnight, Melbourne Film Festival,Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Festival, Annecy Animated Film Festival, Hiroshima Animation Festival, Vienna Shorts Festival. Her latest film, Umbilical, won the Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, among other awards.

Danski holds an MFA in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts. She is currently teaching at CalState LA, and has previously taught at CalArts, Otis, CSU Long Beach.

CV available upon request.

Select Awards:

2022  NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, Best Animated Short Film, USA

2020  New Orleans Film Festival, Jury Award Animated Shorts Oscar®-qualifying, USA

2020  AFI Film Festival, Special Mention for Animation, USA 

2020  Slamdance Film Festival, Honorable Mention for Documentary Short Film, USA

2020  58th Ann Arbor Film Festival, The Eileen Maitland Award, USA

2020  Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, Jury Award, USA

2020  Oxford Film Festival, Jury Award for Animation, USA

2020  Chicago Underground Film Festival, Helen Hill Animation Award, USA

2019  The 72 Locarno Film Festival, Silver Leopard Award,  Switzerland

2019  San Diego Asian Film Festival, Best Animated Short Film, USA

2017  Paris International Animation Film Festival, Jury Award, France

2017  Taichung International Animation Festival, Jury Award, Taiwan

Select Clients and Collaborators:

Little Monster Films, Human Person (Taylor Swift, Becky G, Mariah Carey), Studio Tshay, Netflix, Tala Madani, Jonny Negron, Open the Portal (Harry Styles), Dyson&Womack, Meow Wolf, FX, POV Spark, Google Lens, UN Women, HBO