Jamie Wolfe is an LA and Pittsburgh-based animation director, artist, and educator.
Jamie Wolfe is an animator whose work immediately stands out to me because of its energy and confidence. Her drawings feel alive and emotionally charged, and her style is so distinct that you can recognize it instantly. What I really admire is how she carries that same personal voice across all of her projects. Whether the work is personal or commissioned, it still feels unmistakably hers.
One of the films she showed was Eclipsed. The film feels intense and emotionally heavy, but also very alive. What stayed with me about Eclipsed is how strongly Jamie uses exaggeration as a tool. Her hand-drawn lines are loose and expressive and constantly shifting. The bodies stretch and distort in weird ways, but they feel emotionally precise. The film feels driven by instinct, like the animation is responding moment by moment to the characters’ internal states. That rawness made the experience feel very honest to me.
What inspired me most was seeing how committed Jamie is to her own visual language. She doesn’t seem to separate “personal style” from “professional work.” The same intensity and looseness show up in all of her projects. Watching her films made me feel more confident about leaning into my own instincts and trusting that a strong personal style can survive.