Lysander Wong is an award-winning animation director working predominantly in paper cutout, mixed media, and other stop-motion techniques, aiming to connect the visual and physical to evoke a sense of tangibility and fragility. His films often investigate the ways we see, navigate, and inhabit the world, exploring identity and body through a queer and trans perspective.
He co-founded bugbyte with fellow filmmaker Isolda Milenkovic, where they run workshops, screenings, and other events, focused around their passion for DIY-cinema, animation, craft, textiles, and sustainability.
He was selected to be a part of FLAMIN Animations 2025 – 2026, a commissioning programme by Film London in partnership with Blinkink to support early-career animators in England. His films have screened at 25+ international film festivals including Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Vienna Shorts, and Animafest Zagreb.
Contact: lysander.wcy@gmail.com
Awards & Recognitions
- The British Short Film Awards: Nominee, 2026
- FLAMIN Animations, 2025 – 2026 ↗
- It's Nice That: Ones to Watch, 2025 ↗
- UAL Future 50: Founders and Freelancers, 2024
- Runner Up, Pitch It: Creative Enterprise Funding, 2024
Selected Press
- It's Nice That: “Lysander Wong's surreal shorts breathe life and action into wool, thread and crumpled paper” ↗
- Directors Notes: “10 Short Films that Capture the Spirit of Cardiff Animation Festival 2026” ↗
Interviews
- Horror Hangout: “Interview with Foreign Bodies director Lysander Wong“ ↗
- Annecy Festival: “2026 Official Selection Shorts Interview with Lysander Wong“ ↗
Group Exhibitions
- Fantoche: Animation Artifacts #2, Kunstraum Baden | Baden, Switzerland | 2026
- Animafest Zagreb: Behind the Scenes #8, Šira Gallery | Zagreb, Croatia | 2026