Sean Pecknold

is a brilliant Seattle-based animator and director who has created charming and inventive music videos for his singer/songwriter brother Robin Pecknold (frontman for The Fleet Foxes), promo's for The BBC, and a myriad of projects in collaboration with other artists under the name MILK.

White Winter Hymnal from Grandchildren on Vimeo.

His style moves from stop-motion claymation, to sweeping video diaries and short documentaries, to sweet Amelie-esque love stories involving inanimate objects. His on-screen storytelling extends into photography. Check out his pictoblog here. Under the name Grandchildren, Pecknold creates transformative, whimsical work that will inevitably put a smile on your face.

Manquer - A bicycle love story. from Grandchildren on Vimeo.