Lachlan Pendragon

Lachlan Pendragon (born in 1996)^[1] is a Brisbane-based Australian animator, best known for stop-motion animated film An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It.

Lachlan Pendragon
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Animator
Years active	2015-present
Notable work	An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Career

In 2021, Pendragon wrote and directed the stop-motion animated short film An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It. In an interview with "Novastream Network," he mentioned that it took ten months to develop the film,^[2] which he did as a research project for his doctorate program at Griffith Film School.^[3][4] The film received several nominations including Berlin International Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and others. It was honored at the Student Academy Awards in 2022.^[5][6] It was nominated for the Best Animated Short Academy Award in 2023.^[7][8]

Filmography

• 2015 - Bush Turkeys of QCA
• 2015 - Elevator Madness
• 2017 - The Toll
• 2019 - Beethoven: live at Roma Street Parkland
• 2021 - An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It