Image Díaz de León Hicks; Pablo Animation, Direction, Script Pablo Díaz de León Hicks is a Mexican filmmaker and animation director. He is currently working as an artist at Netflix Animation Studios. He holds a Master’s degree in Animation from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts, where he wrote, directed, and animated his thesis film Blooky: The Book Who Wanted to Be Read (2026). This short film was shortlisted for the BAFTA Student Awards, nominated for the Student Emmy Award, featured at the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival, and presented at the Palm Spring Short Film Festival, San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con), and the Guadalajara International Film Festival.Throughout his professional career, he has collaborated with studios such as Proof Inc., taken part in productions like Stranger Things 5 and TRON: Ares, as well as in projects by Technicolor Creative Studios, Mighty Animation, and Microsoft Research. In addition to this, he was awarded the Jenkins-Del Toro Scholarship and the John Huston Scholarship for Directing from the USC. Other Movies The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More Yugen When relentless rain threatens her sister’s life, a ceramic girl protects a fading ember from an ancient fire. But when the fire calls back the Trees of Life, she must decide whether she can return it: the very force that keeps her sister alive. Yugen is a stop motion short film crafted over eight years with puppets made from Mexican ceramics and inspired by the natural world. See More Yo soy Rocky In 1975, an unknown, penniless actor named Sylvester Stallone staked everything on a screenplay he had written, reserving the lead role for himself. This film chronicles the trials and tribulations behind one of Hollywood’s greatest stories of triumph over adversity. See More Related News The Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26 EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL: Herzog and the existence of the extraordinary 09 · 17 · 26 Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26 RIO, ZONA NORTE: reasons to smile 09 · 09 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Díaz de León Hicks; Pablo Animation, Direction, Script Pablo Díaz de León Hicks is a Mexican filmmaker and animation director. He is currently working as an artist at Netflix Animation Studios. He holds a Master’s degree in Animation from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts, where he wrote, directed, and animated his thesis film Blooky: The Book Who Wanted to Be Read (2026). This short film was shortlisted for the BAFTA Student Awards, nominated for the Student Emmy Award, featured at the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival, and presented at the Palm Spring Short Film Festival, San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con), and the Guadalajara International Film Festival.Throughout his professional career, he has collaborated with studios such as Proof Inc., taken part in productions like Stranger Things 5 and TRON: Ares, as well as in projects by Technicolor Creative Studios, Mighty Animation, and Microsoft Research. In addition to this, he was awarded the Jenkins-Del Toro Scholarship and the John Huston Scholarship for Directing from the USC.
The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
Yugen When relentless rain threatens her sister’s life, a ceramic girl protects a fading ember from an ancient fire. But when the fire calls back the Trees of Life, she must decide whether she can return it: the very force that keeps her sister alive. Yugen is a stop motion short film crafted over eight years with puppets made from Mexican ceramics and inspired by the natural world. See More
Yo soy Rocky In 1975, an unknown, penniless actor named Sylvester Stallone staked everything on a screenplay he had written, reserving the lead role for himself. This film chronicles the trials and tribulations behind one of Hollywood’s greatest stories of triumph over adversity. See More
The Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26 EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL: Herzog and the existence of the extraordinary 09 · 17 · 26 Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26 RIO, ZONA NORTE: reasons to smile 09 · 09 · 26
Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26
