Mexican animator and illustrator Luis de la Rosa died in a train accident while attending the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France. He was 34 years old.
The Vancouver-based animator was struck by a bullet train locomotive on Wednesday evening near a downtown train station, Annecy festival organizers confirmed. Hollywood Reporter Friday. The police opened an investigation to determine the cause of death.
News of the fatal accident was first reported in French newspaper Le Dauphine Libere, which said emergency services attended de la Rosa near the railway tracks on Avenue Aristide Briand on Wednesday evening, in an area fenced off and closed to the public.
He was wearing his festival credentials when emergency services arrived at the scene. The newspaper’s account stated that efforts to save De La Rosa’s life were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Mexican painter and animator will be honored at the closing ceremony on Saturday, and art director Marcel Jean is expected to give remarks and show clips of de la Rosa’s career.
The animator was in Annecy to present his latest work, world of ash rider, As part of the festival market, according to an Instagram post.
Born in Mexico in 1991, de la Rosa has been working as a 2D animator in Vancouver since 2016 after graduating from the local Vancouver Film School.
He worked at local studios like WildBrain Studios, Titmouse, Atomic Cartoons, and Chaos Emporium. The artist worked in the animation departments Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Carmen Sandiego and My father is a bounty hunter.
He also worked on animated television series Cloudy with the possibility of meatballs, the next big thing for Archibald and Moving.
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