Confessions of a Jumbotron Addict

With work called “genius” by The Guardian and “invigorating” by The New Yorker, Sundance-premiering artist/director Mickey Duzyj is known for his refreshingly offbeat approach to documentaries, all of which feature his distinctive animation. He is the creator and director of the Netflix Original documentary series Losers — celebrating hidden victories within the sports world's most epic failures — earning him multiple Emmy nominations and a place on Variety's “Top 10 Documentary Filmmakers to Watch” list. A longtime champion of underdog sports narratives, his 2016 short The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere (ESPN 30 for 30, Sundance premiere) tells the story of a Japanese racehorse who becomes a symbol of perseverance during a recession, and his Emmy-nominated The Perfect 18 (ESPN, 2015) follows an IT manager who scores 18 consecutive holes-in-one in a Putt-Putt golf tournament. Duzyj has contributed illustration and animation to You Don't Know Bo and Ezra Edelman's Academy Award-winning OJ: Made in America, and remains one of the most in-demand sports illustrators in the world, with clients including Rolling Stone, Nike, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Vice, Tennis Magazine, and ESPN.