Mercedes Lewis was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and lived most of her life moving around in 7 other states. She decided to grab the bull by the horns and claim to be a Texan. After high school in Texas she made another move to Georgia to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design. There she received her B.F.A in Animation. Her concentration is character animation.

 

She loves to combine her 3D animation and sculpture skills to create stop motion animations. Mercedes enjoys creating work that is humors, wacky and goofy. She has collaborated on films such as “Cased:Study of the Mind”, “Pedro”, and her own first film called, “Trouble”. Her most recent film is “Samba Senorita”. Mercedes is continuing to work on upcoming films and projects that can challenge her as a filmmaker and animator.