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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/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 Magazine’s “Top 10 Documentary Filmmakers to Watch” list.

A longtime champion of underdog sports narratives, Duzyj’s 2016 documentary short The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere (ESPN 30 for 30, Sundance premiere) tells the curiously inspiring story of a Japanese racehorse who becomes a symbol of perseverance during a recession. In the Emmy-nominated short The Perfect 18 (ESPN, 2015), Duzyj tells the story of an IT manager who scores 18 consecutive hole-in-ones in a Putt-Putt golf tournament: a near-impossible feat that left his fellow putters feeling like they had a religious experience.

Duzyj has contributed illustration and animation work to documentaries including You Don’t Know Bo (ESPN 30 for 30, about Bo Jackson) and Ezra Edelman’s Academy Award-winning OJ: Made in America. He also 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.

All requests, please contact mickey@grandreveal.com.