What We Do

Aco Creative Ltd. aims to create high-quality art direction, animation, illustration, concept art, motion graphics, and storyboards to help our clients succeed. We take on projects worldwide. Some of our most prestigious clients include Tiger Party New York, Velvet Wolf Films, Taiwan Public Television, etc. Please contact us if you have any requests.

Founder / Director
Aco Wu-Ching Chang

Wu-Ching Chang is an award-winning animation director who earned an MA. Animation from the Royal College of Art in the UK. She has worked on commercial and independent animation, illustration, and game concept art since 2015. She is the concept artist and cinematic artist for the game Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition. She works as an Adjunct Assistant Professor ranked specialist in Communication Design at Shih Chien University and as a guest speaker at Pennsylvania State University. She worked as the judging panel for animation at the Happy Valley Animation Fest, FFTG Award, Asian American International Film Festival, Taichung International Animation Festival, and Taiwan International Student Design Competition, and a consultant at the Think Tank for Taiwan Cultural Policy at the National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA).

Her animated short films were screened at festivals around the world. Her films address various issues related to women, modernity, and humanistic views. Her films are often based on cultural context through focused interviews. In addition to 2D animation with hand-painted textures, her films incorporate various experimental artistic practices. Her film 'My Grandmother Is an Egg' won Jury Special Mention Award at Atlanta Film Festival and Women Make Waves Film Festival and is officially selected at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Animafest Zagreb, Flickerfest International Short Film Festival.
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Work

2023   Art Director ｜ Keyboard Cat Studio
2023   Art Director ｜ VR film ‘Virtual Kiss‘
2023 Illustrator and Poster Designer for Film ｜ Horrible Eyes Ltd.
2023 Illustrator ｜ Industrial Technology Research Institute
2022   Film Director ｜ Taiwan Public Television
2022   Game Promotional Key Artist ｜ Far Star Studio
2022 Game Promotional Key Artist ｜ Shield Breaking Games
2022 Motion Graphic Art Director ｜ Wab Digi-tech Co., Ltd.
2022   Motion Graphic Art Director ｜ Botrista Technology, Inc
2022 Animation Director ｜ Velvet Wolf Films Limited
2022   On-Site Sketcher ｜ Onedor Limited
2021   Motion Graphic Art Director ｜ Igenomix
2021     Motion Graphic Director ｜ Taiwan Agricultural Science and Technology Resources Logistics Management Association
2021 Animation Background Artist for short film 'Taichung Way' ｜ A Monster A Day
2021 Key Vision and Graphic Designer ｜ Houseads, Aerial Survey Office, Forestry Bureau
2021 Illustrator and Poster Designer for Film “Part Forever“｜ Alan Chun-An Ou
2021 Key Vision and Concept Artist ｜ Keelung For A Walk
2021 Key Vision and Graphic Designer ｜ IAMHO Fashion
2020 Motion Graphic Director ｜ Orange Films & Health Promotion Administration
2020 Matte Painting Artist for Animation Series ‘Brave Animated Series’ ｜ Big Cat Studio
2020    Website Graphic Designer ｜ Tiger Party
2020 Video Art Director ｜ Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce in the UK
2020 Illustrator ｜ Column at United Daily News
2020 Concept Art of Character ｜ On Point Creative Co., Ltd
2019 　2D Animator ｜ 'Four To The Floor' series 5 episode 4, Channel Four
2017 　Game Promotional Illustrator ｜ Gismo Technology Co., Ltd
2014 　2D Artist ｜ Immediately Game Co., Ltd
2014 　2D Animator ｜ 'Christmas E-Card', TECO Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd
2013 　Video Editor ｜ Sinyi Realty Inc.
2012 　Comic Artist ｜ Comic serial biweekly, Sinyi Realty Inc.
2011 　Comic Artist ｜ Comic serial of statistics reference book, Wu-Nan Book Inc.

Honor

Animated Film《Hello to Me in 100 Years》
★ 2024 Prix Jeunesse International Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2024 World of Film International Festival Glasgow ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 Montecatini International Short Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 HollyShorts Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 DokuFest ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 IFI Family Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 DeadCenter Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 RiverRun International Film Festival, Animated Shorts Competition Section ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 Riverside International Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films ｜ Official Selection
★ 2023 Athens International Film and Video Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2023 Cleveland International Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 Athens Animfest ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 Cascadia International Women's Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2023 Spokane International Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 Escales Documentaires – International Festival of Creative Documentary ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 BFI London Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 Cinemagic Belfast Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 Chaniartoon - International Comic&Animation Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 DYTIATKO International Children’s Media Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 San Diego International Kids' Film Festival ｜Official Selection

Animated Film《My Grandmother Is an Egg》
★ 2023 Canberra Short Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2023 Lunenburg Doc Fest ｜ Semi-Finalist
★ 2023 Bentonville Film Festival｜ Official Selection
★ 2023 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival ｜ Finalist
★ 2023 NorthwestFest International Documentary Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2023 Ennesimo Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2023 Zlín Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2023 Oslo Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2023 Jacksonville Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 São Paulo Film Festival ｜Semi-Finalist
★ 2022 Spark Animation Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Sedicicorto International Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Chicago International Children's Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Big Cartoon Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Aichi International Women's Film Festival Film ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Free Speech Film Festival ｜Award Winner
★ 2022 Buenos Aires International Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 The Women's Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 Bolton International Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 Paris International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 Viborg International Animation Festival ｜Official Selection
★ 2022 Doc Edge Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 La Guarimba Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 World Festival of Animated Film ANIMAFEST ZAGREB ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 San Francisco International Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Athens International Film and Video Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Atlanta Film Festival ｜ Special Jury Mention Award
★ 2022 RiverRun International Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Aspen Shortsfest ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Tricky Women / Tricky Realities International Animation Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Athens ANIMFEST ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Cardiff Animation Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 British Shorts Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Kaboom Animation Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Spokane International Film Festival ｜ Best Animated Short Gold SpIFFy Award
★ 2022 Flickerfest International Short Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Ulsan International Film Festival ｜ Invited Screening
★ 2021 New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival ｜ Invited Screening
★ 2021 SIGGRAPH Asia ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Euroshorts Festival ｜ Aman Amirzai Memorial Award for Best Multicultural Film Award
★ 2021 St. Louis International Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Sunday Shorts Film Festival ｜ Audience Award
★ 2021 Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Girona Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Manchester Animation Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Taichung International Animation Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Guanajuato International Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 International Short Film Festival of Cyprus ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Ars Electronica ｜ Invited Screening
★ 2021 Kaohsiung Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Women Make Waves Film Festival ｜ Jury Special Mention Award
★ 2021 Indie-AniFest ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Encounters Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival ｜ Official Selection

Animated  Film《Bird》
★ 2023 Riverside International Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Thomas Edison Film Festival ｜ Jury's Citation Award
★ 2022 Bordeaux Shorts Biennale ｜ Honorable Mention Award
★ 2021 FFTG Award ｜ Best Newwave Filmmaker Female Award
★ 2021 Spark Animation Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    Sommets du cinéma d'animation ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    St. Louis International Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020   Norwich Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival ｜ Semi-Finalist
★ 2020    Bengaluru International Short Film Festival ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019   Jacksonville Film Festival​ ｜ Official Selection

Animated Film《 Mother》
★ 2014     4C Digital Content Awards｜ Best Visual Effects Award
★ 2014     K. T. Creativity Award ｜ Quality Award

Talk & Lecture

2024  《The Creative Journey of an Animation Director》Arts University Bournemouth, The UK
2024 《A Decade in the Making: The Journey of an Animation Director》Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
2024 《My Grandmother Is an Egg》Feminist Workshop | Women's Rights Promotion Foundation, Taiwan
2023 《Director Wu-ChinｇChang’s Film Retrospective》Ensemble International Animation Short Film Festival, Taiwan
2023 《The Creative Path of Animation Directors》Taiwan Ministry of Education, Taiwan
2023 《One Hundred Ways to Tell a Story with Animation》Taiwan Media Observation Education Foundation's Children and Youth Jury Training Camp, Taiwan
2023 《My Dream as a Director》Workshop at the Comma Classroom for Middle and Elementary School Students, Taiwan
2023 《From Game to Animation - Building a Unique Visual Style Brand》Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
2023 《The Creative Path of Animation Directors》Ming Chuan University, Taiwan
2022 《The journey of creating animation” Ming Chuan University, Taiwan
2022 《Experimenntal Visual Narrative》Workshop, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
2022 《Concept Art─Matte Painting Workshop》Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
2022 《Creating the Unique Visual Style-From Commercial Game to Independent Animation》Ming Chuan University, Taiwan
2022 《Exploring the History of T'ung-yang-hsi with Animation─The intersection between documentary animation and feminism》Movie Pod Podcast, Taiwan
2022 《Director Q&A》Taiwan Public Television, Taiwan
2022 《Creating the Unique Visual Style-From Commercial Game to Independent Animation》Tamkang University, Taiwan
2022 《Experimenntal Visual Narrative》Workshop, Guanyin High School, Taiwan
2021 《Director Q&A》Midnight Records, Taiwan
2021 《Creating the Unique Visual Style-From Commercial Game to Independent Animation》Jinwen University of Science and Technology Design Week Master Lecture Series, Taiwan
2021 《Documentary Animated Short Film》Dayeh University, Taiwan
2021 《Exploring the tradition of T'ung-yang-hsi through the egg's imagery》National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
2021 《The Experience in the UK》 , Taipei National University of Arts, Taiwan
2021 《Experimenntal Visual Narrative》Workshop, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
2021 《 'My Grandmother Is An Egg', the feminism in animation》, Taipei National University of Arts, Taiwan
2020 《 'My Grandmother Is An Egg', the feminism in animation》, Bai Sian Conference, The UK
2019  《Feminism in animation films and animation short 'Bird'》Podcast 'Soliloquy of Ours', The UK
​2019  《Feminism in animation films and animation short 'Bird'》Junction Salon, University of Liverpool in London, The UK  
2019  《Feminism in animation short films》Formosa Salon Small Talk Festival, SOAS, The UK
2019  《Making process and screening of "Bird" 》Formosa Salon Small Talk Festival, SOAS, The UK
​2018  《Making process and exhibition experience of "Mother"》Taipei National University of Arts, Taiwan
2017  《Animation Manufacturing Plant》Animation Group Exhibition lecture  King Car Art and Cultural Center​, Taiwan​
​2015  《Animation into the international film festivals─ Making process and exhibition experience of "Mother"》Taipei National University of Arts, Taiwan

Exhibition

2024 《BLOSSOMING: Tech-Art Formosa: New Media Art Exhibition》MEET Digital Culture Center, Milan, Italy
2024 《BLOSSOMING: Tech-Art Formosa: New Media Art Exhibition》Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 《LOOP X 3 Infinite Entity》JingLü Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 《Garden Taipei Formosa》Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
2019   《The Ornament》Spring Festival Week Exhibition, London, The UK
2020 《Royal College of Art 2020》London, The UK
2020 《The Politics of Articulation》Film Collection, London, The UK
2018   《Across RCA Funerals at Creation》, Group Exhibition, London, The UK
2017  《Animation Manufacturing Plant》, Group Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
​2014  《Ecosystem-Digital Art Festival Taipei》, Taipei, Taiwan