Animations by Brandon Ray and Paper Brain

Animations by Brandon Ray and Paper Brain

Animator and Media Creator from Houston, Texas

From the Blog

Short film complete!

Man, it’s been a busy summer… and by the way our schedule is shaping up, we’ve got lots of exciting production opportunities straight into 2016.

Houston Arts Alliance PODA 2.0

Over the past year, Team Paper Brain and myself have been working on the Repurposing Cyclical City for the Houston Art Alliance’s PODA 2.0 touring installation series.

“Be Brave” by Aja Monet get Best Music Video Award at RIFF 2015

Many thanks to the Rincon International Film Festival for honoring Aja Monet‘s song “Be Brave” with the Best Music Video Award at this year’s festival. Aja Monet is a gifted poet, musician, activist, and one of the nicest people I’ve ever worked with, and I’m grateful she chose me to[…]

Bad Bad Man Music Video Premiere

Houston Delta-Rockers Runaway Sun released their first music video, directed by Lynn Birdwell and produced by Rivet.

Paper Brain Productions

In 2013, Paper Brain Productions launched as a full-time animation production company specializing in stylized paper-based animation. Since then, Paper Brain has won five awards at various international film festivals, been selected to be a part of the Texas Filmmaker’s Showcase 2014, and contracted to make animations for the first[…]

Sunnova wins at the 2015 Addy Awards

At last night’s Houston Addy Awards, Sunnova’s “Go Solar. Save Money.” animation brought home a gold Addy Award for Rivet, Acme Fish, Wire Road, and Paper Brain. This was one of my favorite projects I worked on last year, so I’m really excited it was recognized by the AAF. I[…]