Andrés Aguilar, known as "ICHI," is an award-winning animation director and creative producer, and a partner at MATTEGRAPHICS CIA LTDA, with offices in Ecuador and Mexico. With over 20 years of experience in the animation industry, he leads creative direction and production on projects like "Afterwork" (Best of Show SIGGRAPH ASIA 2017), "Lucky's Brave Sunshine", "Dalia and the Red Book", and "The Strange Case of the Human Cannonbal". Focused on developing Ecuador and Latin America's animation landscape, Andrés delivers regional stories to a worldwide audience through his innovative narrative techniques and artistic creativity.