Petra Stipetić

Petra Stipetić is a Croatian-born animation director, animator, story consultant and lecturer based in Germany. Born in Zagreb, she studied at the art school in Mainz, where she worked in sculpture, before turning to animation and studying Visual Communication at the Kunsthochschule Kassel; until 2022 she ran the animation studio Fishyfilms with Maren Wiese. Her short films have screened internationally and received awards and Vimeo Staff Picks, and she was selected for the Berlinale Talents Short Form Station; alongside her own films she makes commissioned animation. She curates and moderates short film programmes for festivals such as Filmfest Dresden and the International Short Film Week Regensburg, has served on the board of AG Animationsfilm since 2025, and has taught at the Kunsthochschule Kassel since 2023, where she works as an artistic associate in Visual Communication.

March 1, 1992