Shadi Adib

Shadi Adib is an Iranian-born animation director, character designer and hand-drawn animator based in Germany. She holds a master's degree in animation from Tehran Art University and a diploma in animation from the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. She worked as a director, designer and animator at Studio SOI, including on the sixth season of The Amazing World of Gumball, and has served on the preselection jury of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS). She directed the animated feature The Light of Aisha, a Spanish-German-French co-production, and in 2025 co-founded Studio Junoon.