Aghil Hosseinian is an award winning stop motion director, animator, and educator with over 16 years of professional experience. He is the founder of 565Factory, a studio dedicated to handcrafted stop motion animation for films, television, commercials, and music videos.

His works have received awards and been selected and showcased at prestigious international animation festivals, including Annecy, Ottawa, Montreal, Animate Australia, and Tehran International Animation Festival. Passionate about both filmmaking and education, Aghil teaches the complete stop motion workflow from concept development to animation and post-production helping students develop their technical skills and unique creative voice.