Gilda Taffet

Video & Animation Director
Gilda Taffet

Gilda (Jill-dah), Uptown’s video and animation director since 2022, loves a good story and design challenge. She accumulated and refined her skills in school (California Institute of the Arts, CSUS, San Francisco State, School of Motion), in studio and freelance businesses and through countless personal explorations. She manages client projects from concept to completion and directs and participates in script writing and editing, illustration, storyboarding, 2D animation, motion graphics, video producing and editing and sound design. Her daily toolbox includes Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premier Pro, Audition and InDesign. She is continually in search of fresh narrative strategies and technical information and she thrives on collaboration with other design, video and animation professionals. Gilda works directly with clients to craft evocative stories with a sharp eye and genuine appreciation for the art. When she’s not on location with a film crew or in a dark room designing and making characters move, she enjoys going to art museums, film and music festivals, hiking, dancing and adventurizing with her family.