About

Known credits:
17
Birthday:
1979-04-29
Place of birth:
Madrid, Spain
Website:

Alberto Mielgo

Overview

Alberto Mielgo (born April 29, 1979) is a Spanish-born American animation director, artist, and animator. His accolades include an one Academy Award, four Emmy Awards and two Annie Awards.

Born and raised in Spain, Mielgo is currently established in Los Angeles, after having worked and lived in various countries of Asia and Europe.

Mielgo won a Primetime Emmy Award (2013), and an Annie Award (2013) for his work on Disney's Tron: Uprising as Best Production Designer. Mielgo won three Emmy Awards (2019) for Best Animated Short, Best Art Direction, Best Animation, and an Annie award (2019) for Best Art Direction of "The Witness" episode for Netflix Animation anthology Love, Death & Robots. In March 2022, he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for The Windshield Wiper. In September 2022, the "Jibaro" episode of Love, Death, & Robots, written and directed by Mielgo, won the 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program.

Known for

Acting

2021 The Windshield Wiper Actor (voice) 60
Fair

Directing

2025 Marathon Directing Director N/A
N/A
2022 Love, Death & Robots: Jibaro Directing Director N/A
N/A
2021 The Windshield Wiper Directing Director 60
Fair
2020 Tipping Point Directing Director 58
Average

Writing

2025 Marathon Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2022 Love, Death & Robots: Jibaro Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2021 The Windshield Wiper Writing Writer 60
Fair

Production

2021 The Windshield Wiper Production Producer 60
Fair

Sound

2021 The Windshield Wiper Sound Sound Designer 60
Fair

Art

2021 The Windshield Wiper Art Painter 60
Fair
2021 The Windshield Wiper Art Production Design 60
Fair
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Art Other 83
Very good
2012 TRON: Uprising Art Art Direction 73
Good
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Art Concept Artist 76
Good

Crew

2021 The Windshield Wiper Crew Compositor 60
Fair

Editing

2021 The Windshield Wiper Editing Editor 60
Fair