Signe Baumane

Imagine a woman so badass that she creates films about sex, gender, generational trauma, and the dangers of authoritarianism as animated films. Imagine a woman growing up in Soviet Union-era Latvia in a family without connections eventually coming to the US alone, with only $300 in her pocket, building a career as an indie animation artist so unique and iconoclastic as to be worthy of auteur status. Well, imagine no further. That woman is award-winning artist, director, producer, and animator Signe Baumane, and she has a lot to say about style, motivation, ethics and good luck.