An award-winning live-action and animation director, Effie's work manages to capture lightness, charm and humour no matter the genre or technique. Traditionally a stop-frame animator, the levity Effie brings to her story is seen time and time again across in her commercials, music videos and short films, which have been published in the likes of Rolling Stone Magazine, BFI Showcase, Short of the Week, ABC and The Fader.

Effie's talents were brought into direct six episodes of the online comedy series All In a Day's Work S2 for Mailchimp and It's Nice That. 


Effie helped celebrate the fifty-year anniversary of Yusuf / Cat Steven's seminal album ‘Tea for the Tillerman', by directing the music video of a reimagined version of Wild World. Drawing inspiration from the 1942 classic movie Casablanca, and with a child-only cast, Effie takes us into a dreamy 1940s world, as Yusuf’s stunning rendition of his own 1970s track guides our thoughts towards hope and the belief in better.

Other stand-out films from Effie's reel include “The Little Elephant” by George Hadjipieris, Athens Concert Hall 'Paddington Bear’ and her works for 'Laughing Cow' and 'McDonalds', which are full to the brim with care, craft and charm.

Effie is currently developing feature and series projects in animation and live action with A.R.C. 

A Running Commentary 
A.R.C
Alex Bedford
Ben Parkin
UK Independent Production Company
London 
Producer
animation
animator
stop motion
Mailchimp
It's Nice That
All In A Day's Work
Yusuf
Cat Stevens
Wild World
My Stuffed Grandma 
McDonalds 
Athens
Edinburgh Film Festival
Tokyo Anime Awards
Palm Springs
Hamptons
Annecy 
Commercial
Music Video
2d animation
Rolling Stone
BFI Showcase


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Effie Pappa

Mailchimp x It's Nice That - All In A Day's Work Series 2 (trailer)

In-between

Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Wild World

Autow Nite Superstore - Bad Faith

The Laughing Cow - Perfect Match

V4 - Bring the Nature Inside

Paddington Bear - Athens Concert Hall

My Stuffed Grandma

To Elefantaki - Foivos Delivorias

McDonalds - The Cow

Star - Locomondo