American writer/director Joel POTRYKUS resides in Grand Rapids, MI USA, where he continues to work with his filmmaking band, Sob Noisse. His Animal Trilogy was completed in 2014 with the release of Buzzard (SXSW), preceded by the feature film Ape (winner of Best Emerging Director, 2012 Locarno Film Festival) and the 8mm short Coyote (2010).