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Ari Gibson is an Australian Art Director and animator, most well known for his work on the indie game Hollow Knight.

Career
Gibson graduated from the University of South Australia in 2003 with a Bachelor of Visual Art, majoring in New Media Art.

In 2005 he joined The People's Republic of Animation. While working there he directed the Award-winning short film The Cat Piano alongside Eddie White. He then founded Mechanical Apple, a boutique Animation studio, with Jason Pammet. They started Mechanical Apple to give them more freedom to create 2d animations. Together they worked on 2d animated short films and music videos, such as the music video for Bronte by Gotye, and the short film Motorbike that was chosen as a Disney Favourite.

In 2013 Tomb Cat, a short video game created for the Indie Speedrun game jam was posted on Newgrounds. This was the first game published by Team Cherry, an Indie game development group compromised of Ari Gibson, William Pellem and Rohan Fraser. It was followed in 2014 by Hungry Knight a game made for the Ludum Dare 27 game jam. The characters from Hungry knight, alongside the theme for another game jam 'Beneath the Surface' would inspire their next game Hollow Knight. Hollow Knight was released in 2017.

Filmography

 * Carnivore Reflux (2006)
 * Dust Echoes: Mermaid Story (2006)
 * Dust Echoes: Whirlpool (2006)
 * Sweet & Sour (2007)
 * I was a teenage Butterfly (2007)
 * The Cat Piano (2009)
 * Sometimes the Stars (2010)
 * Bronte (2011)
 * Winter Fox (2012)
 * Motorbike (2014)

Video Games

 * Tomb Cat (2013)
 * Hungry Knight (2014)
 * Hollow Knight (2017)
 * Hollow Knight: Silksong (upcoming)