Annika Schindler

Sr. Costume Fabricator LAIKA/Netflix | Germany/USA

Annika Schindler is a senior miniature costume fabricator from Berlin, Germany. She has been working in the stop-motion industry for almost two decades, costuming TV-shows and feature films in Europe and America. For the last 10 years she is living and working in Portland, Oregon.

Annika has been involved in the look and development of the costumes of The Boxtrolls, Kubo and Missing Link for the renowned animation company Laika, and only recently finished her contribution on Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio at Shadowmachine. She is currently working on Laika's new feature film Wildwood.

For the last two years Annika has been sharing her expertise and knowledge of the art + science of miniature costumes with the next generation of stop-motion artists in her online teaching program.