Gerardo Cotera is an animator and illustrator whose work spans motion graphics and 3D animation, from television commercials to large-scale video mapping projects. He has directed for the Imaginantes television series and worked for years as a freelance creative at Mexico City studios including TelevisaDAD, Torofilms, Cocolab, Ocote and Atotonilco.
While directing in the Design department at Televisa, he made a short animated film narrated by José Gordón about the discoveries of Oliver Sacks, produced for Fundación Televisa and Canal 22 as part of the Imaginantes series. In 2024, he was invited by Karla Gutierrez to animate the character of young Frida for an Amazon Video production, based on a Frida Kahlo painting. He also worked on animation and rendering for a Michelob advertisement titled Ventilador, produced by Hola Combo!. His independent short film Animal, made for the 2013 Ecofilm Festival with illustrations by Luis Safa, won third place, and his animated series pitch Desanimados was named a finalist at Ideatoon.
