MATTHEW LEI
DREAM CATCHERS
About The Show
The indie animated show of your DREAMS! Created by a team of CalArts Students (and various friends from other schools).
Dream Catchers is a surreal series that follows Star and TV, who are tasked with the job of traveling through people’s dreams to help them with their troubles. Join them, as they learn new things, solve problems, and make new ones!
We've finished making Season 1, and are currently developing Season 2! We hope to get more eyes on this series while we continue doing what we love.
My Role
I'm a co-creator, showrunner, animator, and voice actor!
It started as a small side project between my friend, Val Yu, and I that we'd work on during our free time at CalArts. After bringing more friends onboard, the show quickly became the biggest project I've ever started! I've taken this unique opportunity to try many hats including writing, storyboarding, production management, modeling/rigging, social media management, and more.
During episodes 1-4, I was the sole animator on the project. Thankfully, I've gotten to recruite and train a team of animators to animate on episodes 5 and onward.