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| What I do |
I work from my own studio in Bristol making short films (for myself) and commercials (for Aardman). I'm also a scriptwriter and have multiple credits on BAFTA-winning children's series Peppa Pig and Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom. |
| Company |
Evil Genius Ltd |
| Website | |
| Where I work |
I run my own company or organisation |
| Technical Skills |
I animate using ToonBoom and also create imagery using photoshop and I edit on old-school Premiere and sellotape. |
| Resources / Expertise |
I have my own studio with several computers and several years experience directing commercials and making my own short films mean I don't need to call on a lot (or often any) resources outside my own studio. I hit deadlines, I can work with people, I can give orders and take them. |
| Availability |
Paid Work Only |
| 1990-1995 |
Kent Institute of Art and Design, |
| 1995-1997 |
Royal College of Art, |
| Films I wish I had made |
The Music of Chance, My Life as A Dog, Midnight Run, Das Boot, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Spanish Prisoner, Up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Iron Giant, Donnie Brasco, Naked, Wages of Fear, Brazil, loads and loads more |
| I cried watching |
I cry looking at old photos. |
| I left the cinema during |
The Good Thief. But we were really hungry. |
| Actors I admire |
Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Jodie Foster, James Spader, Jason Bateman, Mia Wasikowska, Robert De Niro... |
| Writers I respect |
Carson McCullers, Andrew Davies, David Mamet, David Simon, Tom Stoppard, Tove Jansson, Alice Munro, Tom Basden, Larry McMurtry, Simon Singh, Ricky Gervais... |
| My desert island discs |
Bands: Handsome Family, City and Colour, Gillian Welch, Laura Veirs, The National, Ben Folds, Loudon Wainwright, King Creosote, Bill Callahan, Steve Mason |
| Books I have given my friends |
Robert Olen Butler, Tove Jansson, Simon Singh |
| My death row meal |
Something non-conductive. |
| The best thing I own |
My sons. |
My role: Writer