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Bristol, Gb

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Directing collaboration with Peter Gabriel and artist, Antony Micallef. We brought Antony's artwork to life for Peter’s new I/O tour and album, and specifically for the track, ‘Love Can Heal’. The film is used as visuals in his live show which are elevated by Peter interactively painting into them in real time.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Various projects in development.

Directed a campaign for property website Zoopla, introducing Jess and Debs - two relatable, humorous hermit crabs, navigating the property market. We created two new CGI animated characters to build on Zoopla’s popular crab campaign.‘Jess and Debs’ demonstrated Zoopla’s tools and features to make it the best place to sell, buy and rent property. As well as a number of TV and online films, the duo appeared in a large scale print campaign, with posters promoting the scale and expertise of Zoopla

Directed a series of cinematic trailers in game engine - to distil the story down, slowly releasing more information about the main characters and their lives. Key goal was to keep the initial vision of the game as solid as possible, preserving the game’s voice and tone.11-11: Memories Retold a first world war game in which no shots are fired. Aardman’s first full length game is an impressionistic vision, illuminating the war with sensitivity and poignancy while putting story at the frontline. The mission, released just before the centenary of Armistice Day, was to provide insight into the war, particularly for younger generations. The game avoids explicit bloodshed, but still communicates the grim nature of trench life. It also heightens your attention to the story, which has a fable-like quality, as if vividly but distantly remembered.

Director and designer across the campaign’s various films. Character designs for the charity turkeys.The PayPal Turkey Dash saw an elite field of CGI turkeys – each representing a major UK charity – take part in an animated race powered by online donations. The more donations a charity received, the faster its turkey ran, boosting donations to eight of the UK’s most loved charities – Including Blue Cross, CLIC Sargent, LGBT Foundation, Mental Health Foundation, Royal British Legion, RNLI, Save the Children and Sue Ryder.The campaign was a collaboration of forces for a unique Christmas campaign between PayPal, Aardman, Channel 4 and CB&P. A number of celebrities helped the cause by giving their talents to voicing and hosting the events.

Live action spot for the Dyson 360 Eye robot

'Beeballs' - A moment of quaint country life, shattered by narky bees...

Short and sweet spot for Innocent Super smoothies. Stopmotion & CGI mash up.

Using immersive technologies to work on a piece as part of BBC Connected Studio’s ‘Future of Content’ programme. The brief called for going beyond being in the heart of the action, beyond controlling it. This was a great opportunity to work in the emerging format of high-end, interactive virtual reality.An immersive short story based on BBC News stories, 'We Wait' transports the audience to a beach in Turkey, where they join a family waiting to cross the sea to Greece, sharing their hopes, fears and past experiences.

Directed the first ever global cinema ad to support the Global Goals campaign.The ad was created as part of a wider campaign to promote the UN’s sustainable development initiative, with the idea that if the goals are famous and if people care about what has been promised by the politicians, it greatly increases their chance of being implemented. The film premiered in New York on 24/09/15 before appearing in thousands of cinemas in over 34 countries.

Directed commercial for Ibuleve, bringing a renaissance style painting to life...complete with unheroic characters moaning about everyday aches and pains. And a posh ox.

Marking the opening of the new First World War Galleries at IWM London and for the wider centenary commemorations, we created a special short film 'Flight of the Stories', depicting the journey of personal stories and letters written by those who never left the fields of Northern France during the First World War.The film has been created working alongside Johnny Fearless; the ad agency leading the museum’s reopening creative campaign.

Direction and design of official trailer for Abbie Ross' memoir, 'Hippy Dinners' - A memoir of a childhood 'living the dream' in 1970s Wales, currently being adapted for screen by Steve Coogan & BabyCow Productions (2019)

Led design & animation teams to develop & create 'Pigby & Friends' - a new world of characters to help children learn about saving as part of the launch of Natwest's new ‘First Saver’ account. 'Pigby' became a new Natwest piggy bank for kids - based on Natwest's campaign in the 80's, and also a winning design from a kid's competition.Directed and developed introduction and interactive films.

Directed & designed films. Commissioned by BBC Radio 2 to support Sir Tom Stoppard’s ‘Darkside’ radio drama – an original play written to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s album, The Dark Side Of The Moon. Firstly, a three minute trailer for the event and secondly, an extended film loop to complement the audio experience.

Development for 'Rabbids' the TV series - a collaboration between Aardman and Ubisoft Motion Pictures.

Art Director for CG series - for Cartoon Network, Aardman Animations & Decode.