Turtle Journey
Made at AARDMAN for GREENPEACE
Very proud to have directed this short for Greenpeace, here at Aardman, telling a powerful & important story in stop-frame and CG animation. With a dream team and dream cast consisting of Olivia Colman, Dame Helen Mirren, David Harbour, Jim Carter, Bella Ramsey, Ahir Shah, Giovanna Lancellotti and Callie Miller. Topped off with a sublime score by the wonderful Penguin Cafe. This was a dream project in every single way.
Shake It With Shaun
Made at AARDMAN for SHAUN THE SHEEP
I helped out on this Shaun short by providing motion graphics design and animation to bring Shaun’s moves to life!
Born A Snake
A passion project for P.O.S.
I got to design, animate and direct the official music video for P.O.S’s ‘Born A Snake’ track that I proudly made with a small crew of creative folk right here in Bristol.
FITC Amsterdam Titles
A passion project for FITC
Legend has it, there are thirteen all-powerful artefacts, which, if acquired from their guardians, and wielded together as one, will give the possessor untold and unstoppable creative power. I got to write, design, animate and direct this title sequence for my friends at the FITC creative festival.
Maya Angelou
Made at AARDMAN for BBC RADIO 4
I was absolutely honoured to design, animate and direct this film for BBC Radio 4, all about the absolutely incredible powerhouse that is Maya Angelou, for her season of work on Radio 4. I got to combine the inspirations of video games and anime to make something bold, bright and powerful, reflecting Maya Angelou’s incredible life.
Masters of Merry
Made at AARDMAN for FORTNUM & MASON
I had pleasure of directing this Christmas spot for the prestigious Fortnum & Mason! It covers the 300+ years of the stores amazing history and the changing world around it, all whilst staying a staple of the festive feasting table. We mixed archive footage, 2D animation of classic Bawden illustrations and live-action shot inside the gorgeous store on Piccadilly!
Squish Ident
Made at AARDMAN for BBC TWO
I had the absolute pleasure of directing one of the new idents for BBC Creative & Super Union’s rebrand of BBC Two! It was a mad mix of real slime, a high-speed super slow motion camera, in-camera magnetically puppeteered eyes & VFX magic!
Farmadeggon Titles
Made at AARDMAN for SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON
I proudly got to design & direct the credits sequence for Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon! It was a dream to work with Directors Will & Rich, and the Aardman Animations feature crew, and this was animated beautifully by the wonderful Andreas Niklas!
Taste the Wow
Made at AARDMAN for PINK LADY APPLES
I got to design and direct this colourful spot for Pink Lady Apples here at Aardman! It’s pink, it’s loud and it’s silly - it’s everything I love to do.
Hello Sanrio
A collaboration with TADO
I joined my creative friends TADO as co-director and editor for their stop-motion short film diving into the world of Sanrio’s wonderful characters.
Sweet Release
A collaboration with DAN & CLAIRE EFERGAN
Dan, Claire and myself had a silly idea to make a film all about final thoughts of an all but doomed Piñata. So we wrote, edited and directed it together as a passion project.
OFFF Titles
A passion project for OFFF supported by AARDMAN
The ultimate passion project - I designed and co-directed the closing titles for the 2016 OFFF festival in Barcelona. We wanted to make something bright, loud and full of energy, so we used every trick at our disposal - stop-frame, live-action, motion-graphics and rap-music!
Do Fly
A passion project for DO BOOK CO.
To celebrate my book’s release, I wanted to make a film! I collaborated with my friend & aerial camera specialist Rob Anthill to present a top-down view of the world whilst our plucky fragile paper aeroplane makes it’s way on it’s journey!
Not My Tempo
A passion project
A (very) short film, just experimenting with a high-speed camera, a drum kit, and pyrotechnics! All made by a group of friends in the Aardman studio, seeing what we could create after-hours!
Böikzmöind
A passion project
A huge group collaboration - a passion project that started as a 5-minute short and ended up a 30-mins documentary. The film asks the question “Why ride a bike with no gears in a city full of hills?”. The film organically grew and grew into one of the biggest passion projects I’ve ever been a part of and connected me with so many new people in a city I love. It was really instrumental in my career as a Director too, so BÖIKZ will always have a very special place in my heart.