United Kingdom

by Joanna Quinn

Joanna Quinn completed a foundation course in art at Goldsmiths College, University of London before studying for a BA in Graphic Design at Middlesex University. There she first discovered the magic of animation, quickly adapting her unique drawing abilities to produce beautifully fluid and dynamic animated passages. In 1985 she founded Beryl Productions with her partner, producer/writer Les Mills, and the couple have collaborated ever since. Joanna is now a highly acclaimed figure in world animation, having won over 90 international awards, including Emmys, Baftas and Jury prizes at all the major animation festivals. Two of her films have received Oscar© nominations. She has been honoured with retrospectives of her work in all over the world including Rome, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Stuttgart, Zagreb, Hiroshima, Toronto, Montreal, Gothenburg, Bradford, Cordoba, Tampere, Ottawa, Valencia and Taiwan.

• Film about animation

by Nick Park

Go behind the scenes with the real people that voiced your favourite Creature Comforts characters. Nick Park’s Creature Comforts took the classic documentary style and applied it to the lives of wild animals and pets, matching a cast of clay characters with human voices to charming effect. Originating from Nick’s 1989 Academy Award®-winning short film, Creature Comforts was unique for using unscripted vox-pop interviews with the British public in a stop motion series that has become an Aardman classic.

• Film about animation

by Nick Park

Aardman mainstays Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham visit BFI Southbank to talk about their work, including the new Wallace & Gromit adventure Vengeance Most Fowl. Four-time Oscar-winner Nick Park created the characters Wallace and Gromit at film school. He would go on to direct Creature Comforts, Early Man and, with Peter Lord, Chicken Run. He is a director of Aardman Animations and one the world’s leading stop-motion animators and filmmakers. The multi-talented Merlin Crossingham has worked on many of Aardman’s greatest films and is Creative Director of Wallace and Gromit at Aardman. He is also the director, with Nick Park, of the forthcoming Wallace and Gromit adventure Vengeance Most Fowl. They will discuss their careers at Aardman and share their insights into this glorious form of animation.

• Film about animation

by Lotte Reiniger

Prince Achmed goes for a ride on a flying horse.

• Fantasy

by Lotte Reiniger

One of Lotte Reiniger’s final films is an animated retelling of the biblical parable of the prodigal son.

• Drama

by Max Hattler

When conflict becomes a spectacle, the lines between destruction and entertainment get blurred…

• Non-narrative

by Max Hattler

A circular looping animation projection installation.

• Non-narrative

by Max Hattler

Using the New Age idea of a 'dimensional shift' as inspiration, Shift combines science fiction themes through abstract, stop motion animation of objects and colour.

• Non-narrative

by Nick Park

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Wallace & Gromit we asked members of their official website to submit their questions to Nick Park. 20 of the best were selected and put to Nick in a special video interview shot in the brand new Aardman cinema!

by Joanna Quinn

What does it take to be a successful animator - patience, attention to detail, obsession and more patience! Welcome to the animated world of Joanna Quinn. In this masterclass Joanna will be talking with students about her life as one of the most successful women animators and will give us a rare practical insight into the way she approaches animation and her own animation technique. A unique opportunity to see inside the weird and wonderful mind of an animator.

by Joanna Quinn

Joanna Quinn talks us through the journey of a scene of Affairs of the Art from Script to the Screen, paying special attention to her unusual way of working out the mouth shapes!

• Film about animation

by Peter Lord

New this year, our TIFF Kids International Film Festival Master Class is a unique opportunity for Industry delegates and film students to learn from animation industry pioneer Peter Lord. Peter Lord is co-owner and Creative Director of Aardman, which he co-founded with his long-time collaborator David Sproxton in 1972. As a director, Lord has been honoured with two Academy Award® nominations for Best Animated Short, the first in 1992 for Adam, and again in 1996 for Wat's Pig. He has also earned BAFTA nominations for Adam, The Amazing Adventures of Morph, and War Story.

by Joanna Quinn

Animation is team work and Joanna Quinn often gets asked how she is able to keep her style when working with other animators on my films.

• Film about animation

by Chris Shepherd

Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.

• Drama

by Lotte Reiniger

The classic story of a poor young tailor who comes into possession of a lamp containing a wish-granting genie is brought to life through Lotte Reiniger’s enchanting silhouette animation.

• Drama
• Fantasy
• Adventure
• Family

by Joanna Quinn

A biting and savage indictment of the development and demise of British Imperialism.

• Comedy

by Adam Smith

Official music video for TOMORA's "RING THE ALARM".

• Music video

by Arthell Isom

Official music video for The Weeknd "Snowchild".

• Music video

by Jack Brown

Official music video by for "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande.

• Music video

by Candy Guard

Five 7 second ads I made for Target Breast Cancer

• No genre