• Doomscroll painting by Niel Bushnell

Tag: Animation


  • Doctor Who at the BFI – the last days of normality

    I love going to London. It’s where most of my friends live, it’s where a lot of my work comes from, and it was my home between 1994 and 1998. I have a lot of memories embedded in the grime of that city, so if there’s an opportunity to go there I usually grab it.…

  • Animating Gargantua

    Animating Gargantua

    Remember when I animated Tony Blair piloting a microscopic submarine through the veins of  the Duchess of Cambridge? It was for The Windsors, a Channel 4 comedy that was broadcast earlier this year. Well, The Windsors is back for a Christmas Special, and this time I’ve animated this chap, Gargantua, the EU’s automatic defence system:Gargantua…

  • Rogue One, Gareth Edwards and Me

    Yesterday I was lucky enough to see the new Star Wars movie in Leicester Square a day before it went on general release. I loved the film, it captured the essence of Star Wars but propelled it into the arena of 21st century cinema in a more convincing way than The Force Awakens managed (and…

  • Animation Showreel

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    I’ve finally updated my animation showreel with some recent work! It includes a variety of TV projects such as Our School for CBBC and The Number of the Doctor, produced for the 50th anniversary celebrations of Doctor Who.

  • Filmmaking at Macmillan Academy

    Had a great week working with the pupils from Macmillan Academy in Middlesbrough with Mark Jobe from Quay Animation. Together we helped the pupils write, design and animate a short film about climate change and the effects of flooding. Former Macmillan pupil and BBC Breakfast business reporter Steph McGovern dropped in to see what we…