I am a lecturer, artist and filmmaker, specialising in stop motion animation development and production. As an independent animation director, I have created a number of short-film works, most recently the stop motion short ‘Flower and the Girl’ with Breakneck films, London, which recent positive reception nationally and internationally.
Professional memberships and activities
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Academic qualifications
- MA Animation, Glyndwr University.
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
- PGCE – Glyndwr University
- BA (Hons) Film and Video Production, Derby University
Expertise
- Drawing
- Model & Puppet Fabrication
- Traditional and digital figurative Sculpture
- Stop motion cinematography
- Video post-production
- Puppet animation
- Character design
- Story Art / Storyboarding
Teaching
- Story Art & Storyboarding
- Animation Principles
- Stop motion animation production techniques
- Drawing / Life drawing
- Figure Sculpture
- Collaborative production skills
- Short Film development and production
- Post-production skills
- Model design and Fabrication
- Puppet making
Publications
- ‘Bricks and Mortar’, 2010, Liverpool
- Empty, Swept and Garnished Paperback – 1 July 2005