Who I am
This is me. I do not normally look this blank. My hair has a lustrous sheen and bon mots crackle out of my gob like space dust. Also I look older.
I am an experienced scriptwriter, Flash animator and BAFTA-winning animation director, with 10+ years in the industry.
I also have a keen interest in the whole creative and production process – I’ve written scripts for such clients as Radio 4, CBeebies and Disney, and am a voice-artist with a client list including BBC TV and Radio, G.O.L.D, Nokia, Pearson and ITV.
I am personable and good fun to work with, have a good eye for detail and am able to meet tight deadlines. And I can do an impression of a Dalek.
There is a fighty-man called Dan Chambers, but that is not me. (He broke his arm hitting someone?!)
What I can do
Flash (and basic Actionscript), Photoshop, CelAction, MS Office, Final Draft. Storyboarding and Animatic production, Character Design and Animation, VO and VO directing, Scriptwriting and Editing, Audio Editing. I’m PC, Mac and Linux literate, and a quick learner.
What I’ve been up to
2012 Animator for Picasso Pictures (animations for adverts and websites including Kelloggs, Unicef, Domestos, Always Money)
2011-12 Scriptwriter on Peter Rabbit (Silvergate Media for CBeebies/Nickelodeon USA, in production).
2011 Animator for Espresso Education – animating cute characters alongside educational content.
2011 Animator for Magictown – children’s website bringing beloved authors’ and illustrators’ work to life.
2010 Lady Geek TV – scriptwriter and animator on 2 series of this comedy online tech show.
2010 Animator at Hibbert Ralph – animating a Russian Strepsils advert. (Yes, they do!)
2010 Animator at Cartoon Network – animating Boomerang idents and channel promos for Cartoon Network Europe and Cartoon Network Nordic.
2009 Animator on Peppa Pig Series 3 (AstleyBakerDavies/eOne Entertainment for Five, Nickelodeon, BAFTA nominated 2009&10, Preschool Animation Series)
2009 Animator on Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom (AstleyBakerDavies/eOne Entertainment for Five, Nickelodeon, BAFTA winner 2009, Preschool Animation Series)
2008 Animator for Picasso Pictures (animations for web and adverts including zubiad.com, GoGurt, Oracea)
2008 Scriptwriter on Jungle Junction (SpiderEye for Playhouse Disney, BAFTA nominated, Preschool Animated Series 2010)
2007-8 Animator on Charlie and Lola Series 3 (Tiger Aspect for BBC, Playhouse Disney, BAFTA-winner, Preschool Animation 2008)
2005-6 Directed The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers Series 2 (Pesky/Studio B Productions for ITV, YTV, ABC, BAFTA-winner Children’s Series 2006)
2004 Directed and animated Sir Roger Moore in The Fly Who Loved Me for UNICEF
2004 Animator on Charlie and Lola Series 1 (Tiger Aspect for BBC/Playhouse Disney, BAFTA-nominated, Preschool Animation 2006)
The distant past…
2003 Directed and animated Tube Mice (onedotzero ltd. & UK Film Council, screened in various international film festivals, appeared on both The Times and Independent cover DVDs), 2001-2 Directed The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers Series 1 (Pesky/BBC, Prix des internautes Annecy 2002, Pulcinella Prize – Cartoons on the Bay), 2000 Animated The Pygmy Shrew, one of the first viral animations on the web, 2000 Scriptwriter for Greenlightmedia ltd., Berlin, 1998-99 Comedy Performance and writing (BBC Choice, UKPlay, Radio 4).
Please note that all pics of copyrighted characters are my oddly-drawn version of them and are completely (if affectionately) “off-model“.
