Christopher Childs

Animation Filmmaker and Artist

www.chrischildsanimation.weebly.com
chris.childs11@btinternet.com
07931 748931

Education/Training

2020 Barbican Cinema ‘Emerging Film Curators’ lab

2017-2020 First Class honours, Animation BA(Hons)

University of the West of England

2019 Aardman Academy Storyboarding Masterclass with Sylvia

Bull.

Experience

2020 Animation filmmaker, Commercial project for the BBC and Arts and
Humanities Research Centre commissioned by Calling the Shots.

2020 Guest Lecturer, Bristol School of Animation UWE.

Curated and organized an online screening of independent animation.

2020 Film Curator ‘Enter The Brainbox’, Barbican Centre. Curated and
organized an in-cinema screening of animated shorts as part of the
‘Emerging Film Curators’ Season.

2019 Aardman Animations Aardboiled. Developed a series pitch bible and

animatic with collaborator Georgie Bentley. Pitched our idea to
Aardman co-founder Peter Lord in a story meeting.

2019 Animated a stop-motion cut-out sequence “Love Bugs”,

graduate film by model maker/animator Harriet Bradbury

2017 Animated Exeter. Organised and facilitated a family

animation workshop at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum

2016 Contributed projected animations for the stage play “Chat

Room”, performed at the Bike Shed Theatre in Exeter, UK

Screenings/Awards

WINNER - Royal Television Society West of England 2021 - Best Student Animation

Recipient of Spike Island Associates Bursary, 2020

‘My Favourite Hill!’ (Dir. Christopher Childs, 2020) has been selected for:
Manchester Animation Festival, POFF Shorts, Kaboom! Animation festival,
LINOLEUM Animation and Media Arts Festival, Taichung Animation Film Festival

‘What’s That Sound?’ (Dir. Christopher Childs, 2019) has screened at: Paris
International Animation Film Festival