Children's Blog 2009

09 November 09

Find out what it feels like to be nominated for a BAFTA as our Animation Award nominees blog about their Awards experience.

Follow the thoughts and feelings of the four Animation nominees as they record their Children's Award experiences. Get an exclusive insight into their craft and how it feels to be a nominated - from spreading the news to preparing for the big night at the London Hilton on Sunday 29 November.

Watch the winner backstage...

The Bloggers

	Philip Hunt - WINNER for Lost and Found: I am an animation director at Studio AKA - a production company based in London known all over the place for their idiosyncratic commercials and short films. I've created an eclectic range of projects alongside my ongoing role as AKA's creative Director, including the multi-award winning short film Ah Pook Is Here and my most recent project - a half hour adaptation of Oliver Jeffers' award-winning children's book called Lost and Found. The film was made by a crew of 20 - working in four countries over 11 months - on a near impossible deadline and a very tight budget. Rethinking the simple drawn style of the original book into an epic dimensional film saw us tackle some of the studio's most challenging set pieces to date - including our own 'perfect storm'. Philip's Final Blog Entry Philip's third Blog Entry Philip's second Blog Entry Philip's first Blog Entry
	Myles McLeod - Nominated for Art Sparks: I’m a writer and with my brother Greg we create animation for TV, web, and film under the guise of Brothers McLeod . We’ve worked with Aardman Animations as Commercials Directors and directed campaigns for Skittles, Stena Line and Guinness, amongst others. We’ve written and directed series for BBC (Pedro and Frankensheep) and Tate Galleries (Art Sparks), and written for a range of TV, Games and web projects (Noddy, SpongeBob SquarePants, NHS Relationships and Sex). We’ve a well established YouTube channel and have had several internet successes including Spamland and Fuggy Fuggy. In 2009, we were nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for our short animation Codswallop . Myles' Final Blog Entry Myles' third Blog Entry Myles' second Blog Entry Myles' first Blog Entry
	Ben Lock – Nominated for Chop Socky Chooks: I've been producing and supervising for about 10 years now, much of it in Children’s Entertainment. After VFX Supervising “Tiny Planets” I had the bug and went to the National Film and Television School to hone my craft, learn live action and develop creative producing skills. Making films and television is a huge privilege and you have to earn the trust of a world-wide audience of millions. I give everything I can to make each production brilliant and next up is to produce wonderful VFX for Aardman's Feature – The Pirates! Ben's Final Blog Entry Ben's third Blog Entry Ben's second Blog Entry Ben's first Blog Entry
	Lucinda Whiteley - Nominated for Horrid Henry: I founded Novel Entertainment ( www.novelentertainment.co.uk ) in 2001 with my partner Mike Watts, and since then the company has made more than 500 programmes as well as producing live theatre events, radio shows, music albums and computer games. I started my television career a very long time ago, as a temp at Yorkshire Television and was subsequently fortunate enough to work at The Childrens Channel, London Weekend Television, Channel Four Television (where I launched Big Breakfast and Hollyoaks as well as commissioning Channel Four's children's programmes) and Universal Programming. Lucinda's Final Blog Entry Lucinda's third Blog Entry Lucinda's second Blog Entry Lucinda's first Blog Entry With thanks to everyone who worked on Series Two of Horrid Henry: View the Series Credit List (29 KB)

Watch Philip Hunt and Sue Goffe talk about their BAFTA win for Lost and Found:

The Animation Nominations


Art Sparks Sharna Jackson, Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod The Brothers McLeod/ Tate	Chop Socky Chooks Ben Lock, Christine Ponzevera, Sergio Delfino Aardman Animations/ Cartoon Network	Horrid Henry Lucinda Whiteley, Dave Unwin Novel Entertainment Ltd/CiTV	WINNER: Lost and Found Sue Goffe, Philip Hunt Studio AKA/Contender Entertainment/E1 Entertainment Group/Channel 4