Christopher Sadler
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Christopher Sadler (born 1970]
He completed his secondary education at
Although he originally focused on illustration, Sadler later turned his hand to
He first worked for Aardman Animations in 1994 as a freelance animator and model maker, working on several commercials and the pilot episode for
He became a full-time Aardman staff member in November 2000 and enjoyed several roles during his time there, including key/character animator on the stop frame feature film projects, "Chicken Run", "Curse of the WereRabbit" and "The Pirates! In an adventure with Scientists!" He joined the Shaun the Sheep team in late 2005, helping to develop the look and animation style of the series and was director of ten episodes.[2]
He was made series director for the second series of forty episodes, which completed production in March 2010. After the filming of "The Pirates! In an adventure with Scientists!" completed in December 2011, he returned to direct five more episodes of "Shaun the Sheep" series 3. He left Aardman Animations in August 2012.[3]
Awards and nominations
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- 2010 - International Emmy Awards - Winner of Children and Young People category for 'Shaun The Sheep'
- 2010 - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain - Winner[4] Best Children's Television Drama/Comedy
- 2010 - BAFTA Children's Awards - Winner[5] for Animation - Director: Richard Webber, Series Director: Chris Sadler; Producer: Gareth Owen
- 2010 - British Animation Awards - Winner[6] for Best Children's Series for "Ewe've Been Framed" Director: Richard Webber, Series Director: Chris Sadler; Producer: Gareth Owen[7]
- 2008 - International Emmy Awards - Winner of Children and Young People category for 'Shaun The Sheep' (Director with Richard Goleszowski and JP Vine)[8]
- 2007 - Annecy Awards - Winner of Best TV Production - 'Still Life' from the 'Shaun the Sheep' (Director) [9]
- 2007 - BAFTA Children's Award - Nominated for 'Shaun the Sheep' (Director, along with Julie Lockhart & Richard Goleszowski) [10]
- 2007 - Rushes Soho Short Film Festival - Winner of The Era Animation Award - ‘Shaun the Sheep – Off the Baa’ (Director)[11]
- 2005 - 33rd Annie Awards - Nomination for Best character animation 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit' (with Jay Grace)[citation needed]
References
- ^ "III International Animation Festival ANIMACOR'07". Archived from the original on 29 August 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ "Shaun the Sheep - Forum - Series 2 - Your New Series Director". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ Sadler, Christopher. "Linked In". Linked In.
- ^ "Writers' Guild Award winners". The Writers' Guild. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- BAFTA. 28 November 2010. Archived from the originalon 10 December 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ "Aardman sweeps board at British Animation Awards". BBC News. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "British Animation Awards nominees announced". Forbidden Planet. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "UK Wins in Seven Categories including Best Performance by an Actor & Best Performance by an Actress". International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 24 November 2008. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
- ^ Gordon, Joe (18 June 2007). "Brit animation steals the show at Annecy - Forbidden Planet Blog". Forbiddenplanet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Dixon, Suzi (22 October 2007). "BAFTA Children's Awards: will Harry get the public vote?". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ "Winners announced for the Rushes Soho Short Film Festival". Creativematch.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
External links
- Christopher Sadler at IMDb