Chris Shepherd

Chris Shepherd ( born December 4, 1966 in Liverpool) is a British film director, screenwriter and film producer.

Life

Shepherd studied from 1985 at the Polytechnic in Liverpool and worked as an editor. Between 1989 and 1992 he studied animation at West Surrey College of Art and Design. He already realized in 1992 a six-minute short film A Load of Balls, his breakthrough as a director and screenwriter he had, however, only in 1997 with the 4 produced by Channel animated short film The Broken Jaw. In the same year he worked for the BBC on the comedy show Big Train. His other works for Channel 4 included the series People's Britain and School Disco that he realized with his production company founded in 2000, Slinky Pictures. In 2003, he produced the animated short film Dad 's Dead, which won a total of 25 awards, including Best Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards. In addition, the film was nominated for a BAFTA Award. My insane neighbor was honored at the 2006 London Film Festival with the TCM Classic Shorts Award.

Filmography (selection)

As a director,

As a screenwriter

Awards (selection)

• 2002: British Animation Award for People's Britain
• 2002: BAFTA nomination for The World of Interiors
• 2004: BAFTA nomination for Dad 's Dead
• 2004: Two British Animation Awards for Dad 's Dead
• 2006: British Animation Award for Who I Am and What I Want
• 2006: Award for the funniest film in the Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart for Who I Am and What I Want
• 2006: London Film Festival Prize for TCM my insane neighbor
• 2011: International Canal Award Clermont Ferrand for Bad Night for the Blues