Chris Shepherd

The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor

Richard Shaw

Энди Серкис, Peter Lord

The story of married animators, John Halas and Joy Batchelor. A Jewish emigre from Hungary and a working class woman from Watford, England, John and Joy fell in love, created cartoons that helped the allies to win the war, and produced the first feature-length animation in British cinema history, Animal Farm (1954).

Silence is Golden

Chris Shepherd

Mad guy next door.

The Broken Jaw

Chris Shepherd

Short film by Chris Shepherd

Who I Am and What I Want

David Shrigley, Chris Shepherd

Kevin Eldon

Who I Am And What I Want is a 7 minute animated short directed by Chris Shepherd and David Shrigley in 2005. Based on the David Shrigley book of the same title. Kevin Eldon voices the role of the film's main character, Pete.

Brexicuted

Chris Shepherd

This satirical animation considers why Brexit is happening. A variety of British characters, interviewed the day after the UK voted to leave the EU, speak about what motivated their decision.

Johnno's Dead

Chris Shepherd

Ian Hart, Chris Freeney

Despite having time to reflect upon his twelve years behind bars, he can’t shake off the ghosts of the past. If he could catch up with Johnno, the guy who put in him in prison. Make him understand what it was like to have entire life waste.

Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)

Chris Shepherd

Alison Steadman, Robin Sebastian

Chris Shepherd directs a short animation in tribute to Joe Orton (Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot) to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. Joe Orton would write letters of complaint using the pseudonym of Edna Welthorpe. Using this persona, Orton would wind up companies, vicars and even ridicule his own plays. In this short we see what mayhem ensues when Edna writes to Smedley Jams and Littlewood home catalogue service.

Bad Night for the Blues

Chris Shepherd

Jean Boht, Kieran Lynn

Blues rinses, portraits of the queen and stand up bingo. Chris Shepherd delves into his past and recalls the world of his Aunty Glad and her local Conservative Club. The hues of blue that make up the Tory heartland are more than just a party - they are a state of mind.

Dad's Dead

Chris Shepherd

Ian Hart, Kay D'Arcy

Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.