Any stop-action monsters from films, all Henson creations, Aardman, Nightmare before Christams and Corpse Bride, Trapdoor, Hitchcock films, Weta workshop and most of all my parents.
Directors
Hitchcock, Jackson, Singer, Fincher, Nolan, Burton, Meadows, Park and Lord. Big fan of Ray Harryhausen's great work, with out his monsters I wouldnt be making my monsters
Festivals
London International Animation Festival, UK
Raindance, UK
Tokatsu International Film Festival, Japan
ALTER-NATIVE International Film Festival, Romania
Exground Filmfest, Germany
FLIP Animation Festival, UK
Byron Bay, Australia
Omaha Film Festival, US
Sarasota Film Festival, US
The European Independent Film Festival, France
Film-Fest Granada, Spain
AFIA Aarhus Festival, Denmark
Mumbai Festivals Pumelo, India
Naoussa International film festival, Greece
Indianapolis International Film Festival, US
Reading Short Film Festival, UK
Portobello Film Festival, UK
ANIMANIMA 07, Serbia
Inshorts: Moviefest, Russia
CAN2007 Film Festival, UK
DaKINO IFF, Romania
Professional Affiliations
Animate & Create - Animation Workshops
www.animateandcreate.com
The Windmill Boy's Interests
General
My main interest is Stop-motion animation, I love it. Apart from animation I'm a real voyeur, I just like looking around and looking further than just whats in front of me.
Music
The Music of Ethan Maltby and Windmill Boy's organ
Movies
Clash of the Titans, Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts
Television
Creature Comforts, Monkey Dust and adverts
Books
Currently flicking through the amazing 'The Art of Ray Harryhausen' Truely inspiring. The man, can draw, storyboard, sculpt, model make and animate, a TRUE legend...
Heroes
In no particular order...
My Mum, Dad, Grandad, Mr. McCann, Steve Allen, Ray Harryhausen, Tim Burton
Canterbury Christ Church University College
Canterbury, United Kingdom
Graduated: 2004
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Radio, Film, Television
Minor: Animation
Clubs: 5th Team, Football
About me: The Windmill Boy is a short animated film, which tells the story of a boy kept prisoner in a mill, who has to try and escape. The film took 18 months to produce and was made on a very small budget. The film has been made as a piolt for a 28 minute special, which is currently being written. For more information about the film including clips and photos from the film visit www.windmillboy.co.uk
The Windmill Boy Trailer
Who I'd like to meet: Any animators or people that really love animation, any type of creative person, or anyone that likes Windmill Boy, drop us a comment or an add
Hey lunch-mate, love love LOVE Windmill Boy! V cool! Still inspired....made more models and trying to write some kind of storyboard. Hope all fine and dandy in your world X
Wow that blows me away . What a super idea for a story and creature. Excellent design and content I'd love to have a copy of my own when available . The art work minatures and molded clay is so wonderfully imiginative . Bravo and keep up the great work all of ya :) Moe from Canada Vote Obama :)
I really like the style/music and narration on yours a lot. Well done. Hope we can screen together sometime, I would like to check out the film in it's full length.
thanx for giving me the "invite add". :) the piece looks great - very much like the style & overall feel. i can appreciate & respect all the work that went into "windmill boy" - i did a brief & VERY simple claymation piece that took me half a day to film! hopefully i'll have the pleasure of getting to see your film over here on the other side of pond. i'll watch for it!
Hey :D How have you been? I can see you are busy, that is good! So did you apply your film to a lot of animation filmfestivals? I finished my film and im applying it to all diffrenet festivals, maybe we will meet somewhere. Check this festival out: www.animanima.org Hope to chat to you soon? All the best :D
i look forward to next years animation classes and to anything and everything you can teach me..
i have been working on a plot and character designs already for next year and its starting to come together but becomiing slightly epic at the same time... lots more work in store
