Chris Shepherd
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Chris Shepherd (b. 1966) is a Liverpool, England born television/film writer and director. He is mainly known for combining live action with animation. His work fuses comedy with the darker side of human nature.
His writer and directorial debut came with a Channel 4 film called The Broken Jaw. The animated short, made in 1989, illustrated the plight of a public house after it's been transformed into a fun pub. During the same year he animated the world stare-out championship for BBC comedy sketch show Big Train.
He directed and co-wrote a spoof general election series with Peter Holmes called People's Britain from Channel 4 in 2001. As producer he worked with Cramp Twins creator, Brian Wood, on his Channel 4 film School Disco.
His 2003 Channel 4 film, Dad's Dead, featured Ian Hart as it's narrator. The film ground breakingly combined animation with live action in a unique style which led the film to win 25 international awards including Best Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards and BAFTA nomination.
More recent credits include animation on Channel 4 sit com Nathan Barley and Channel 4 documentary Bollocks To Cancer. 2005 saw him co-write and co-directed with artist David Shrigley on a Channel 4 film called Who I Am And What I Want.
Filmography
2006 Silence Is Golden, director and writer | 2005 Who I Am And What I Want, co-director and co-writer with David Shrigley | 2005 Nathan Barley, animation and graphics | 2005 , animation | 2003 Dad's Dead, director and writer | 2001 People's Britain, director and co-writer with Peter Holmes | 2000 Pop Skool, director | 2000 Angry Kid Episode: "Backward Writing", co-writer with Darren Walsh | 1998 Big Train (Series 1), animation 1997 The Broken Jaw, director and writer | 1995 Abductees, production manager 1992 A Load Of Balls, director and writer | 1989 Safari, director and writer |
Sources
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791756
- http://www.dadsdead.com
- http://www.whoiamandwhatiwant.com
- http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/sheperc/f-ftd.html
- http://www.slinkypics.com
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