Hugh Welchman
Hugh Stewart Jasper Welchman (born February 1975) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer.
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Hugh Welchman
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- Born
- 1975. · Bracknell.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Occupation
- film producer, film director, screenwriter, animator and actor.
- Fields
- film production and film direction.
- Education
- Keble College.
- Honours
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
- Languages
- English.
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Hugh Stewart Jasper Welchman (born February 1975) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer.
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Hugh Welchman studied at Keble College. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is film production and film direction. Employment is recorded with BreakThru Films. Distinctions recorded are Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Welchman comes from Bracknell in Berkshire and attended the Dolphin School in nearby Hurst until moving on to Keble College, Oxford during the 1990s and graduated with a degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy and economics (PPE). In 2002, Welchman founded the film company BreakThru Films. This led to him becoming the joint winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2007. This was for the 2006 film Peter and the Wolf. The other winner was the film's director Suzie Templeton. Welchman edited the graphic novel Hound (2014-2018) by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin. Welchman co-directed the first fully painted animated feature film Loving Vincent (2017) with Dorota Kobiela. In 2023, he co-directed another fully painted animated feature film, The Peasants, with Dorota Kobiela.
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- 1.Keble College, Oxford. Keble's First Oscar. 26 February 2008.
- 2.Hugh Welchmanco – Writer, co-Director and Producer, BreakThru Films. lovingvincent.com.
- 3.Johnston, Rich. Hound 3: Liberator– A Celtic Myth From Ireland. Bleeding Cool. 2017-03-19.
- 4.Macdonald, Fiona. Loving Vincent: The film made entirely of oil paintings. BBC. 16 October 2017.
- 5.Vollenbroek, Tunde. 'Loving Vincent': 6 Facts About The First Oil Painted Animated Feature. Cartoon Brew. 25 April 2017.
- 6.Gzyl, Paweł. W Polsce i w Ukrainie powstaje aktorska animacja według "Chłopów". Artyści w Kijowie pracują mimo rosyjskiej inwazji. Gazeta Krakowska. 23 December 2022.
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