Grant Orchard
Grant Orchard (* 1972 in London-Hounslow ) is a British animator .
Life
Orchard grew up in Ealing , where he attended school. After graduating from Brentside Secondary School, he studied animation at the Farnham School of Art and Design (now University for the Creative Arts , Farnham) until 1995 . From 1997 he worked as a runner for the young animation studio Pizazz Pictures in London, which was later renamed Studio AKA. He started working in the advertising sector at Studio AKA. His first commercial was a campaign for Compac . In 2003, Orchard released his first animated short film, Welcome to Glaringly , which Channel 4 funded. This was followed in 2005 with Park Foot Ball, the first original film Orchards, which premiered at the festival for digital art, onedotzero. Orchard's greatest success to date was A Morning Stroll in 2011 , which received a BAFTA for Best Short Film in 2012 and was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short Film category in the same year .
Orchard has also been a visiting professor at UCA Farnham since 2012.
Filmography
- 2003: Welcome to Glaringly
- 2005: Park Foot Ball
- 2008: Lovesports (short animation series, 10 episodes)
- 2011: A Morning Stroll
Awards
- 2011: Junior Jury Award for a Short Film, Festival d'Animation Annecy , for A Morning Stroll
- 2012: Short Filmmaking Award, Sundance Film Festival , for A Morning Stroll
- 2012: BAFTA , best animated short film, for A Morning Stroll
- 2012: Oscar nomination , Best Animated Short , for A Morning Stroll
Web links
- Grant Orchard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grant Orchard in England & Wales births 1837-2006 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ See questionnaire Oscar 2012 (PDF; 126 kB) ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ See guru.bafta.org
- ↑ creative update . UCA Alumni Magazine, Summer 2012, p. 2.
- ↑ See Guest Lecturer on farnhamanimation.com
- ↑ 2011 Annecy International Animated Film Festival Winners Announced , June 12, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orchard, Grant |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London Hounslow |