I'm an Oscar nominated animation filmmaker with over 30 years' experience. My short films have also received two BAFTA nominations and won an Emmy. I have directed over 70 commercials for Aardman Animations for clients such as Coca Cola, Hotels.com and Pringles and have made short films for charities including Save The Children, Comic Relief, The National Lottery and The Born Free Foundation. I work across many techniques such as stop motion, 3D (CG), Adobe Animate (Flash), live action and mixed media, often combining them.…

Peter Peake

I'm an Oscar nominated animation filmmaker with over 30 years' experience. My short films have also received two BAFTA nominations and won an Emmy. I have directed over 70 commercials for Aardman Animations for clients such as Coca Cola, Hotels.com and Pringles and have made short films for charities including Save The Children, Comic Relief, The National Lottery and The Born Free Foundation. I work across many techniques such as stop motion, 3D (CG), Adobe Animate (Flash), live action and mixed media, often combining them.…

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I’m an Oscar nominated animation filmmaker with over 30 years’ experience. My short films have also received two BAFTA nominations and won an Emmy. I have directed over 70 commercials for Aardman Animations for clients such as Coca Cola, Hotels.com and Pringles and have made short films for charities including Save The Children, Comic Relief, The National Lottery and The Born Free Foundation. I work across many techniques such as stop motion, 3D (CG), Adobe Animate (Flash), live action and mixed media, often combining them.

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Skills

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Video Advert
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Short Film
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Script
Adobe Animate
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Cartoon
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Experience Level

Video Advert
Expert
Short Film
Expert
Script
Expert
Adobe Animate
Expert
Cartoon
Expert
Animation
Expert
Character Design
Expert
Blender
Expert
3D Animation
Expert
Claymation
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Set Design
Expert
Stop Motion Animation
Expert
3D Design
Expert
Adobe Premiere Pro
Intermediate
Music Video
Intermediate
3D Model
Intermediate
Adobe After Effects
Intermediate
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Education

BA Graphic Design at Bath College of Higher Education
September 1, 1989 - June 1, 1992

Qualifications

Oscar Nomination
March 26, 2000 - March 26, 2000
Best Animated Short Film
International Emmy
September 21, 2003 - September 21, 2003
Children and Young People Category
BAFTA Nomination
January 8, 2025 - January 8, 2025
BAFTA Nomination
April 15, 1994 - April 15, 1994
Best Animated Short Film - Pib & Pog

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    uniE608 Take Rabbit
    A short film featuring the voices of Matt Berry, Amelia Bullmore, Stephen Graham and Steve Pemberton. Winner of the McLaren Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2018 Made using Adobe Animate and After Effects animation comedy short rabbit fox cabbage 2D Animate…
    uniE608 Home
    A short film made with Aardman Animations for Save The Children. I wrote, directed and animated the piece which aims to highlight the plight of child refugees. Hopefully it'll resonate with any child who has ever felt like an outsider. Made using Adobe Animate and After Effects animation charity short 2D Animate…
    uniE608 Snowball
    A dark little fan video for the track Snowball by Elbow. After happening across it the band subsequently linked to the video from their website. Made using Adobe Animate elbow animation musicvideo 2D Animate wolves sheep…
    uniE608 The Born Free Foundation: Creature Discomforts
    A short film for the charity Born Free Foundation and made with Aardman Animations based on their Creature Comforts films. Produced during lockdown, we used interviews with real people describing their feelings of being trapped at home and put them into the mouths of animals in captivity to highlight their suffering and neglect. Made using Adobe Animate animation charity bornfree aardman creaturecomforts…
    uniE608 Pythagasaurus (bleeped version)
    A short film made with Aardman Animations featuring the voices of Bill Bailey, Martin Trenaman and Simon Greenall. Made using Maya animation comedy short Maya 3D billbailey caveman dinosaur maths…
    uniE608 Robbie the Reindeer II: Legend of the Lost Tribe
    A half-hour special for BBC/Comic Relief featuring voices including Ardal O'Hanlon, Steve Coogan, Jane Horrocks, Jeff Goldblum, The League of Gentlemen, Paul Whitehouse and Sir David Attenborough. It aired on BBC1 on Christmas Day 2002 and won several awards including an International Emmy in 2003 animation stopmotion BBC comicrelief tvspecial reindeer…
    uniE608 Commercials Reel
    Ads, idents and charity films I directed for Aardman Animations indicating the range of techniques and styles my work covers. animation adverts commercials idents charity Aardman…
    uniE608 Myer: Elf's Journey
    Christmas TV commercial for Melborne based department store Myer made with Aardman Animations. I directed this spot which involved shooting live action plates with a crew in Australia and then returning to the UK to combine the footage with 3D, stop motion and 2D animation. animation commercial advert myer christmas elf…