NEWS
Mushroom Thief
will screen at the
London International Animation Festival,
Barbican, on Tuesday 30th August at 18.30 in International Programme 4, www.liaf.org.uk for details,
and at
Cinemagic International Film Festival for Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
16th November - 2nd December 2011.
will screen at the
London International Animation Festival,
Barbican, on Tuesday 30th August at 18.30 in International Programme 4, www.liaf.org.uk for details,
and at
Cinemagic International Film Festival for Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
16th November - 2nd December 2011.
WELCOME
LATEST MOVIEJoan Ashworth is a director and designer of animated films. She has worked in the industry for 20 years, specialising in puppet animation during that time and more recently in digital 3d. Currently, she is Head of the Animation Department at London's Royal College of Art
Mushroom thief
Pixellation and stop frame animation,
based on a memory of almost being caught stealing mushrooms from another farmers field.
Ashworth studied at the National Film and Television School graduating in 1987 with her short film The Web. Ashworth co-founded 3 Peach Animation through which she directed many projects including the opening titles for Tim Burton's Batman 1.
Ashworth joined the Royal College of Art in 1994 as Professor of Animation. In 2002, Ashworth completed How Mermaids Breed inspired by Bronze Age Cycladic fertility figures and the drawings of Henry Moore. Mushroom Thief is an encounter shot in a lush green meadow in Lancashire, UK.
Ashworth joined the Royal College of Art in 1994 as Professor of Animation. In 2002, Ashworth completed How Mermaids Breed inspired by Bronze Age Cycladic fertility figures and the drawings of Henry Moore. Mushroom Thief is an encounter shot in a lush green meadow in Lancashire, UK.
Royal College of Art
Located in the heart of London, the Royal College of Art is the most influential, wholly postgraduate
university of art and design in the world
The Animation programme
Located in the heart of London, the Royal College of Art is the most influential, wholly postgraduate
university of art and design in the world
The Animation programme
Suzie Templeton
An Oscar-winning writer and director specialising in stop-motion animation
An Oscar-winning writer and director specialising in stop-motion animation










