My name is Will Bishop Stephens. I make Animated Films as a writer, director and animator. I also make sculpture, prints and collage, and I’m a published author and illustrator.

I tend to use humour in my work and usually a hands-on, lo-tech approach, even when I’m using comparatively sophisticated techniques in animation. I am software agnostic, using whatever is most appropriate, and learning fast. I have a playful approach to all my work.

Clients

Since  graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2006 I have made films for the NHS’s anniversary, the CBBC website, two Borough Councils & Sunday Best Records, working directly with the clients as Director/Producer.

(see commissions for more details.)

Lecturing

I teach Animation at degree level, running the first year animation course at the University of East London, and on the Foundation Moving Image course at

UCA Farnham, as well as guest appearances as Visiting Lecturer at the

University of Westminster & the Royal College of Art.

Workshops

I have 10 years of experience leading educational workshops for teachers and young people with a range of abilities.

(see my separate Animation workshops site www.makeanimation.org )

Awards

I have won awards at Edinburgh Film Festival, London International Animation Festival & Premier Plans, Angers and Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival for my graduation film ‘The Adventures of John & John’.

My Workshop ‘Animal Farm’, a collaboration between Orleans House Gallery and Claredon Special School, won the prestigious Children’s Art Day Award, presented at the Tate Gallery.

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