#12 Stop Motion Guru Will Becher: When Questions are the Answer

“William is a bit of a dreamer.” That’s what Will’s teachers often wrote on his reports. He knew from a young age that he wanted to be an animator. He describes his own story so well, that I’ll let him speak for himself here: “After a degree in animation at Edinburgh College of Art, Will joined Aardman Animations as a trainee assistant animator on Wallace & Gromit's Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Since then he has worked on features, commercials and TV shows including The Pirates, Creature Comforts and Shaun the Sheep. He has written and directed three independent short films and is currently Animation Director on Nick Park’s latest feature film Early Man in Bristol. Will lives in South Gloucestershire, England with his talented wife and two children.” Links: Will Becher: will_becher, willbecher.co.uk Eve Coy: @evescoy, http://evecoy.blogspot.co.uk/ Aardman Animation: http://www.aardman.com/ Early Man Movie: @EarlyManmovie If you're curious about Will's work, here's a list...it's not exhaustive, though! :) Early Man (animation director) (filming) 2015Wolves and Dogs: Howls for Full Moon (animator) 2009-2014Shaun the Sheep (TV Series short) (animator - 45 episodes) - Fruit and Nuts (2014) ... (animator) - The Stare (2014) ... (animator) - Duck! (2014) ... (animator) - Save the Dump (2014) ... (animator) - Picture Perfect (2014) ... (animator) Show all 45 episodes 2012So You Want to Be a Pirate! (Video short) (animator) 2012ParaNorman (animator) 2012The Pirates! Band of Misfits (character lead animator) 2008A Matter of Loaf and Death (Short) (character animator) 2007Creature Comforts America (TV Series) (animator - 7 episodes) - Great Outdoors/Pet Peeves/Talent Show (2007) ... (animator) - Growing Up/Fears & Phobias/Something's Afoot (2007) ... (animator) - Communication/Feeding Time/Parrot Tongue Twister (2007) ... (animator) - Working/For the Birds/Love, Animal Style (2007) ... (animator) - Winter/The Zoo (2007) ... (animator) Show all 7 episodes 2006Off Beat (Short) (animator) 2005The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (animator)