Bio
of sorts

I am a Londoner by adoption who suffers from the hyperactivity of lazies, which translated into non-medical jargon means I have a compulsive tendency to be constantly busy doing something without ever getting anywhere. The title Peter O’Toole chose for his autobiography, Loitering with Intent, resonates very much with me. I spent my youth assuming that I would eventually become a painter while taking, for reasons still unclear to me, all the least sensible detours. Following the natural path my studies had led me to, I worked for a while in an architecture firm. Shortly after, encouraged by a fortunate encounter, I took the chance to step into the film industry through animation. The transition felt more seamless than it might appear. As a filmmaker I wrote and directed the live-action short film Brave Naked, whereas my filmography as animator and animation supervisor includes, among other titles, Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are, Aardman’s Arthur Christmas, the BAFTA-nominated documentary Listen to Me Marlon, and the VFX Oscar®-winners Avatar and Gravity. I collaborated as VFX consultant with Oscar®-winning director Paolo Sorrentino on Youth and I am currently Head of Animation at Passion Pictures.