Pete Bishop

Pete Bishop is a British film maker, animator and theatre set designer. He is best known as the director of the Channel 4 (Episodes 1-6)/Straight-to-DVD (Episodes 7-13) animation Bromwell High,[1] director of the ITV cartoon series Captain Star,[2] and as the National Theatre's Director of Animation for England People Very Nice.[3]

Bishop was nominated for a 2010 British Olivier Award for animation in set design for his work on the National Theatre production of England People Very Nice.[4]

Bromwell High, a Channel 4 (Episodes 1-6)/Straight-to-DVD (Region 2; Episodes 7-13)/Teletoon/Hat Trick Productions/Decode Entertainment co-production, has been broadcast in the UK, Canada and South America, and won the best comedy award at the 2006 British Animation Awards.[5]

Theatre of Hands, made with M Schlingmann won the 2010 Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF) Grand Prix.[6]

  1. ^ "Bromwell High (2005– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Captain Star (1997–1998)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  3. ^ Susannah Clapp. "Theatre review: England People Very Nice, Olivier, London SE1 | Stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Olivier Winners 2010 – Laurence Oliviers 2015". Olivierawards.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Entertainment | Corpse Bride is top animated film". BBC News. 9 March 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Winners - Holland Animation Film Festival - HAFF". Haff.nl. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.