25-28 April 2024

BEN MITCHELL

Ben Mitchell is a Bristol-based animator, filmmaker and writer. As a freelancer he has produced work for CBeebies, Channel 4, WildBrain, Plymptoons, Animortal, Wonky Films, A Productions, Shy Guys Studios, Slurpy Studios, and Rumpus Animation to name a few.
 

As an independent director, he has created six short animated films that have been screened for 200+ festivals and touring programmes across the world. 

As an animation industry writer and researcher Ben is the Editor in Chief of the UK-based magazine site Skwigly and author of the book Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press). 
 

He has also worked with and alongside a number of international industry events (including Encounters, ITFS, Animafest Zagreb, the BAAs, FAF, MAF and CAF) in a variety of capacities and served as visiting lecturer/tutor at several universities including AUB, UWE, CSM and UOG.

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