Chris Shepherd is a BAFTA nominated television

Television

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/film

Film

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 writer

Writer

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 and director

Television director

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. Born in Anfield, Liverpool

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 in 1967. He is mainly known for combining live action

Live action

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 with animation

Animation

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. His work fuses comedy with commentary on the darker side of human nature.

His writer and directorial debut came with a Channel 4

Channel 4

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 film called The Broken Jaw

The Broken Jaw

The Broken Jaw is a short animated film by Chris Shepherd produced in 1997 by Polkadot Productions for Channel Four Television....

. The animated short, made in 1997, illustrated the plight of a public house after its been transformed into a fun pub. During the same year he animated the world stare-out

Stare-out

Stare-Out is a series of animated sketches written by Paul Hatcher and animated by Chris Shepherd, composited and additional animation by Rhodri Cooper and Jeff Goldner of Animation Post, that first appeared in the first series of the BBC sketch show Big Train...

 championship for BBC

BBC

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 comedy sketch show Big Train

Big Train

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.

He directed and co-wrote a spoof general election series with Peter Holmes

Peter Holmes

Peter James Holmes is an English footballer who plays for Dunstable Town as a midfielder.Holmes started his career with Sheffield Wednesday and after failing to make any first team appearances he joined Luton Town. He was released by the club due to financial reasons in the summer of 2003, but was...

 called People's Britain for Channel 4

Channel 4

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 in 2001. As producer

Television producer

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 he worked with Cramp Twins creator, Brian Wood, on his Channel 4

Channel 4

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 film School Disco.

His 2003 animate! commission, Dad's Dead

Dad's Dead

Dad's Dead is a seven minute award winning film written and directed by Chris Shepherd, commissioned by animate!. Since its first transmission on Channel 4, in 2003, the film has achieved a cult status...

, featured Ian Hart

Ian Hart

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 as its narrator. This was the first collaboration of many with producer and Slinky Pictures

Slinky Pictures

Slinky Pictures was a London based film and television production company. The company was created in 2000 by Maria Manton and Chris Shepherd and closed on its tenth anniversary in 2010. It animation and hybrid output included commercials, short films, pop promos and television shows...

 co-founder Maria Manton.The film ground breakingly combined animation

Animation

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 with live action

Live action

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 in a unique style which led the film to win 25 international awards including Best Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards

British Independent Film Awards

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 and BAFTA nomination.

Other credits include animation on Channel 4 sit com Nathan Barley

Nathan Barley

Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt and Claire Keelan. The series of six weekly episodes began broadcasting on 11 February 2005 on Channel 4...

 and Channel 4 documentary Bollocks To Cancer. 2005 saw him co-write and co-direct with artist David Shrigley

David Shrigley

-Life and career:Shrigley was born in Macclesfield on 17 September 1968, the younger of two children born to Rita and Joseph Shrigley. Shrigley grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire, England...

 on a second animate! commission called Who I Am And What I Want

Who I Am And What I Want

Who I Am And What I Want is a 7 minute animated short directed by Chris Shepherd and David Shrigley in 2005. Based on the David Shrigley book of the same title. Kevin Eldon voices the role of the film's main character, Pete. The DVD was released in 2006 with a 12 page booklet with art from the...

. The year after Silence Is Golden

Silence Is Golden (film)

Silence Is Golden is a 15 minute award winning film written and directed by Chris Shepherd and produced by Maria Manton. Set in 1970s Britain, it tells the story of a 10 year old boy's obsession with his seemingly simple minded neighbour Dennis. The film mixes live action with various form of...

won the TCM Classic Shorts Award at the 2006 London Film Festival

London Film Festival

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.

According to the United Agents

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 website he is currently in development on several feature films. Up In Heaven. Directed by Chris Shepherd. Produced by Nira Park

Nira Park

Nira Park is a British television and film producer.Park worked at The Comic Strip from 1989 to 1995. In June 1995, she founded Big Talk Productions, which employs twenty-five people. Under this production company, she has produced comedies such as Black Books and Spaced...

 and Maria Manton for Film4

Film4

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, Big Talk Productions

Big Talk Productions

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, 50% Off Directed by Chris Shepherd from an idea by Chris and David Shrigley

David Shrigley

-Life and career:Shrigley was born in Macclesfield on 17 September 1968, the younger of two children born to Rita and Joseph Shrigley. Shrigley grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire, England...

 for Warp Films

Warp Films

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 and Mr Phillips with 55 Films.

His latest film, Bad Night For The Blues

Bad Night for the Blues

Bad Night for the Blues is a 15-minute comedy film written and directed by Chris Shepherd and produced by Maria Manton. First transmitted on the BBC on the 27 February 2011 and later in France on the 2 April 2011 as a part of Mickrocine on Canal+ Cinecinema. Other countries to transmit the film...

, won the International Canal+ Award at Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival and was transmitted on BBC HD

BBC HD

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 on the 27th February 2011. He's followed this up with a pop promo, Falling Into Pieces, for Black Casino and the Ghost.

He's also mentioned on his blog that he's started work on a short for 12foot6 series Get Well Soon as well as being involved in a documentary project with Tim Brunsden called Home Sweet Home.

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes
????	Mr Phillips (in development)	director and writer, based on the novel by John Lanchester John Lanchester John Henry Lanchester is a British journalist and novelist. He was born in Hamburg, brought up in Hong Kong and educated in England, at Gresham's School, Holt between 1972 and 1980 and St John's College, Oxford.-Works:...
????	Up In Heaven (in development)	director and co-writer with Jim Mummery
????	50% Off (in development)	director and writer with from an idea by Chris Shepherd and David Shrigley
????	The Ringer (in development)	director and writer
2012	Home Sweet Home (documentary)	producer (directed by Tim Brunsden)
2011	Get Well Soon - A 2:30 at the dentist (short) (in production)	director and writer
2011	Black Casino and the Ghost - Falling Into Pieces (pop promo)	director and writer
2010	Bad Night For The Blues Bad Night for the Blues Bad Night for the Blues is a 15-minute comedy film written and directed by Chris Shepherd and produced by Maria Manton. First transmitted on the BBC on the 27 February 2011 and later in France on the 2 April 2011 as a part of Mickrocine on Canal+ Cinecinema. Other countries to transmit the film...	director and writer
2010	Count Arthur Strong's Entertainment Game (TV pilot)	animation
2010	The Klang Show	animation
2007	Granny	director and writer
2006	Silence Is Golden Silence Is Golden (film) Silence Is Golden is a 15 minute award winning film written and directed by Chris Shepherd and produced by Maria Manton. Set in 1970s Britain, it tells the story of a 10 year old boy's obsession with his seemingly simple minded neighbour Dennis. The film mixes live action with various form of...	director and writer
2005	Who I Am And What I Want Who I Am And What I Want Who I Am And What I Want is a 7 minute animated short directed by Chris Shepherd and David Shrigley in 2005. Based on the David Shrigley book of the same title. Kevin Eldon voices the role of the film's main character, Pete. The DVD was released in 2006 with a 12 page booklet with art from the...	co-director and co-writer with David Shrigley David Shrigley -Life and career:Shrigley was born in Macclesfield on 17 September 1968, the younger of two children born to Rita and Joseph Shrigley. Shrigley grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire, England...
2005	Nathan Barley Nathan Barley Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt and Claire Keelan. The series of six weekly episodes began broadcasting on 11 February 2005 on Channel 4...	animation and graphics
2005	Only Human: Bollocks to Cancer	animation
2003	Dad's Dead Dad's Dead Dad's Dead is a seven minute award winning film written and directed by Chris Shepherd, commissioned by animate!. Since its first transmission on Channel 4, in 2003, the film has achieved a cult status...	director and writer
2001	People's Britain	director and co-writer with Peter Holmes Peter Holmes Peter James Holmes is an English footballer who plays for Dunstable Town as a midfielder.Holmes started his career with Sheffield Wednesday and after failing to make any first team appearances he joined Luton Town. He was released by the club due to financial reasons in the summer of 2003, but was...
2001	The World Of Interiors	producer
2000	Pop Skool	director
2000	Angry Kid Angry Kid Angry Kid is a series of stop motion animations written, designed, created and directed by Darren Walsh. Angry Kid was produced by Aardman Animations, depicting the mini-adventures of a troubled 15-year-old known as "Angry Kid"... Episode: "Backward Writing"	co-writer with Darren Walsh
1999	School Disco	producer
1998	Big Train Big Train Big Train is a surreal British television comedy sketch show created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, writers of the successful sitcom Father Ted... (Series 1)	animation
1997	The Broken Jaw The Broken Jaw The Broken Jaw is a short animated film by Chris Shepherd produced in 1997 by Polkadot Productions for Channel Four Television....	director and writer
1995	Abductees	production manager
1992	A Load Of Balls	director and writer
1989	Safari Safari A safari is an overland journey, usually a trip by tourists to Africa. Traditionally, the term is used for a big-game hunt, but today the term often refers to a trip taken not for the purposes of hunting, but to observe and photograph animals and other wildlife.-Etymology:Entering the English...	director and writer

Sources

• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791756
• http://www.dadsdead.com
• http://www.whoiamandwhatiwant.com
• http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/film/chris-shepherd/
• http://www.chrisshepherdfilms.com
• animate!: Chris Shepherd biography
• http://www.myspace.com/chris__shepherd
• http://www.bigtalkproductions.com/blog/index.php/category/development/film-in-development/