Chris Shepherd

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Chris Shepherd

Born December 4, 1966 (1966-12-04) (age 41)
Flag of England Liverpool, England, UK
Occupation director, writer, producer

Chris Shepherd is a television/film writer and director. Born in Anfield, Liverpool in 1966. He is mainly known for combining live action with animation. His work fuses comedy with commentary on the darker side of human nature.

His writer and directorial debut came with a Channel 4 film called The Broken Jaw. The animated short, made in 1997, illustrated the plight of a public house after it's been transformed into a fun pub. During the same year he animated the world stare-out championship for BBC comedy sketch show Big Train.

He directed and co-wrote a spoof general election series with Peter Holmes called People's Britain for Channel 4 in 2001. As producer he worked with Cramp Twins creator, Brian Wood, on his Channel 4 film School Disco.

His 2003 animate! commission, Dad's Dead, featured Ian Hart as its narrator. The film ground breakingly combined animation with live action in a unique style which led the film to win 25 international awards including Best Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards and BAFTA nomination.

More recent credits include animation on Channel 4 sit com Nathan Barley and Channel 4 documentary Bollocks To Cancer. 2005 saw him co-write and co-direct with artist David Shrigley on a second animate! commission called Who I Am And What I Want. His most recent film Silence Is Golden won the TCM Classic Shorts Award at the 2006 London Film Festival.

According to Big Talk Productions website he is currently in development on a feature film called Up In Heaven. Directed by Chris Shepherd. Produced by Nira Park and Maria Manton. Release and production dates are unknown.

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Year Title Notes
???? Up In Heaven (in development) director and co-writer with Jim Mummery
2007 Granny director and writer
2006 Silence Is Golden director and writer
2005 Who I Am And What I Want co-director and co-writer with David Shrigley
2005 Nathan Barley animation and graphics
2005 Only Human: Bollocks to Cancer animation
2003 Dad's Dead director and writer
2001 People's Britain director and co-writer with Peter Holmes
2001 The World Of Interiors producer
2000 Pop Skool director
2000 Angry Kid Episode: "Backward Writing" co-writer with Darren Walsh
1999 School Disco producer
1998 Big Train (Series 1) animation
1997 The Broken Jaw director and writer
1995 Abductees production manager
1992 A Load Of Balls director and writer
1989 Safari director and writer

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