Barry Baker

Animator - Director - Designer
12 Coxborrow Close, Cookham, Berks SL6 9HH, UK
Telephone & Fax +44 (0)1628 524840
Mobile +44 (0)781 370 6428

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Recent Work

 BSKYB Health & Safety

 "Health and Safety Video"
Training film for BSKYB by Uli Meyer Productions. Designed and directed (version 1) by Matt Jones

Directed version 2 changes, directed and animated new sequence "Lesson 3".

 Charlie and Lola

 "Charlie and Lola"
by Tiger Aspect for BBC and Disney 2004

Storyboards for two episodes (11 min)
‘wHoops … But I didn't DO it chArliE!’
'Honestly, We do proMise HoNestly, we can lOOk afTer yoUr dOg' 

 Weatherkids

 Nick Jr. "Weatherkids"
by Zoo Productions
Four children show what they like about their favourite weather. 2004

Storyboard (2 min film), character and layout design

 Hairy Dog Tales

 Nickelodeon "Hairy Dog Tales"
by Zoo Productions. 2004

Storyboards for 3 short (1 min) films

Charmin "Trees"

Charmin "Coins" and "Trees"
for Beryl Productions. Designed and directed by Joanna Quinn. 2003

Animation

"The Cramp Twins" - second series
For Telemagination and Cartoon Network. Directed by Frank Gresham. 2003

Character design (8 episodes). Other design and storyboard revision.

 

Projax

"Projax"
30 sec commercial commissioned by Cartoon Network, and made entirely using Flash. 2003

Direction and animation

Bmibaby - "Sunhopper"
For Slinky Pictures. Animated idents for weather sponsorship, directed by Chris Shepherd. 2003

Animation

"RSJ - Rock Shock Jock"
for Chartshow Channels. Flash animated DJ presenter for Music Chart and CD shopping channel on Sky (channel 455) 2002

Design and animation of character movement library

"Bounty Hamster"
Peafur Productions and Silver Fox for ITV. 26 X 11min. Children's science fiction comedy series. 2001-2002

Designed all characters for series except Marion and Cassie. Storyboarded 7 episodes.

AT&T - "Wheels"
For Acme Filmworks. Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit. 2001

Animation

Aaagh! It's the Mr Hell Show"
Peafur" Productions and Sextant Entertainment for BBC. 13 X half hour. Adult animated sketch comedy. Winner of Leo and Gemini Awards for Best Comedy Series on Canadian TV.

Designed all characters for series 2000-2001

1995 to 1999

Charmin "Elephant" "Lemurs" and "Sloth"
At Beryl Productions. 1999-2000

Animator
(Dir. Joanna Quinn)

ON digital idents (later ITV digital)
8 station idents for Pesky Ltd.  Featuring a variety of characters all based on the ON logo. Initial concepts by Claire Underwood. All animated entirely in Flash 1999

"Halloween"

"Oliver"

"Angelica`s Weekend Rugrats Special" for Nickelodeon. Animation of Angelica: presenting her cartoon special. Alive productions - 1999

Flash animation

"Bravo Bravo" for Cartoon Network by Alive Productions - 1999. Johnny Bravo acts as host for his own daily cartoon show

Background design and Flash animation of character

"Dynamo" a BBC Learning Zone series for 5-9 year olds by Alive Productions - 1998. Dynamo and his friend Slomo host educational programmes for key stages 1 to 2
Design and Flash animation

Character Design and animation for the revolutionary Live animation system by Ken Blakey
Designer and Animator (Flash)
"Tricky" the Dragon for Granada children's TV - 1997

Designer        
"Off the Wall - With Max!" pilot for Nickelodeon series - Cologne Cartoons - 1997       

ANIMATION FOR DISNEY FEATURES at Richard Purdum Prods.
"Pomp and Circumstance" part of "Fantasia 2000" 1996

"Hercules" 1996

"The Beatles" - Manga -inserts for documentary 1995

U2 "Kiss Me Kill Me etc." - Manga - inserts for promo 1995

Teaching and Lecturing
I have run short courses on the animation of walk-cycles and helped students with storyboards at the Royal College of Art (1993, 94, 95), also lectured on the making of TV commercials at DeMontfort University (1993, 94,95), and contributed to the animation summer school at MOMI (1996). Visiting lecturer at the London Animation School at Central St. Martin's School of Art (1998).

Pre-History

1974-1978 London College of Printing
BA (Hons) Graphic Design, first grade

1978-1982 Dragon Productions
1978-79 Assistant animator to Oscar Grillo and Sergio Simonetti
1980-82 Animator. Commercials include: Allinson's Bread, Buzby, Weetabix ( designed characters )

1982-1995 Speedy Films
I have been responsible for the production of many
successful campaigns including:

MILKY WAY
D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, London
Director, all character design, layouts, animator
"American Excess" 1989
"Space Race" 1991

"Shooters" 1992 

VITALITE - Leo Burnett, London
Director, character design, layouts, animator
"Rooftop" 1989
"Garden" 1990
"Caption" 1991
"I'm Outta Here" 1992
"Silence" 1993
"That's Light" 1994

REACH TOOTHBRUSHES - Cadwell Davies, New York
Director, layouts, animator
"Pesky Plaque" 1991
"Transformation" 1991
"Glow in the Dark" 1991
McCann Ericson, New York
"Zippy Clean-O" 1992
"Steam Clean" 1992
"Test Report" 1993
"Serious" 1994
"Lift" 1994
"Nightmare" 1995 

JELL-O - Young and Rubicam, New York
Designed "Jell-O Man" and directed
"Lunchboxes" 1991
"Octopus" 1990
Designed ( dir. Paul Vester ) 

TOSHIBA - Gold Greenlees Trott, London
Designed "Blue-print Man"
Layouts, animator
"Hi-Fi" "FST" 1984
co-director ( with Paul Vester )
"Hi-Fi II" "FST II" 1985
"MSX" 1985
"FST III" "Microwave" 1986
Director
"Hi-Fi III" 1986
The Toshiba campaign won a silver at D&AD Awards for
"Most Outstanding TV Campaign" 

PENGUIN BISCUITS - Saatchi & Saatchi, London
Layout, design, animator
"Amazon" 1983
Director
"Alpine Rally" 1983

BABYCHAM - Saatchi & Saatchi, London
Layouts, animator
"Pub" 1982
"Party" 1983 

Projects

National Film & TV School, Beaconsfield 1983-1986
"Merry-Go-Round" - 1 minute short film. A man trapped in an infinite, tesselated cycle.

"Anthropolis" - 45 second section of projected 8 minute film. A reversal of anthropomorphism, a world where people have lost their humanity and act out the lives of animals.

with Paul Vester and Tony Lee 1992
"Heads" - 1 minute short for Liquid TV produced on Commodore Amiga. Continuous transformation of Lee's drawings.

 

email me at:

Animator - Director - Designer
12 Coxborrow Close, Cookham, Berks SL6 9HH, UK
Telephone & Fax +44 (0)1628 524840
Mobile +44 (0)781 370 6428

Barry Baker