Barry Purves
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Barry Purves is an English animation director and writer, mostly known for his six stop-motion short films, although he has also directed and animated over 70 commercials, title sequences and animation inserts for feature films.
Notable among his short film works are Rigoletto, Achilles and Gilbert and Sullivan: The Very Models.
Purves has taught animation, made documentaries and written articles for magazines and books. He has held workhops about animation in several colleges and major American studios such as Dreamworks, PDI, Pixar and Will Vinton Studios.
Purves' films have received over 60 major international awards, as well as Oscar and BAFTA nominations.
[edit] Filmography
- Next (1989)
- Screen Play (1992)
- Rigoletto (1993)
- Achilles (1995)
- Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models (1998)
- Hamilton Mattress (2001)