PETER PEAKE

I’m an Oscar nominated animation filmmaker with over 30 years’ experience. My short films have also received two BAFTA nominations and won an Emmy. I've directed over 70 commercials with Aardman Animations for clients such as Coca Cola, Hotels.com and Pringles and have made short films for charities including Save The Children, Comic Relief, The National Lottery and The Born Free Foundation. I work across many techniques such as stop motion, 3D (CG), Adobe Animate, live action and mixed media, often combining them.

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TAKE RABBIT

A short film featuring the voices of Matt Berry, Amelia Bullmore, Stephen Graham and Steve Pemberton. Winner of the McLaren Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2018. View the full film at vimeo.com/peterpeake/rabbit

SAVE THE CHILDREN: HOME

A short film made with Aardman Animations for Save The Children. I wrote, directed and animated the piece which aims to highlight the plight of child refugees. Specifically made with no dialogue, hopefully it will resonate with any child who has ever felt like an outsider.

BORN FREE FOUNDATION: CREATURE DISCOMFORTS

A short film for the charity Born Free Foundation and made with Aardman Animations based on their Creature Comforts films. Produced during lockdown, we used interviews with real people describing their feelings of being stuck at home and put them into the mouths of animals in captivity to highlight their suffering and neglect.

PYTHAGASAURUS

A short film made with Aardman Animations featuring the voices of Bill Bailey, Martin Trenaman and Simon Greenall.

COMMERCIALS REEL

Ads, idents and charity films I've directed for Aardman Animations indicating the range of techniques and styles my work covers.

ROBBIE THE REINDEER II: LEGEND OF THE LOST TRIBE

A half-hour stop-motion special for BBC/Comic Relief featuring voices including Ardal O’Hanlon, Steve Coogan, Jane Horrocks, Jeff Goldblum, Ricky Gervais, The League of Gentlemen and Sir David Attenborough. It had a Christmas Day airing on BBC1 and won several awards including an International Emmy.

SNOWBALL

A dark little fan video for the lesser known track by Elbow. After happening across it the band subsequently linked to the video from their website.

MYER: ELF'S JOURNEY

Christmas TV commercial for Melborne based department store Myer made with Aardman Animations. Directing this spot involved shooting live action plates with a crew in Australia and then returning to the UK to combine the footage with 3D, stop motion and 2D animation.

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY 25TH BIRTHDAY

A short film promoting The National Lottery celebrating their 25th anniversary by providing funding for community initiated projects nationwide. Featuring a guest voice by James Acaster.

PIB & POG: DENTIST

An episode from the stop-motion mini-series based on my BAFTA nominated short film

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