Hugh Stewart Jasper Welchman (born February 1975) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer.
Welchman comes from BracknellinBerkshire and attended the Dolphin School in nearby Hurst until moving on to Keble College, Oxford[1] during the 1990s and graduated with a degree from Oxford UniversityinPolitics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE).[2]
In 2002, Welchman founded the film company BreakThru Films. This led to him becoming the joint winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2007.[1] This was for the 2006 film Peter and the Wolf. The other winner was the film's director Suzie Templeton.
Welchman edited the graphic novel Hound (2014-2018) by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin.[3]
Welchman co-directed the first fully painted animated feature film Loving Vincent (2017) with Dorota Kobiela.[4][5]
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