Thursday, 4 March 2021

Bluey Wins Best Pre-School Anim at Kidscreen

"Bluey" wins Best Pre-School at Kidscreen
We're proud to congratulate Escapee Rich Jeffrey whose Australian TV series "Bluey" has won Best Pre-School animated series at the 2021 Kidscreen awards held on February 9th. 

This is the latest award for  "Bluey", which last year won an Emmy at the 8th International Emmy Kids Awards.  Rich was animation director on series 1, and director on the 2nd series of "Bluey".

Bluey
Rich Jeffery directed Season Two of Bluey, a TV series which he describes as "made by a bunch of incredibly hard working and talented artists of different disciplines".

Rich has been working on Bluey in Australia for the past three years, and it has now coming to screens worldwide.

12 Week animation course
Rich took our 12 week course in 3D animation, and has since gone on to a enjoy a highly successful animation career Down Under, showing that Escapees can be leaders in the animation industry, creating their own ideas and their own original content. 





Rich Jeffrey
Blue Heeler Dog
Bluey is the story of a "loveable and inexhaustible six-year-old Australian Blue Heeler dog", and is made by a team of artists in Brisbane, Australia.

Rich said of Bluey: "We built it from the ground up, training all our crew. It's the result of loads of hard work and dedication from an amazing team of over 40 people. I'm proud to be a part of it and can say it is an honor to work on this series. "

Demo Reel
You can see Rich's excellent demo reel below, which he put together while studying at Escape Studios.




Career in animation Down Under
After leaving Escape Studios, Rich found work in London at Tiger Aspect Productions, where he directed a Pilot episode of Fingers McGraw for a new TV series.

Rich later moved to Australia, where he worked as a freelance animation artist at Studio Joho, creators of Dan The Man, and animators of The Adventures Of Kim Jong Un.  Later he became an animation director at Flux Animation, a boutique animation house based in Aukland, New Zealand. 

Interview with Rich Jeffery
To see an interview with Richard, including his tips for survival in the animation industry, follow this link.

You can find Bluey at IMDB here.  And you can find Rich Jeffrey's IMDB profile here.

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for our BA/MArt in 3D Animation, follow this link.  To apply for our storyboarding evening class, visit this page here.  For the next 12 week animation course, click here.

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