Friday 12 April 2024

Escapee-directed "Bluey" Achieves Global Success

Bluey
The Australian animated TV series "Bluey" has become a global success story, one of the most popular shows on Netflix.

Bluey was created by Joe Brumm - but the TV series is directed by Escapee Rich Jeffrey 

Rich took our 12 week course in 3D animation, and has since gone on to forge a successful career as an animation director. 

Awards
Escapee Rich Jeffrey at the 2022 Logies
Directed by Rich Jeffrey, the Australian TV series "Bluey" has won many awards, including "Most Outstanding Children’s Program" at The 2022 Logies, the annual Australian TV Awards.


Rich Jeffrey
Rich Jeffrey was animation director on series 1, and series director on the second series of "Bluey".

Rich took our 12 week course in 3D animation, and has since gone on to become a highly successful TV series director. 

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 worked on Bluey in Australia for three years, and the series has become an international hit.

12 Week animation course
Rich took our 12 week course in 3D animation. Rich's career shows that Escapees aren't just technicians - our graduates are also 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 honour 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 one of our courses, follow this link.


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