Industry Feedback with George Caton-Coult 30 April

George Caton-Coult

Escape Studios is delighted to welcome back Love Love Films Studio Manager George Caton-Coult to review our second-year animation students' film projects on 30 April 2026.

George Caton-Coult is the Studio Manager at Love Love Films, responsible for the TV hit "Pop Paper City"  developed in partnership with Aardman Animation.  

Many Escapees worked on and helped to contribute to the success of "Pop Paper City". 

Industry Feedback with George Caton-Coult 23 May

George Caton-Coult

Escape Studios is delighted to welcome back Love Love Films Studio Manager George Caton-Coult to review our second-year animation students' film projects on 23 May.

George Caton-Coult is the Studio Manager at Love Love Films, responsible for the TV hit "Pop Paper City"  developed in partnership with Aardman Animation.  

Many Escapees worked on and helped to contribute to the success of "Pop Paper City". 

George Caton-Coult Introduces "Pop Paper City"

George Caton-Coult, Kevin Richards and students

This week we welcomed Love Love Films Studio Manager George Caton-Coult to visit us on Thursday 21 March. The event was hosted by Escape Studios animation tutor Kevin Richards. 

George Caton-Coult is the Studio Manager at Love Love Films, responsible for the TV hit "Pop Paper City"  developed in partnership with Aardman Animation.  Many Escapees worked on "Pop Paper City".  In this in-person visit, George explained how the series came about, and how Escapees might find work at the studio.

Pop Paper City "Best Pre-School" Award Nomination

Many congratulations to all the Escapees who worked on Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" which has been nominated for "Best Pre-School Programme" at the 2024 Broadcast Awards, which will take place on 8 February 2024.

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being distributed by Aardman Animations and produced by Lovelove films.  

Pop Paper City is a preschool craft TV show; the series focuses on a group of paper friends as they find ways to have fun together by creating new parts of their paper world.  Around 10 Escapees worked on the show.

 

Ben Swallow Animator at Pop Paper City

Ben Swallow

Many congratulations to Escapee Ben Swallow who has recently joined Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" as a junior animator.

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being distributed by Aardman Animations and produced by Lovelove films.  Pop Paper City is a preschool craft TV show. The series focuses on a group of paper friends as they find ways to have fun together by creating new parts of their paper world. 

While at Escape Studios, Ben contributed to a number of award-winning short films at Escape Studios, including Hannibelle, "Explosive Love" and "Freefall". 

Molly McCabe Animator at Pop Paper City

Molly McCabe

Many congratulations to Escapee Molly McCabe who has recently joined Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" as an animator.

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being distributed by Aardman Animations and produced by Lovelove films.

Pop Paper City is a preschool craft TV show. The series focuses on a group of paper friends as they find ways to have fun together by creating new parts of their paper world. 

Molly McCabe worked on a number of award-winning short films at Escape Studios, including "Solitude", which she directed.  Molly also contributed to "Picture Us" and "The Beauty of Nature".

Escapee Shauna Ludgate Joins "Pop Paper City"

Shauna Ludgate

Many congratulations to Escapee Shauna Ludgate who has recently joined Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" as an animator.

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being distributed by Aardman Animations and produced by Lovelove films.

Shauna Ludgate studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios.  She also contributed to many short film projects, including directing two award-winning films: "Threaded Together" and also "Pet Shop".

Escapee Gary Roche Animator at Pop Paper City

Gary Roche

Many congratulations to Escapee Gary Roche who has recently joined Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" as an animator.

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being distributed by Aardman Animations and produced by Lovelove films.

Gary Roche studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios.  He also contributed to many award-winning projects, including "Threaded Together", "Burger Royale" (which he wrote and directed), "Russell" (which he produced)  and "The Beauty of Nature".  Gary Roche has won over twenty festival awards for his work. 

Louis Chevis Animator at Pop Paper City

Louis Chevis

Many congratulations to Escapee Louis Chevis who has recently joined Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" as an animator.

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being distributed by Aardman Animations and produced by Lovelove films.

Louis studied the Art of Computer Animation.  While at Escape Studios, Louis contributed to many award-winning projects, including "Picture Us", "Threaded Together", "Burger Royale", "Russell", "Solitude" and "The Beauty of Nature".

Escapee Dave Novis Animator at Pop Paper City

Dave Novis

Many congratulations to Escapee Dave Novis who has recently joined Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" as an animator and 3D generalist.

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being developed by Aardman Animation, one of the UK's leading animation companies.

 
Dave took our short course in 3D Animation at Escape Studios, and later become a Studio Assistant (SA) at Escape Studios, before going on to find work in the animation industry.

Eilin Berrio Pena Animator at Pop Paper City

Eilin Berrio Pena

Many congratulations to Escapee Eilin Berrio Pena, who has recently joined Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" as an animator.

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being developed by Aardman Animation, one of the UK's leading animation companies.

While at Escape Studios, Eilin directed the award-winning film "Malloe", and contributed to many other award-winning projects. 

Simone Costa Animator at Pop Paper City

Simone Costa

Many congratulations to Escapee Simone Costa who has joined Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" as an animator. 

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being developed by Aardman Animation, one of the UK's leading animation companies.

Simone joins Escapee Kevin Richards at "Pop Paper City"; Kevin has been working on the new series since last year.

At Escape Studios, Simone contributed to four award-winning animated shorts: Kiwi's Dream, Malloe, Animal Lover and Nefertiti. 

Kevin Richards Animator at Paper Pop City

Kevin Richards

Congratulations to Escapee Kevin Richards who is working as a lead animator in Bournemouth at Aardman Animation, on Paper Pop City, a new TV series developed by the Bristol-based studio. 

Kevin graduated from our 12 week course in 3D animation, and soon found work as a 3D animator at Cloth Cat in Cardiff; later working on the Channel 5 series Shane the Chef. 

Kevin has also been a regular guest tutor at Escape Studios, helping to teach a new generation of the students the art and craft of character animation.