Escapee Rich Jeffery Directs "The Bluey Movie"

Escapee Rich Jeffery 
co-directs the new Bluey Movie

Many congratulations to Escapee Rich Jeffery who
is co-directing the upcoming Bluey Movie, a co-production between Disney and the BBC, currently in production in Queensland, Australia.

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

Rich Jeffery has been directing The Australian animated TV series "Bluey" for several years.  Since then "Bluey" has become a global success story, one of the most popular shows on Netflix.

Rich said "it’s been an epic ride for last few years and I’m over the moon to be co-directing on my first feature film".

The Bluey Movie is due for release in movie theatres in August 2027.

Escapee Rich Jeffery To Co-Direct "Bluey" The Movie

Coming soon - in 2027

Many congratulations to Escapee Rich Jeffery who 
will co-direct the new Bluey Movie, a co-production between Disney and the BBC - due for a 2027 release.

Rich Jeffery has been directing The Australian animated TV series "Bluey" for several years.   "Bluey" has become a global success story, one of the most popular shows on Netflix.  Rich said "it’s been an epic ride for last few years and I’m over the moon to be co-directing on my first feature film".

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. 

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".

Emmy Award-Winning Rich Jeffery Webinar

 

Recently we welcomed Emmy-award-winning Escapee Rich Jeffery back to Escape Studios for an animation webinar.  Rich talked about his career in animation since leaving Escape Studios, and in particular what it has been like working on the Australian TV series "Bluey" , which won an International Emmy at the 8th International Emmy Kids Awards this year.  Rich was animation director on "Bluey" Series One, and director on the Series Two. Rich shared his insights into the animation industry, how we got where he is today, and what students and graduates need to do to succeed.