Hugh Welchman

Welchman comes from Bracknell in Berkshire 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 University in politics, 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] In 2023, he co-directed another fully painted animated feature film, The Peasants, with Dorota Kobiela.^[6]

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