Merlin Crossingham
- Creative Director - Wallace & Gromit
- United Kingdom
- Member since 2018
I joined Aardman as an animator in 1996 having completed a degree in Animation at Newport Film School. I initially worked on commercials then went into features as Key Animator on ‘Chicken Run’, and Second Unit Director on ‘Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit’. I then co-directed Creature Comforts USA for CBS. Following this I specialized in directing Wallace & Gromit and in 2009 took on the role of Creative Director for Wallace & Gromit. In 2014 I directed relaunch of Aardman’s oldest stop-motion character, Morph.
Most recently (whilst still looking after Wallace and Gromit) I have been animation director on Aardman's feature film, Early Man.
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