About
I am a professional stop-motion animator and director and have worked on many of the most successful children’s television series of the last twenty-five years, including “Andy Pandy”, “Bob the builder”, “little robots”, “Roary the Racing car”, “Raa Raa the noisy lion”, “Postman Pat”, “the Clangers”, “Twirly Woo’s” and many more.
As well as being a freelance animation director I also co-founded the production company Gadzooks Studio where we have written, produced and directed several short films and television commercials such as the Dr. Oetker campaign screened during The Great British Bake Off and the short film ‘Mad Dogs’, for Sky’s Art 50 project. As an independent director I have received several commissions to make my own short films from bursaries provided by S4C, Channel 4 and the BFI. My films have been screened in festivals all over the world and in 2015 I even won “best independent animation” at the Montreal Stop-motion festival for my short film “Once upon a Blue Moon”.
E-learning
See which ScreenSkills e-learning Steve Boot has completed to improve their skills and knowledge.
Education and training
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VFX
ScreenSkills Funded
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Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mentoring for mentors
ScreenSkills Funded
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An introduction to 2D animation rigging
ScreenSkills Funded
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An introduction to 3D rigging
ScreenSkills Funded
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Animation managers workshop: feedback, communication and more
ScreenSkills Funded
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Workshop: Rethinking my skills to find new opportunities
ScreenSkills Funded
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Animation workshop: Stepping up to be an animation line producer
ScreenSkills Funded
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Budgeting High-End Animated Series Clinic
ScreenSkills Funded
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Children’s TV Workshop: Getting your programme idea commissioned
ScreenSkills Funded
Certificates
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Mentoring for mentors
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work