Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Laura-Beth Cowley in conversation with award-winning London-based director Elliot Dear.

Elliot Dear is an almost indecently talented animator, illustrator and director. His dazzling mixed media films are consistently groundbreaking, emotive and atmospheric. Elliot’s work displays a range and skillset rarely seen. Incorporating live action, stop motion and both hand drawn and 3D animation, his films feel like a throwback to the golden age of animation, whilst managing to be utterly contemporary and cutting edge.

Elliot’s notable mixed-media works include the John Lewis campaign The Bear & The Hare and the BBC spot The Supporting Act. Having built a superb body of work as a director at BLINKINK, Elliot’s latest project is another Xmas-themed animation All Through the House, a season two episode of the Netflix anthology series Love, Death + Robots.

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Interview conducted by: Laura-Beth Cowley
Guest: Elliot Dear
Presented, edited and produced by: Ben Mitchell
Music and graphics: Ben Mitchell
Clips courtesy of BLINKINK
Behind-the-scenes footage courtesy of Elliot Dear
Thanks to Clive Olamiju and Reed Wiles

See more of Elliot’s work on Instagram and Vimeo and check out the work of BLINKINK at blinkink.co.uk
For more on Love, Death + Robots read Skwigly contributor Ruth Folorunso‘s review of season 2