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3 unusual facts about Bill Mather


Bill Mather

For two years he shared a studio in Bristol with Peter Lord and David Sproxton of Aardman Animations and later directed the "Archie the skeleton" commercials for Scotch Videotape and Tina Turner's "Limo-Land - Never in Your Wildest Dreams"; both multi-award winning films for Aardman.

In 1981, he joined The Moving Picture Company in London to assist Andrew Berend in setting up the first commercial Motion Control and C.G.I. system in Europe.

He worked as a graphic designer before joining BBC Bristol design department in 1968 where he "discovered" animation and with producer Colin Thomas developed the series "Animated Conversations" whereby "natural-unscripted" dialogue was recorded (sometimes secretly) before adding the animated visuals.



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Frank Ponta

Several high profile individuals tried to intercede on his behalf including Sue Ellery, Louise Sauvage and Bill Mather-Brown.