Honours and Awards

‘Only a Child’ receives a nomination for Best Animation at the 27th Webby Awards.

2022 BAFTA’s Children & Young People Award Nomination for our 'Only a Child' in the category Content for Change!

I was invited to give a talk about the power of animation as a catalyst for change at TEDx Lake Como, only a few minutes away from where I grew up.

Our ‘Only a Child’ receives the Ray Harryhausen Award for Best Short Film!

‘Only a Child’ receives the Audience Award at the International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS in Riga!

‘Only a Child’ receives the Best Short Film for Youth Award at Anima Cordoba in Argentina!

Only a Child receives the Special Mention at the Hsin-Yi Children's Animation Awards in Taipei, Taiwan (January 2022)!

Incredible! Only a Child gets shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards® (December 2021)!

We hosted a special behind-the-scenes event about Only a Child, with special guests Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Gabriella de Gara and Kris Pearn (who moderated the event)!

Attending COP26 in Glasgow as one of the One Step Greener ambassadors (November 2021). Both Obki (original series I directed for Sky Kids) and our short Only a Child got screened during this crucial event in Scotland.

After being selected as one of the 26 One Step Greener ambassadors, I was invited by the Prime Minister to a COP26 Reception at 10 Downing Street to celebrate young people making a difference to fight climate change (October 2021).

Only a Child receives the Special Achievement Award at View Conference 2021 in Turin, Italy (December 2021).

Thrilled to be selected as one of the 26 One Step Greener ambassadors by COP26 for my environmental and educational animation work.

The story behind the creation of Only a Child becomes part of Google Arts & Culture’s collection for COP26!

Only a Child receives the Audience Choice Award at Siggraph 2021 (August 2021)!

Only a Child receives the Best in Show Award at Spark Animation 2021, which makes our film eligible for the Oscars 2022 (October 2021)!

Only a Child receives the Audience Prize at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Films (May 2021).

Only a Child receives 3 Awards (including Best in Show) at the Florida Animation Festival 2021 (June 2021)!

Only a Child receives a Nomination from the Swiss Film Academy (January 2021)!

Only a Child receives the Best Animation Award at the International Tour Film Festival in Civitavecchia, Italy (October 2021)!

Only a Child receives the Best Mixed Media Award at the Los Angeles Animation Festival 2020!

Giving a masterclass at View Conference in 2019.

I got signed as short-form director by Aardman Animations, which becomes an employee-owned company (November 2018)!

I was welcomed as Guest Professor at Jilin Animation Institue in Changchun, China (July 2018).

Presenting my career at Fantoche in Baden, Switzerland!

Our art-based charity initiative Blindraw Challenge raises money for the victims of the Syrian conflict (2017).

Collaborating with London ACM Siggraph, in 2019 we organized the very first FFS event in Shoreditch (for students and professionals)!

Lynx & Birds receives the Vimeo Staff Pick (2017)!

More Stuff receives the Best Animation Award at Setting Sun Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia (2016)!

Bluezoo wins the BAFTA Children’s Award for Best Production Company of the Year (2017)!

Attending the BAFTA Children’s Award in London with Blue Zoo (2016)!

Espero? (Hope?) receives the Best Animation Award at the Iran International Green Film Festival (2014)!

More Stuff receives the Best Commissioned Film Award at ASIFA East in New York City (2016)!

We won a few Promax Awards for the work created at Blue Zoo (Hilton Hotel, London, 2017).