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Ed Roberts is a traditional 2D animation artist with over 20 years' experience.  He graduated in 2000 with a BA Hons in Animation (1st) from Newport Film School.

Projects have included Warner Bros. Coyote vs. ACME, John Lewis Christmas Advert 2020 Give a Little Love¹, Netflix’s Stranger Things and Look Both Ways, Iron Maiden’s The Writing on the Wall, BBC Euro 2020, and commercials for Coca-Cola, Amazon, McDonald’s, Adidas, IKEA, Spotify, Cookie Crisp, Raid and Heinz.

Ed has worked as a VFX SketchVis Animator, helping create the films Venom (Colombia Pictures), Dora and the Lost City of Gold (Paramount Pictures), Dolittle (Universal Pictures), A Boy Called Christmas (StudioCanal) and the critically acclaimed show The Crown (Netflix).

His award winning student film apple monkey² was screened in 28 international film festivals, and the Moonwalk/Thriller flipbook he designed and animated sold over 60,000 copies within the first 8 months of publication. 

Versatile and creative, Ed combines strong draughtmanship with high attention to detail and is always on the look out for exciting projects and new collaborations.

His favourite colour is yellow and he plays a mean game of ping pong!

¹ Winner of D&AD Wood Pencil Animation Award 2021

² Best Animation York Independent Film Festival 2002 Best of Animac, Animac International Animation Film Festival 2002

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