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TONY COLLINGWOOD (Director & Writer) Tony trained as an animator at Liverpool Polytechnic. He went on to The National Film and Television School at Beaconsfield, England where he wrote, animated and directed his first film Rarg. Tony has been both writing and directing animation professionally since his graduation from the film school in 1988. He has directed all of Collingwood O'Hare's programmes, creating many of the original formats and contributing to the writing of individual episodes. Tony won the prestigious BAFTA for Best Writer in 2004. |
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CHRISTOPHER O'HARE (Managing Director & Producer)Co-founder of Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, Chris is a graduate of Harvard. Following a successful tenure at The Boston Consulting Group, Chris moved to the UK to attend The National Film and Television School, where he met Tony. As well as being one of the UK's foremost animation producers, he also writes and produces documentary and drama projects for sister company Convergence productions, including Better Dead than Gay (C4) On the Road Again (BBC), Henry VIII (C4) and Plastic Fantastic (C5). |
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ANDREA TRAN (Art Director/Director) Andrea trained as an animator in Rome, where he started his career working on animated series, commercials and feature films. He carried on his training at Associates in Art, Los Angeles. Moving to London in 1997 he worked on a number of projects as a storyboard/layout artist, designer and art director. His credits include European feature film The Blue Arrow (1995), several TV series and specials for British television, including Little Ghosts and COE’s Dennis & Gnasher, Animal Stories and Eddy & the Bear (BAFTA winner, 2002). His directorial debut was on the TV series Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! (2002), co-directed with Tony Collingwood, which he also designed. It has received several international awards, including two BAFTAs in 2004, and the “Best Pilot” award at Annecy 2002. Andrea is currently co-directing, COE's TV series The Secret Show, for which he also created the retro-inspired visual look. |
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HELEN STROUD (Head of Development)Helen graduated from Warwick University with a BA in English and Theatre studies. She joined Collingwood O'Hare as Head of Development in 1992, following 6 years as a PA and Development Executive in the production arm of international television distributor Primetime/RPTA. Helen now heads up the development of all Collingwood productions, with primary responsibilities in client liaison, co-ordination of writers and cast, and as script editor. Helen works closely with Chris in raising finance for productions and Tony on the creation of new formats/series. |
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David Elden (Production Manager) David joined Collingwood O’Hare in 1999. He overseas scheduling, budgeting and recruitment for all Collingwood O’Hare productions. |
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Finola Davis (Office Manager/PA) Finola has worked in a support role as Office Manger /PA for over 10 years having previously worked for Gulf Oil in North Sea exploration and General Electric as a Conference Organiser. |
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