Will Becher
Director and Animator
Will Becher is an Oscar and Bafta nominated animator and director at Aardman Animations in Bristol. He began his career in the late nineties when he landed a summer work placement on Chicken Run – building ‘clay wings’ in the model making department. During his degree in Animation in Edinburgh he kept in contact, and on graduation was invited by Nick Park to join the animation team on Curse of the Were Rabbit (becoming one of Aardman’s youngest ever feature film animators). The film went on to win the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Animation.
Will has since worked on series, commercials and feature films over a 20 year career at the studio. He was lead Character Animator on A Matter of Loaf and Death, The Pirates and A Shaun the Sheep Movie. Will got his first director credit on series 5 of Shaun the Sheep before becoming Animation director on Nick Park’s feature Early Man.
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon is Will’s feature directorial debut (shared with with fellow director Richard Phelan).
Social Media
Twitter: @will_becher
Instagram: @will.i.animate
Instagram: @will_becher
Events featuring Will Becher
Animating without Dialogue
A unique look behind-the-scenes of the Shaun the Sheep Movie with Lead Character Animator Will Becher. With the stopmotion puppets and footage shot during production, Will shows how the Aardman Animations team created a miniature world and brought Shaun and the flock to life, for their big screen adventure. Will has earned himself a well deserved reputation as one of Aardman's top animators working as lead animator on The Pirates, Band of Misfits as well as Shaun the Sheep. Will received a fantastic reception when he talked at this year's Animex in the UK so we just had to invite him over to Kuala Lumpur. Looking forward to meeting Will and Shaun.
Animex AVFX