Animator and film director best known for his myriad of work on the animated films Flushed Away and Astro Boy and the film adaptations of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books Rodrick Rules and Dog Days. He was also selected as the director for the 2016 film adaptation of classic cartoon character Clifford the Big Red Dog. He was studying animation at the West Surrey College of Art and Design before leaving prematurely to work as an inbetweener on the Richard Williams film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.