Iain Gardner

Iain Gardner was born 19/04/70, graduating from the Royal College of Art, MA in Animation in 1996 with a previous BA Hons in Illustration from The Glasgow School of Art in 1993. Based in Edinburgh, Iain is an animation filmmaker with an International reputation that has been enhanced by his McLAREN 2014 project celebrating the Centenary of Scottish born filmmaker Norman McLaren. His most recent short film THE TANNERY qualified for the long list of 45 short animations considered for the 2012 Academy Awards®. His early career got off to a flying start as an apprentice on triple Academy Award® winning Richard Williams’ legendary Masterpiece THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER. Other studios Iain animated at include TVC in London, which produced THE YELLOW SUBMARINE and THE SNOWMAN. His animation techniques are discussed within THE ANIMATION BIBLE by Maureen Furniss (2008) and the 2nd edition of THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ANIMATION by Prof. Paul Wells due for publication in 2015. He was Chair of the Scottish Animation Network 2007-08.