Bill Mather

Bill Mather. b 1944. Worked as a graphic designer before joining BBC Bristol design department in 1968 where he "discovered" animation and with producer Colin Thomas developed the series "Animated Conversations" whereby "natural-unscripted" dialogue was recorded (sometimes secretly) before adding the animated visuals. Mather also supplied "the Digger" animation to "Vision On". For two years he shared a studio in Bristol with Lord and Sproxton (Aardman) and later directed "Archie the skeleton-Scotch Vidoe Tape" and Tina Turner's "Limo-Land - Never in Your Wildest Dreams"; both award winning films for Aardman. In 1981,he joined The Moving Picture Company in London to assist in setting up the first commercial Motion Control and C.G.I.system in Europe. For the next ten years, with his own company, he directed live action and S.F.X. commercials worldwide. His current work, as a Sculptor, can be seen at www.billmather.co.uk