Hugh Stewart Jasper Welchman (born February 1975) is a British

filmmaker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...

, screenwriter, and producer.

Life and career

Welchman comes from Bracknell in Berkshire and attended the Dolphin School in nearby

Hurst Hurst may refer to: Places England * Hurst, Berkshire, a village * Hurst, North Yorkshire, a hamlet * Hurst, a settlement within the village of Martock, Somerset * Hurst, West Sussex, a hamlet * Hurst Spit, a shingle spit in Hampshire ** Hur ...

until moving on to Keble College, Oxford during the 1990s and graduated with a degree from

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to th ...

in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE). In 2002, Welchman founded the film company

BreakThru Films BreakThru Films is an independent film production company based in Sopot in Poland. Founded in 2002 by Hugh Welchman and initially based in the United Kingdom. The company concentrated mostly in the production of short films, animation, documen ...

. This led to him becoming the joint winner of the

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1 ...

in 2007. This was for the 2006 film ''Peter and the Wolf''. The other winner was the film's director Suzie Templeton. Welchman co-directed the first fully painted animated feature film ''

Loving Vincent ''Loving Vincent'' ( pl, Twój Vincent) is a 2017 experimental adult animated biographical drama film about the life of the painter Vincent van Gogh, and, in particular, about the circumstances of his death. It is the first fully painted animat ...

'' (2017) with Dorota Kobiela.

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* 1975 births Living people People from Bracknell Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Producers who won the Best Animated Short Academy Award English animators British animators British animated film directors British animated film producers English film directors British film directors British screenwriters English film producers British film producers {{UK-filmmaker-stub