Pitching Surgeries

Join us for an opportunity to pitch a project in development and get feedback on how you present your ideas. Each pitcher will get 5 minutes to privately present their idea, then a professional will give feedback on the presentation effectiveness in the remaining 10 mins. Appointments for the surgery to be booked ahead of Industry Day and only one idea to be pitched per appointment – it is recommended that the pitch is accompanied by some visuals to illustrate – PPT, animation test, character designs etc.

Advanced booking slots are now closed for this event. There will be a queue on the door on the day, from 30 mins after the event has begun

Guests

JP Vine

JP Vine was Director on Locksmith Animation's debut feature Ron’s Gone Wrong; he has worked across Shaun The Sheep, Inside Out, Pirates! Band of Misfits and is currently pitching his next feature projects.

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Jo Allen

Jo is a commissioning executive in BBC Children’s specialising in Animation.

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Aubrey Clarke

Aubrey is a Commissioning Executive in BBC Children's with a remit that covers scripted drama and animation.

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Lucy Pryke

Lucy recently re-joined the BBC Children's Commissioning Team as Commissioning Executive.

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Jamie Badminton

Jamie Badminton is a BAFTA and Emmy-winning Animation Producer. He co-founded Karrot and is Creative Director of their London-based Animation Studio and IP Creation House. Jamie produced Karrot’s flagship in-house series ‘Sarah & Duck’ (120 episodes and 3 Seasons) for CBeebies and BBC Studios.

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Tim O’Sullivan

Tim is a BAFTA winning director, who co-created Sarah & Duck, working as both series director and writer on series 1 to 3. He is now head of writing and development at Karrot, most recently helping to bring Tish Tash to CBeebies, and continues to lead development and pitching for Karrot's new pre-school slate.

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Adam Bailey

Adam is Director of Animation Development & Production at Paramount Global - Kids & Family.

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Francesca Alberigi

Fran is Manager of Production & Development at Paramount Global - Kids & Family

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Ralph Kamp

Ralph Kamp, Chairman and CEO of Timeless Films, has over four decades of experience overseeing film financing, production and distribution.

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Rob Doherty

Rob has more than 25 years’ experience in the children’s television and animation industry. He has worked in every format of animation and in many countries around the world, as well as on both sides of the production/broadcast divide; working for Aardman Animations, Disney, M2 Films, ITV, Endemol, Initial Productions, TVC Cartoons, and Cake Entertainment.

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