Jo Chalkley

Jo has worked in the Animation Industry for 30 years largely in Stop Motion, specialising in pre-school and children’s animation for companies including Cosgrove Hall Films, Aardman Animations and Factory create working with many favourites including Andy Pandy, Postman Pat, Shaun the Sheep and Creature Comforts. She has also worked on feature films including ‘Tim Burtons Corpse Bride’ and ‘Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death’. Most recently, on ‘Chuck Steel – Night of the Trampires’.

From 2007-2014 Chalkley spent 7 happy years working as a CGI animator, Director and Cinematic Production Manager on many projects in the award-winning LEGO Games franchise before coming back to stop motion to animate on the new Clangers. In 2016 she Co-Directed series 2 & 3 of The Clangers.

In the recent years she have worked as an Animator and Studio Director on various projects. Most recently, ‘The Tiny Chef Show’ for Factory Create/Nickelodeon and is currently Studio Director on ‘The Sound Collector’ for Mackinnon and Saunders.