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Chris Chatterton

Chris Chatterton is an English illustrator and animator from County Durham. He is the illustrator of children's picturebooks including Supermarket Gremlins,[1] and Pete's Magic Pants.[2] He was the animation director of two animated episodes of the Doctor Who story, The Ice Warriors, released on DVD in August 2013.[3]

Christopher Chatterton
Chatterton in 2016
Born1982 (age 41–42)
NationalityBritish
Websitewww.chrischatterton.com

Life and career edit

Chris Chatterton was born in 1982 in County Durham, England.[4] Chatterton worked in graphic design before joining animation studio Qurios Entertainment. Chatterton worked on a wide variety of commercials and animated projects for TV, film and games[5] including Hyperdrive, Bonkers,[6][7] Spooks, Tracy Beaker Returns and The Dumping Ground.[8] Qurios later merged with Dene Films, a Newcastle upon Tyne based live action production company where Chatterton was Production Manager until 2013.[9][10]

In February 2013 it was announced that Chatterton would direct two animated episodes of the Doctor Who story, The Ice Warriors with long-time collaborators Niel Bushnell and Chris Chapman as co-producers.[11]

In 2013, with the closure of both Qurios and Dene Films[12][13] Chatterton began working as an illustrator for children's picturebooks. He is represented by the Bright Literary Agency.[14][15]

Illustrated Works edit

Pete's Magic Pants edit

  • Pete's Magic Pants: The Lost Dinosaur (2016) written by Paddy Kempshall
  • Pete's Magic Pants: Pirate Peril (2017) written by Paddy Kempshall

Gremlins series edit

  • Supermarket Gremlins (2016) written by Adam and Charlotte Guillain
  • School Gremlins (2017) written by Adam and Charlotte Guillai
  • Christmas Gremlins (2018) written by Adam and Charlotte Guillai

Dino Diggers edit

  • Dino Diggers: Digger Disaster (2017) written by Rose Impey
  • Dino Diggers: Crane Calamity (2018) written by Rose Impey
  • Dino Diggers: Dumper Truck Danger (2018) written by Rose Impey

Ten Minutes to Bed edit

  • Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn (2018) written by Rhiannon Fielding
  • Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Monster (2019) written by Rhiannon Fielding
  • Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Mermaid (2019) written by Rhiannon Fielding
  • Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn's Christmas (2019) written by Rhiannon Fielding
  • Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn's Birthday (2020) written by Rhiannon Fielding

Arnold and Louise edit

  • The Great Louweezie - Arnold and Louise #1 (2019) written by Erica S Perl
  • Lost and Found - Arnold and Louise #2 (2019) written by Erica S Perl
  • Happy Fell - Arnold and Louise #3 (2019) written by Erica S Perl
  • All the Fun Winter Things - Arnold and Louise #4 (2019) written by Erica S Perl

A Math Tale edit

  • Crash! Boom! a Math Tale (2018) written by Robie H Harris
  • Now What? a Math Tale (2019) written by Robie H Harris

The Princess Rules edit

  • The Princess Rules (2020) written by Philippa Gregory
  • It’s a Prince Thing (2021) written by Philippa Gregory

Individual books edit

  • Kindergarten is Cool (2016) written by Linda Elovitz Marshall
  • There's a Bison Bouncing on the Bed! (2016) written by Paul Bright
  • When Santa Came to Stay (2016) written by Timothy Knapman
  • The Worrysaurus (2019) written by Rachel Bright (author)
  • The Hugasaurus (2021) written by Rachel Bright Rachel Bright (author)

Books as Author and Illustrator edit

  • This is Gus (2019)
  • Merry Christmas, Gus (2020)

References edit

  1. ^ "Egmont UK - Supermarket Gremlins".
  2. ^ "Egmont UK - Pete's Magic Pants: The Lost Dinosaur".
  3. ^ "Page Not Found". www.doctorwho.tv. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. ^ "Creativedrum: Freelance: Mission Possible – Interview with illustrator Chris Chatterton". Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Chris Chatterton". IMDb.
  6. ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Animation company has gone Bonkers".
  7. ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Qurios has dream ticket with ITV".
  8. ^ "Hartlepool Mail article - Boldly going into the future". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Dene Group on a roll with £800,000 funding".
  10. ^ "Hartlepool Mail article - Hi-tech firm quits town". Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Home". Radio Times.
  12. ^ Hodgson, Barbara (9 December 2013). "Sadness as Tyneside film industry loses three companies". ChronicleLive.
  13. ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Shock as Newcastle-based Dene Films goes into liquidation".
  14. ^ "Bright Literary Agency - Chris Chatterton".
  15. ^ "Christ Chatterton blog - The future's bright". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

External links edit

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