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 | |
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 Chatterton in 2016 | |
| Born | 1982 (age 41–42) |
| Nationality | British |
| Website | www |
Life and career
editChris 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
editPete'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- ^ "Egmont UK - Supermarket Gremlins".
- ^ "Egmont UK - Pete's Magic Pants: The Lost Dinosaur".
- ^ "Page Not Found". www.doctorwho.tv.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Creativedrum: Freelance: Mission Possible – Interview with illustrator Chris Chatterton". Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Chris Chatterton". IMDb.
- ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Animation company has gone Bonkers".
- ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Qurios has dream ticket with ITV".
- ^ "Hartlepool Mail article - Boldly going into the future". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Dene Group on a roll with £800,000 funding".
- ^ "Hartlepool Mail article - Hi-tech firm quits town". Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Home". Radio Times.
- ^ Hodgson, Barbara (9 December 2013). "Sadness as Tyneside film industry loses three companies". ChronicleLive.
- ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Shock as Newcastle-based Dene Films goes into liquidation".
- ^ "Bright Literary Agency - Chris Chatterton".
- ^ "Christ Chatterton blog - The future's bright". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
External links
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- ChriChatterton.com Official site
- Chris Chatterton at IMDb
- Chris Chatterton at Amazon.co.uk