Chris Drew is Series Director at Blue-Zoo Animation Studio, directing the Annie award-winning series Adventures of Paddington.

Blue Zoo was founded in 2000 by classmates Oli Hyatt, Adam Shaw and Tom Box whilst they were studying animation at Bournemouth University. Since its very first project, Blue Cow, for the launch of CBeebies, Blue Zoo has gone on to become one of the UK’s leading animation studios, producing some of the most well-loved kids shows on TV, award-winning commercials, and animated short films renowned for unique visual storytelling and innovation.

Their work has been nominated for multiple BAFTAs and have been awarded winners five times. Projects such as The Adventures of Paddington has been accoladed with two Daytime Emmys, as well as an Annie award.

Adventures of Paddington

Chris Drew of Blue-Zoo Animation talk about creating and directing award-winning series Adventures of Paddington.