Hamish Steele

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Hamish Steele is an English animation director, television writer and graphic novelist.

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Career

A graduate of Kingston University, Steele directed Dead End, an animated short for Frederator Studio's Cartoon Hangover, in 2014. [1] This led to him directing two animated short films for Nickelodeon's International Shorts program. He simultaneously pursued a career in webcomics and graphic novels, publishing his first novel, Pantheon in 2014.

He also expanded his short film Dead End into the webcomic DeadEndia, which ran on Tapas from 2015 to 2018, but was then significantly revised for publication as a graphic novel DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test by Nobrow Press in 2018. [2] [3] In 2022, The Watcher's Test was partially adapted by Blink Industries and Netflix Animation as an animated fantasy horror comedy television series, Dead End: Paranormal Park , with Steele serving as showrunner and executive producer. [4] The series received positive critical acclaim and several accolades, including the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids and Family Programming. Despite the cancellation of Paranormal Park after two seasons, the story of DeadEndia was continued in two sequel graphic novels, The Broken Halo (2019) and The Divine Order (2025). [5] [6]

Personal life

Steele is married to a man as of 2011. [7]

Filmography

Bibliography

Comics and graphic novels

Audio dramas

Accolades

Accolades received by Warfare
DateAwardCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
2018 Eisner Awards Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award Hamish Steele (for Pantheon)Won (tie) [9]
2019 American Library Association Rainbow Book List Young Adult FictionHamish Steele (for DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test)Shortlisted [10]
2023 Dorian Awards Best Animated ShowDead End: Paranormal ParkNominated [11]
GLAAD Media Award Outstanding Kids and Family Programming (Animated) Dead End: Paranormal ParkWon [12]

References

  1. Amidi, Amid (2014-01-30). "Exclusive: Nickelodeon Announces 2014 Animated Shorts Program" . Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  2. Tapas. "Read DeadEndia: The Original Run | Tapas Web Community". Read DeadEndia: The Original Run. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  3. Tapas. "Read DeadEndia | Tapas Web Community". Read DeadEndia. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  4. "Quirky, spooky and hilarious world of 'DeadEndia' comes to Netflix in a new animated series". About Netflix. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  5. DeadEndia: The Broken Halo. 2025-03-21. ISBN   978-1-4549-4899-5.
  6. "DeadEndia: The Divine Order – Queer Comics Database" . Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  7. "✨hamish steele✨ on Twitter". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  8. "GO-MAN1 — Hamish Steele". hamishsteele.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  9. McMillan, Graeme (2018-07-21). "Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  10. "The 2019 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  11. "Daytime Emmys Nominees (Program - Non-Drama)". The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 19 April 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  12. "The Nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD. 28 January 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.