Hugh Stewart Jasper Welchman (born February 1975) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer.
Welchman comes from Bracknell in Berkshire and attended the Dolphin School in nearby Hurst until moving on to Keble College, Oxford [1] during the 1990s and graduated with a degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy and economics (PPE). [2]
In 2002, Welchman founded the film company BreakThru Films. This led to him becoming the joint winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2007. [1] This was for the 2006 film Peter and the Wolf. The other winner was the film's director Suzie Templeton.
Welchman edited the graphic novel Hound (2014-2018) by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin. [3]
Welchman co-directed the first fully painted animated feature film Loving Vincent (2017) with Dorota Kobiela. [4] [5] In 2023, he co-directed another fully painted animated feature film, The Peasants, with Dorota Kobiela. [6]