With over 25 years’ experience of working in both the animation and film industry and within Higher Education, Stuart Messinger is currently Course Lead with Aardman Academy, overseeing the design and delivery of the portfolio of Industry Training Courses – where he continues to develop programmes of teaching – in pursuit of believability in character animation and performance.
Stuarts film credits include: Valiant, Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Roland Emmerich’s 10,000 BC, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Aardman Animations stop motion feature film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists directed by Peter Lord.