Presenter

Simone Giampaolo is a London-based director and animator with an insatiable appetite for storytelling and humour. In 2013 he graduated with Distinction from the BA(Hons) Computer Animation Arts course at the National Centre for Computer Animation in Bournemouth (UK). Between 2014 and January 2018 Simone has been working as animation director and CG generalist in the commercial department at Blue-Zoo Animation on a multitude of projects for clients such as Cartoon Network, Disney, LEGO, Nickelodeon, Marvel, Lucasfilm and BBC. After crafting several short films at Jellyfish Pictures and Aardman Animation (which has been representing him as short- form director since 2018), he’s now directing an environmental mini-series for Sky Kids at Ritzy Animation in London.