The fellowship award - Brian Cosgrove - Manchester Animation Festival

It was great finding out about the important part that Brian played in animation, as his animations were not of my era and generation. It was also great finding out about Brian as an individual through a special Q and A sessions and seeing him presented with the award was a very special experience. 

We were shown clips of his early work and it was very interesting to see how profoundly his work develops over time, with such legends you seem to forget that they also develop as an animator the same way yourself does. 

Finding out about the beginnings of dangermouse and how they developed BFG was interesting, especially the element where they had to dramatically change the aesthetic of BFG created by Quentin Blake's illustrations for Roal Dahl. It was really touching to find out how much roald Dahl appreciated the animation, Cosgrove stated that he stood up and applauded his animation. Imagine how touching that would of felt as an animator...