Chris Chatterton

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Christopher Chatterton
Chatterton in 2016
Born1982 (age 41–42)
NationalityBritish
Websitewww.chrischatterton.com

Chris Chatterton is an English illustrator and animator from County Durham. He is the illustrator of children's picturebooks including Supermarket Gremlins,[1] and Pete's Magic Pants.[2] He was the animation director of two animated episodes of the Doctor Who story, The Ice Warriors, released on DVD in August 2013.[3]

Life and career[edit]

Chris Chatterton was born in 1982 in County Durham, England.[4] Chatterton worked in graphic design before joining animation studio Qurios Entertainment. Chatterton worked on a wide variety of commercials and animated projects for TV, film and games[5] including Hyperdrive, Bonkers,[6][7] Spooks, Tracy Beaker Returns and The Dumping Ground.[8] Qurios later merged with Dene Films, a Newcastle upon Tyne based live action production company where Chatterton was Production Manager until 2013.[9][10]

In February 2013 it was announced that Chatterton would direct two animated episodes of the Doctor Who story, The Ice Warriors with long-time collaborators Niel Bushnell and Chris Chapman as co-producers.[11]

In 2013, with the closure of both Qurios and Dene Films[12][13] Chatterton began working as an illustrator for children's picturebooks. He is represented by the Bright Literary Agency.[14][15]

Illustrated Works[edit]

Pete's Magic Pants[edit]

  • Pete's Magic Pants: The Lost Dinosaur (2016) written by Paddy Kempshall
  • Pete's Magic Pants: Pirate Peril (2017) written by Paddy Kempshall

Gremlins series[edit]

  • Supermarket Gremlins (2016) written by Adam and Charlotte Guillain
  • School Gremlins (2017) written by Adam and Charlotte Guillai
  • Christmas Gremlins (2018) written by Adam and Charlotte Guillai

Dino Diggers[edit]

  • Dino Diggers: Digger Disaster (2017) written by Rose Impey
  • Dino Diggers: Crane Calamity (2018) written by Rose Impey
  • Dino Diggers: Dumper Truck Danger (2018) written by Rose Impey

Ten Minutes to Bed[edit]

  • Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn (2018) written by Rhiannon Fielding
  • Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Monster (2019) written by Rhiannon Fielding
  • Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Mermaid (2019) written by Rhiannon Fielding
  • Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn's Christmas (2019) written by Rhiannon Fielding
  • Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn's Birthday (2020) written by Rhiannon Fielding

Arnold and Louise[edit]

  • The Great Louweezie - Arnold and Louise #1 (2019) written by Erica S Perl
  • Lost and Found - Arnold and Louise #2 (2019) written by Erica S Perl
  • Happy Fell - Arnold and Louise #3 (2019) written by Erica S Perl
  • All the Fun Winter Things - Arnold and Louise #4 (2019) written by Erica S Perl

A Math Tale[edit]

  • Crash! Boom! a Math Tale (2018) written by Robie H Harris
  • Now What? a Math Tale (2019) written by Robie H Harris

The Princess Rules[edit]

  • The Princess Rules (2020) written by Philippa Gregory
  • It’s a Prince Thing (2021) written by Philippa Gregory

Individual books[edit]

  • Kindergarten is Cool (2016) written by Linda Elovitz Marshall
  • There's a Bison Bouncing on the Bed! (2016) written by Paul Bright
  • When Santa Came to Stay (2016) written by Timothy Knapman
  • The Worrysaurus (2019) written by Rachel Bright (author)
  • The Hugasaurus (2021) written by Rachel Bright Rachel Bright (author)

Books as Author and Illustrator[edit]

  • This is Gus (2019)
  • Merry Christmas, Gus (2020)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Egmont UK - Supermarket Gremlins".
  2. ^ "Egmont UK - Pete's Magic Pants: The Lost Dinosaur".
  3. ^ "Page Not Found". www.doctorwho.tv. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. ^ "Creativedrum: Freelance: Mission Possible – Interview with illustrator Chris Chatterton". Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Chris Chatterton". IMDb.
  6. ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Animation company has gone Bonkers".
  7. ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Qurios has dream ticket with ITV".
  8. ^ "Hartlepool Mail article - Boldly going into the future". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Dene Group on a roll with £800,000 funding".
  10. ^ "Hartlepool Mail article - Hi-tech firm quits town". Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Home". Radio Times.
  12. ^ Hodgson, Barbara (9 December 2013). "Sadness as Tyneside film industry loses three companies". ChronicleLive.
  13. ^ "Newcastle Journal article - Shock as Newcastle-based Dene Films goes into liquidation".
  14. ^ "Bright Literary Agency - Chris Chatterton".
  15. ^ "Christ Chatterton blog - The future's bright". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

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