![]() ![]() My career is about creating something that I can enjoy with my children,” she says. A seismic change in her life, when she and her wife became the parents to two children, led to the creation of “The Very Small Creatures.” “I had a certain confidence becoming a mum, and it wasn’t just about me anymore, and not just from a financial perspective. And I feel like I’m just doing what my kids do: I play around with little characters and make up stories.”Īfter working as a freelance illustrator, animator and animation director for several years, Izzard joined Aardman in 2011 as an animator, working mainly on short films. “If I could make a career out of comedy and telling funny stories… I mean, I have to pinch myself every day. ![]() “I’m just interested in silliness, basically,” Izzard says. Izzard studied illustration at Kingston University but “kept being drawn to storyboarding, telling stories and making short films,” she tells Variety via Zoom from her home in Bristol, where her cat occasionally jumps on the call, or, more accurately, the keyboard.Īlthough Izzard had almost no technical animation training, her animated graduation film, “Tea Total,” won the BBC Three New Talent Award in 2005.Įarly influences included the surreal humor of creative geniuses such as Edward Lear, Ronald Searle and Spike Milligan, as well as British comedian and artist Vic Reeves. The “Hide & Seek” episode of “The Very Small Creatures.” Courtesy of Aardman Animations ![]()
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