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I started making my own short films as a way of being able to give myself something to do and to study my craft.

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.

After college, I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director.

Throughout my career, when I was finished with the drawing for one film I would go up to the story department and help develop sequences. Sometimes these were for scenes that I would animate later on.

I always wanted to direct and write a movie, but I thought that I didn't really have it in me. I tried to write fiction and humorous short stories, and some were considered successful, but it was always a huge effort for a small reward. I was always intimidated by the process.

I made tons of films. I did animation for my friends' films. I animated scenes just for the fun of it. Most of my stuff was bad, but I had fun, and I tried everything I knew to get better.

I love all kinds of stories and movies, and I did work hard to get through to the creative community and studio executives that I could work in a number of different genres and tones.

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

I was able to make many different kinds of movies. They enriched me on many different levels.

I was a film major with a concentration in animation.