Hugh Welchman

Hugh Stewart Jasper Welchman (born February 1975) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer.

Welchman comes from Bracknell in Berkshire and attended the Dolphin School in nearby Hurst until moving on to Keble College, Oxford[1] during the 1990s and graduated with a degree from Oxford University in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE).

This led to him becoming the joint winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2007.

Welchman edited the graphic novel Hound (2014-2018) by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin.

[3] Welchman co-directed the first fully painted animated feature film Loving Vincent (2017) with Dorota Kobiela.

The actor Pierre Niney with Dorota Kobiela , who devised Loving Vincent , and Welchman (right)