He then started his career in film animation with a student short The Man in the Lower Left-Hand Corner of the Photograph in 1997.
[3] 'FilmThreat' ran an article describing The Cat With Hands as "mandatory viewing for anyone who wants to write a horror movie".
[5] He was earlier influenced by Francis Bacon, Edgar Allan Poe, Jan Svankmajer, the Quay Brothers, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Joel Peter Witkin and Hans Bellmer.
A 10-minute animated short, begins with a pair of conjoined twin brothers in a hospital room.
The film was based on his fears when his family moved close to Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire.