Harriet Gillian

Harriet is a children’s author, award-winning animator and BAFTA nominated screenwriter. Her latest short film ‘Your Mountain Is Waiting’ enjoyed a successful festival run, several nominations, including the aforementioned BAFTA, a BAA nomination and a Vimeo Staff Pick. An animator for over 18 years, her clients include: Barbour, Google, Adidas, BBC, Working Title and Sony and she earned a BAFTA craft award for her work on the Ch4 Rio Paralympics Titles with Jump Design. With a love of humour, unbridled imagination and heartfelt characters, Harriet writes book series for the 7-9 age group. An age she affectionately deems the golden years.

She is currently developing an original animated series with Passion Pictures. Harriet hosts an animation night called Eat My Shorts that champions indie-made, passion projects and teaches at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.