Film & TV
Film & TV
As an animator, director and writer, he is best known for voicing the crucial antagonist part of Zorran in the TV series 'Tugs' in 1989. He directed four of the thirteen episodes, as well as writing two episodes and serving as art director for the entire series. As model-maker he designed the characters & made the pilot tug Ten Cents. In 2023 an award-winning documentary was released: TUGS: A Bigg Retrospective.
He was the initial scriptwriter & designer for the TV series 'Dream Street'.
In the 1990's he served as art director (& actor) with Michael Caine in St.Petersburg, Russia, on two films, 'Bullet to Beijing' and 'Midnight in Saint Petersburg'; with Paul Hunt for 'Merlin' (October 32nd) in Slovakia and Kal Weber’s 'The Birthday' in London, UK; and as an effects technician with Steven Spielberg for 'Saving Private Ryan' in Wexford, Ireland.
In Twickenham Studios in the early 2000s, he carried out digital post-production on many films including 'The Bone Collector' (Philip Noyce), 'The Bunker' (Rob Green) and 'Last Resort' (Pawel Pawlikowski).
Until 2014 he lectured in media at East Berkshire College in Windsor, Berkshire.
