Alastair Swinnerton

Alastair Swinnerton is a UK writer/producer known mostly for his involvement with Lego Bionicle, which he co-created with Bob Thompson and Martin Andersen of Lego and Christian Faber of Danish advertising agency Advance.

However, he has been writing and creating animation since the late 1980's, and was the co-creator and co-writer of "The Baskervilles", Alphanim's 2000 26 half hour cartoon series set in Hell, or a theme park based on Hell depending on which country it was viewed in. [ [http://www.alphanim.com/Baskervilles.338.0.html Alphanim: BASKERVILLES (THE) ] ] He has many other credits, including the 1998 series of "The Wombles", [ [http://www.tidybag.co.uk/wombles-info/episodes-new.html Tidy Bag: Wombles TV Episodes - New Series ] ] and the second season of the Emmy-nominated Disney Channel/Dorling Kindersley series "Amazing Animals". [http://www.littleman.com/movies/people/0/001127670-Alastair-Swinnerton-Filmography.html] He has been associated with various companies, including Skryptonite, which he co-founded with producers Ken Anderson and Tony Barnes, and Corsham Entertainment, in which he was briefly partnered by Gary Kurtz, producer of "Star Wars", and Richard Bazeley, a former Disney animator. [ [http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=search&range=all&search=corsham&newsitem_no=8899 AWN Headline News ] ] In 2004 he went solo again, and was the writer, and co-director & co-producer with Neil Graham of London's Zoo Films, of "The Tale of Jack Frost", a half hour CGI Christmas special based on the David Melling [ [http://www.davidmelling.co.uk David Melling - Ilustrator ] ] book that first aired on CBBC at Christmas 2004 and which was nominated for a BAFTA in 2005. [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/76475-Tale_of_Jack_Frost.html]

Since then he has written on various series, including Wobblyland [ [http://www.brownbagfilms.com/tv-credits/wobblyland.html Brown Bag Films - TV Credit List > Wobblyland ] ] , created by Cat Little, produced by Brown Bag Films and HiT Entertainment, and currently airing on Nickelodeon and many others around the world. He is still writing for other people, as well as developing his own series, the most recent of which are Fuzzyworld [ [http://www.fuzzyworld.tv Fuzzyworld ] ] , a 'junior Youtube' style cartoon for the 0-5's, and Boris the Bat [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XokIap9HvM0 YouTube - Boris The Bat ] ] , a classic slapstick animated series for young kids.

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