{"id":24467,"date":"2016-02-03T12:21:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T12:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=24467"},"modified":"2017-03-05T22:32:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T22:32:32","slug":"lightbox-mackinnon-saunders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightbox-mackinnon-saunders\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightbox: Mackinnon and Saunders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lightbox: Mackinnon and Saunders Interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZDgSJTcbPiI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the latest episode of our animated mini-documentary series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL-0qdHF_aune0e5I9HLJ_iy14qMqu-fi9\" target=\"_blank\">Lightbox<\/a> we meet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mackinnonandsaunders.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mackinnon and Saunders<\/a> founders Ian Mackinnon and Peter Saunders.<br \/>\nAs one of the world\u2019s leading puppet-making companies, Mackinnon and Saunders specialise in designing and constructing characters for short films, commercials, television shows and feature films.<br \/>\nTheir body of work, which includes the Tim Burton films <em>Frankenweenie<\/em> and <em>The Corpse Bride<\/em> as well as Wes Anderson&#8217;s <em>Fantastic Mr. Fox<\/em>, is presently being showcased as part of the exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/mackinnon-and-saunders-celebrated-in-upcoming-exhibit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Puppet Masters: Celebrating Animation<\/strong><\/a> at Greater Manchester&#8217;s Waterside Arts Centre. Bringing together an assortment of the sets, puppets, designs, sketches and concepts the company have produced over the years, the exhibition will continue until February 27th 2016.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24467 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightbox-mackinnon-saunders\/exhibition_corpsebride\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/exhibition_corpsebride-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightbox-mackinnon-saunders\/exhibition_bobthebuilder\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/exhibition_bobthebuilder-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightbox-mackinnon-saunders\/exhibition_marsattacks\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/exhibition_marsattacks-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightbox-mackinnon-saunders\/exhibition_clangers\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/exhibition_clangers-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Interview conducted by Steve Henderson<br \/>\nProduced and edited by Ben Mitchell<br \/>\nRecorded at the 2013 Bradford Animation Festival<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For more on the work of Mackinnon and Saunders visit <a href=\"http:\/\/mackinnonandsaunders.com\" target=\"_blank\">mackinnonandsaunders.com<\/a><\/em><cite class=\"_Rm\"><\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest episode of our animated mini-documentary series Lightbox we meet Mackinnon and Saunders founders Ian Mackinnon and Peter Saunders. 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As a freelancer he has produced work for WildBrain, CBeebies, Channel 4, Shy Guys, Plymptoons, Animortal, Wonky Films, A Productions, Slurpy Studios and Rumpus to name a few. As an independent director he has produced six multi-award-winning short animated films that have been showcased at over 200 international film and animation festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, BFI London Film Festival, ITFS Stuttgart, Encounters, London International Animation Festival, Pictoplasma, London Short Film Festival and Anima Mundi. Alongside his work in animation production he is an active writer and researcher on the industry through such avenues as the leading UK animation resource Skwigly, for which he is Editor in Chief, and his books 'Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films' (2016, second edition published April 2023) and 'Intimate Animation' (2025, co-written with Dr. Laura-Beth Cowley). As an educator he has lectured and tutored at AUB Bournemouth, University of the West of England, University of Gloucestershire and UAL Central Saint Martins. 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