Leigh Hodgkinson's dark, atmospheric and texturous puppet animation 'Stalk' was created for the Pulse Scheme. Deftly weaving model animation of the director's favourite and well-loved childhood bunny (who gratiously had her stuffing replaced by armature for the shoot…) with composited photographs and delicate lighting and smoke effects, the film plays out like a modern urban [...]

Leigh Hodgkinson's zany, energetic, and foul rendering of Kayvan Novak's 'Fonejacker' sketch 'Talented Mouse' is hilarious. Created using a myriad of photographs and some clever compositing it was the standout skit from Series 1, gaining Leigh an Annecy Crystal (and Kayvan a BAFTA!)

Director: Leigh Hodgkinson

Producer: Maria Manton for Slinky

Commission: Channel 4, Hat Trick

Catnip

Pest Control

Cheese

Oasis

A charming music video for Domino Records' two-piece electronica band 'Psapp'. Shot in and around the director's garden and featuring a bouncing mix of pixillated objects, puppetry and clever compositing a story unfolds between a grown-up girl and her cutlery…

The title sequence for 'Bringing Up Baby', a documentary showing how rearing a child has changed over the decades.

Director: Leigh Hodgkinson

Producer: Maria Manton for Slinky

Commission: Talkback Thames, Channel 4

Leigh Hodgkinson's series of Greene King sponsorship idents to bumper Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV. Can you guess the name of each pub?

Director: Leigh Hodgkinson

Producer: Maria Manton for Slinky

Commission: Greene King

Old Cock

Blue Anchor

Blue Pig

Title sequence to 'Twiggy's Frock Exchange', a series in which wardrobe makeovers take centre stage, fronted by the fashionista model. The cut and paste attitude of the show was complemented by the punch-out kit graphics.

Director: Leigh Hodgkinson

Producer: Maria Manton for Slinky

Commission: Silver River

Leigh Hodgkinson's humorous short for the Channel 4 AIR scheme features a little girl and her pet cow who, desperate to get her attention, jumps over the moon… well… almost. Harangued by an incensed bee (voiced by Little Britain's Matt Lucas) who has been taken for the ride, the cow starts eating all the stars [...]

This Depict! prize-winning film by Leigh Hodgkinson takes a look at butterfly speed dating… With only a short time to live, they'd better find a date – pronto!

Director: Leigh Hodgkinson

Producer: Leigh Hodgkinson for Skillset

Commission: Skillset, UWN

Leigh Hodgkinson's title sequence to a new series hosted by Hardeep Singh Kohli, where the comedian investigates British culture.

Director: Leigh Hodgkinson

Producer: Maria Manton for Slinky

Commission: Tiger Aspect for Channel 4

Title sequence to introduce an evening of eclectic new animated films on BBC3.

Director: Leigh Hodgkinson

Producer: Maria Manton for Slinky

Commission: BBC3

Leigh Hodgkinson's tale about an attention-seeking peacock, Larry, to be published by Orchard later this year.
Limelight Larry is delighted when he finds an empty book – he can be the star of the story! Then a whole host of storybook characters arrive and Larry – much to his outrage – is pushed out of the [...]

This short clip features Sunny McCloud and her family who feature in Leigh Hodgkinson's picture book 'Smile!'.
What would you do if your smile completely disappeared? Look behind the sofa? Under your bed? It could be anywhere!
When Sunny McCloud loses her nice big made-to-measure smile, she spends ages looking for it. Will her smile ever turn [...]

CBBC Newsround commissioned a small number of animation directors to create bespoke 3-minute sequences to illustrate the stories of several children living below the poverty line in the UK. Littlebeak directors Leigh Hodgkinson (through Slinky) and Steve Smith (through Trunk) both created work for the programme, which went on to win a BAFTA. Below is [...]