Born in London in 1961. Grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland. Trained by
Scottish Film Training Trust as live action film editor, 1983 to '84.
Moved to London in 1985. Worked for Sands Films for two years before
breaking into animation by joining Disney UK to work on
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Went
on to work for Passion Pictures in London as an EFX Animator. Head of
Training for Cambridge Animation Systems from 1993 to 1994. Worked for
Telemagination in London in 1995 before moving out to Los Angeles to
work on
Space Jam (1996) and then on Disney's
Tarzan (1999). Currently resident in
Edinburgh, Scotland, running own small company, Penciltown
Animation.