CameronChittock
- Director
- Animator
After helping out on Peter Jackson's debut feature Bad Taste, Cameron Chittock went on to design more than 90 puppets for Jackson's ambitious creature feature Meet the Feebles. Since then, Chittock has worked on children's shows for TV3, and created and directed a range of animated TV shows — including claymation export Oscar and Friends and Australian-Singapore co-production Bottle Top Bill.
Screenography
Biography
Although he was born in Dunedin, Cameron Chittock grew up Christchurch. His childhood was "very sports-driven" — including a stint playing representative rugby for Canterbury. "But art was always there. When I wasn't running or playing rugby, I was in my room drawing. I was always into characters and wierd creatures."
Awards
2007 Australian Film Institute Awards
Nominated for Best Children's Drama: The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and his Best Friend Corky
1991 Fantafestival (Scinece Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Festival, Italy0 New Zealand Film Awards
Best Contribution to Design: for the puppets in Meet the Feebles
“They wanted to do it low budget and I was a bit worried about that, because I knew from experience that making puppets is hard work. But anyway, they talked me into it ... that experience of having the opportunity to design the puppets for that film and lead the workshop was a major break for my career.”