TheoBaynton
- Director
- Production designer
Theo Baynton worked his way up the creative ladder as a designer and director, first at Auckland's Huhu Studios, then at Weta Workshop, where he production designed the animated Jane and the Dragon. Baynton went on to direct 76 episodes of export hit The WotWots. He now develops children's productions for Pūkeko Pictures, the company founded by Richard Taylor and his father, Brit-born author Martin Baynton.
Screenography
Standoff
2016 Creator Web
Thunderbirds Are Go
2015 - 2017 Director, Production Designer Series
The WotWots - Scary, Sucky Nose (First Episode)
2009 Director, Writer Television
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
2005 Design Team Film
Fifty the Tractor
2004 Director Television
“We develop intellectual property here in New Zealand, but designed for an international market — and that's what The Wotwots is. ”
— Theo Baynton, in a 2009 Edtalks presentation