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{{Short description|British film director}}
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'''Tim Watts''' is a British short filmmaker and animator, best known for his work on ''[[The Big Story (film)|The Big Story]]'', which was nominated for an Academy Award, and ''[[The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (film)|The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse]]'', for which he won an Annie Award. He is also known for his caricature work on TV's ''[[Spitting Image]]''.

==Career==
Tim Watts began as a caricaturist and designer on the satirical puppet show ''[[Spitting Image]]'' where he met his now longtime collaborator, [[David Stoten]]. It was at Spitting Image that Watts and Stoten had the idea to extend their caricature work to a full-figure puppet. After deciding on Kirk Douglas as the subject, the pair took the idea to [[Roger Law]] (executive producer for Spitting Image). Law was intrigued enough to fund the project that would become [[The Big Story (film)|The Big Story]]. <ref>[https://www.yellowmousestudios.co.uk/single-post/the-big-story-a-conversation-with-tim-watts Yellow Mouse interview with Tim Watts]</ref>

Watts went on to animate on ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]'', ''[[The Tale of Despereaux]]'', ''[[Rise of the Guardians]]'' and ''[[Home (2015 film)|Home]]'', to storyboard and animate on ''[[Corpse Bride]]'', and to create character designs and animate on ''[[Arthur Christmas]]''.<ref>https://www.skwigly.co.uk/100-greatest-animated-shorts-the-big-story-tim-watts-david-stoten/ The Story behind 'The Big Story'</ref>

==Accolades==
Watts won the [[BAFTA]] award with [[David Stoten]] in 1994 for ''The Big Story''.<ref>[http://awards.bafta.org/award/1995/film/short-animated-film BAFTA Awards]</ref>

In addition, he was nominated for an Academy Award for ''[[The Big Story (film)|The Big Story]]'' at the [[67th Academy Awards]].<ref name="Oscars1995">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995|title=The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=9 September 2014|work=oscars.org}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKOENTyQcb0 Short Film Winners: 1995 Oscars-YouTube]</ref>

In 2023, Watts received the [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Annie Award for Character Animation in TV]] for his work on ''[[The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (film)|The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse]]'' at the [[50th Annie Awards]].<ref>[https://annieawards.org/press/50th-Annies-Winners 50th Annie Award Winners]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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