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Julie Lockhart is a co-founder and president of Locksmith Animation, a studio that produces high-end animated features. She has worked on three Academy Award-nominated films, including Shaun the Sheep Movie and The Pirates! Band of Misfits.
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- Julie Lockhart
Julie Lockhart is the Co-Founder and President of Production of Locksmith Animation. One of the film industry’s most experienced animation producers, her work has received three Academy Award© nominations including Best Animated Film in 2013 and 2015.
- How Did The Pandemic Affect The Making of This Movie?
- What Thrills You The Most About Your Work as A Producer?
- What Has Been Your Best Review Across Your Career and This Film specifically?
Julie Lockhart: We were at capacity – about 300 of us – when the pandemic struck, so it was a little hair raising! An amazing job was done in moving all the crew home, getting them back up, and working in just one week. And we had the added benefit of having worked with most of the crew in situ before the lockdown, so we at least had met the people...
Julie Lockhart: The incredible achievement a group of people can do from a very simple idea. It’s a fantastic experience to hear an idea and work with the director and writer to nurture that idea for 5 or 6 years and then see the joy it brings to an audience. It’s easy to get lost in the woods during the production because everything starts from sc...
Julie Lockhart: Probably the one from my eldest above! Learn more here. Ron’s Gone Wrong is now streaming on Disney Plus
Julie Lockhart is one of the UK’s most experienced animation producers. Of the films she has produced, two have received Academy Award© nominations including Best Animated Film in 2013 for the...
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History. Locksmith was founded in 2014 by Aardman Animations collaborators Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart with the financial backing of Elisabeth Murdoch, the studio was named after Julie Lock hart and Sarah Smith 's last names. [3] .
Julie Lockhart is a veteran animation producer with three Oscar nominations. She co-founded Locksmith Animation and produced its debut feature Ron's Gone Wrong.
That is why there is such interest within the film industry about Locksmith Animation, the new, female-run “global animation powerhouse” set up by ex- Aardman colleagues, Sarah Smith and Julie...
