Lucas Clayton

Bristol, UK

Lucas is an animation director, writer and animator specialising in stop motion animation. His work combines traditional stop motion animation with narrative themes of male identity, fanaticism and nature, as well as cinematic and expansive cinematography. His films have been shown at festivals around the world and have been variously awarded. He was previously co-founder and co-director of Almost A Studio, a small stop motion studio based in Barcelona.

Nazanin

Barcelona, Spain

I’m Nazanin Analoie, a stop-motion animator passionate about bringing handmade worlds to life.

Louisa Esposito

London, United Kingdom

I’m a model maker from London. I graduated from BAU in 2023, where I made my short film Weightless. I’ve since worked at WiredFly on the stop motion video game Out of Words, and am looking to continue model making for stop motion.

Leah Blem

Barcelona, Spain

I am a stop-motion animator and scriptwriter from Cape Town, currently based in Barcelona. I had the great privilege of attending the BAU stop-motion masters in 2020-2021, and have remained in Barcelona since. These days, I work mostly as a writer, but I still love to tinker between the frames with whatever's lying around at home when I have a spare moment.

Carrick O'Reilly

Silver Spring, United States

I am an animator and artist from Silver Spring, Maryland in the USA. I have a background in 2D animation and animation production. I have worked on "The Simpsons" TV show and Netflix Animation's "The Magician's Elephant." I am working towards being a music video and short film director and I graduated from BAU's class of 2025.