AIDAN HICKEY

2003 – ’04 PROJECTS

“THE BOY WHO HAD NO STORY” Writer and Director of this 12 min film for S4C’s “Animated Tales of the World”… being produced by Brown Bag Films, Dublin.

PORORO THE PENGUIN … One Hour TV Special for OCON Inc. Seoul KOREA

THE POPE’S VISIT… A six minute Animation… awarded Production funding by the Irish Film Board, as part of its FRAMEWORKS Programme

“THE ISLAND OF INISCOOL” Writer and Script Editor on 26 x 12 min Series with MacCamley Productions and Terraglyph in Dublin. (Completed Sept ’03)

“DAVE’S DINNER”…. Writer on this 20 min. Educational Animation…Commissioned from Monster Animation by the Government Agency AGRI AWARE

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

SMALL TOWN EXPOSE 6 x 11 min Series… with Illusion Productions

STILL LIFE with SCREAMS … A Live Action feature script

“THE GRANDMA CLAUSE” and “ST.PATRICK”
Feature Scripts for Brown Bag Productions

“THE MONKEY KING” 26 x 26 min Series… for A FILM
and WANG Productions, China.

RECENT PROJECTS

“WELCOME TO TINSELLANIA”
Writing Bible for 26 x 13 min Series (with Annetta Zucchi) for SABAN, Paris.

“ALTAIR”… Wrote the Production Bible and was Writer & Script Editor on this
52 x 11 min. Series for Hahn Film and Greenlight GmbH, Berlin.

“Hans Christian Andersen” for MAGMA FILMS & Egmont Imagination, Copenhagen.

EARLIER PROJECTS

“TROLL TALES”. Worked on the Bible development
and wrote 8 scripts for this 26 x 26 min Series, for A FILM in Copenhagen.

“RENADA”, Scriptwriter on 52 x 11min Series for Hahn Filmproduktion, Berlin.

"PICTURE THIS" Script, Design and Direction of 16 min. humorous / educational film for the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin.

"Mumblebumble" Consultant on development of 26x7’ Series for A FILM / EGMONT.

"Inspector Mouse", Production Bible and 8 Scripts for the 26 x 26min series produced by PMMP, Paris.

"The Quest", Pilot Script for Biblical series, Shepherd Films and Tyndale House.

"Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", Script for Dorling Kindersley Vision, London.

"Cinderella" for S4C's (uncompleted) project "Animators in Concert".

'Know your Europeans' for Halas & Bachelor, London.

"Budgie the Little Helicopter", wrote scripts for third series,
Fred Wolf Films, Dublin… and Sleepy Kids Productions, London.

1978 - 1993 produced (scripted and designed) Animation Series for the Childrens' and Young Peoples' Dept. of RTE.

Including…
“An Saol Ag Dul Thart”… “Magic Piano”… “Twizzle”… “The MacSpuds”…
“C-P and Qwikstitch”…”Would you Believe this?”… “Up against the Wall”

These Series sold to Broadcasters in more than 40 countries.

CD Rom Games

Script consultancy, Design and Animation Direction on
"The Great Green Mouse Disaster" , "Witches and Wizards Academy" ,
Ghost Castle" and "Robin Hood" –
all for Pixel Magic Ltd. and Ravensburger GmbH.

AWARDS

AN INSIDE JOB… The Prize of the Youth Jury at Annecy
and the Robert Bosch Prize at Stuttgart

IF YOU'D BELIEVE THIS. TV Series. Prix Jeunesse Award (EBU) Munich 1990 , and The Silver Pyramid at Cairo Childrens' Film Festival, 1991

A DOG'S TALE. Animation Prize, Celtic Film Festival.

A TALE OF BAWDRY. (Feature Script) Coup de Coeur award, Annecy 1991


EDUCATION
Studied Painting, National College of Art, Dublin.
BA, English and History, University College Dublin.
Post-Grad studies (Film &TV in Education), Hornsey College of Art , London.

Taught Art and English with Co.Dublin Vocational Education Committee.
Mid 70's - Free-lance Illustrator.
1978 - 1993 produced animated series for the Children’s and Young Peoples' Dept. of RTE. (Irish National Broadcaster)
Wrote and illustrated five books for children.

Member of the Writer’s Guild of the UK… and the SACD, Paris.

OTHER ACTIVITY
Since 1995 has been Irish representative on the Board of Directors of
CARTOON, (MEDIA Programme).

Member of Jury of CARTOON D'OR, (MEDIA Programme's Special Award for Short Animated films) Brussels, May '96, June '97, ‘98 and ‘99
CARTOON Jury Member, Pre-production funding, January '97 and June '97.

With Eamonn Lawless, organised the CARTOON Forum in Galway Sept.’96

TEACHING
Course Design and Direction, “Scriptwriting for Animation”, a programme of Screen Training Ireland Workshops for 2003

“Scripting for Animation”, at Ballyfermot College of Further Education …and at Dun Laoire College of Art and Design.