I was privileged to work for Cosgrove Hall Films from 1992-98, and found it a wonderfully creative place – a true ideas factory. While lesser studios came and went, Cosgrove Hall Films seemed immortal, due to the sheer quality of the storytelling it produced and the talent of the people producing it.
The leap from the work-at-home ethos of TV animation pioneers such as Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin to the organisational enterprise of an animation studio with the resources to train up gormless youths straight out of art college, such as myself, is startling even in retrospect. Building puppets and sets, shooting stop motion and drawn animation all under one roof, Cosgrove Hall Films was a miniature miracle.
Studio alumni went on to found their own companies, to win awards and to animate feature films. Many of them have already said it better, but I’m adding my voice to the general background chorus: thank you Brian, and thank you Mark.
Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall
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