AMMO Animation is
Amy Morris
film producer and animation specialist
based in the UK
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Amy Morris is an award winning animation and film producer. She specialises in creating access to the film and animation sector by providing opportunities for writer/directors and animators to direct their first commercial films. In 2020 Amy was BAFTA shortlisted and BAFTA Cymru nominated for her work on Welsh animated comedy Creepy Pasta Salad. In 2021, Cwch Deilen was officially selected to screen at Tribeca and received a special commendation at the Iris Prize. She is currently working with two first time animation directors to produce animated short films for the festival market and 8 writer/directors to produce short films for BBC broadcast.
Work
Amy has produced 60+ short animated films and 18+ live action shorts, 12 of those for broadcast. She has worked in both drama and documentary and has worked with multiple animation directors including BAFTA Cymru winners Jane Hubbard and Gerald Conn, BAFTA shortlisted Lauren Orme, and Royal Television Society award winner Efa Blosse-Mason future animation great James Nutting.
In 2011 She founded not-for-profit animation studio, Winding Snake Productions, where she is currently the managing director.
In 2017, Amy became program director for The Women’s Film Club at the WOW Film Festival, a cinema project that screens f-rated films, for women-only audiences in Wales and Scotland.
In 2020 she began working with Ffilm Cymru Wales as their Ffolio Programme Manager, before becoming Community Manager on the Foot in the Door scheme.
On her current role as First Break Project Manager with Screen Skills sees her working on HETV shows Lost Boys & Fairies and The Way.
You can find out more about her most recent independent work below.
Featured Picks
Marmalade is Missing
(2023) A joy filled delight in 2D hand drawn animation, James’ Nutting’s directorial debut, Treat your eyes to a body positive feast of animated illusion at the sneak-a-peek cabaret club! Margo Monroe is the star of the show and she has one weakness, her big, fluffy, cheeky, ginger tom cat, Marmalade. Marmalade rules the roost backstage, and in his tireless pursuit for strokes and food, he escapes the dressing room. Beloved by all, Margo goes to pieces when he disappears - will she find him in time for her next show? Featuring the voice of Victoria Scone.
The Golden Apple
A moment longer
Two B or Not Two B
(2020) On a cold Welsh winter night, a young woman takes the time to cook herself her favourite food. As she eats her steaming bowl of spicy noodles she finds a moment of pure escapism. If only this private moment could last a moment longer.
Made in the heart of lockdown 2020, this is a film about taking the time to nourish one’s self and look at joy that can come from eating the food you crave.
(2020) Learning to love someone can be scary, but it can also lead to the most marvellous adventure. With a striking illustrative style, writer/director Efa Blosse-Mason tells the story of Heledd and Celyn who navigate the undiscovered and murky waters of entering a new relationship. Facing vulnerability and a sea monster, the lover’s odyssey tests the strength of their Leaf Boat. Through the bewitching power of 2D animation this film explores the internal worlds of the characters emotions which are visualized through seasons and stormy seas.
cwch deilen
(2019) Elin works in a call centre and is anxious about her health. Trefor is dead and worried about the gas bill. Cari is a lonely goth girl, preparing for the apocalypse. It’s Halloween, and as their lives traverse, things start to get better. Elin grows into her beard, Cari finally meets someone and Trefor stops worrying about the gas bill.
A dark animated comedy from Winding Snake Productions, written and directed by Lauren Orme and produced by Amy Morris. Featuring the voices of Adam Buxton, Ruth Madoc, Eve Myles and Richard Harrington.
creepy pasta salad
(2016) A beautiful animated short from Wales directed by James Nutting. Come and meet Josef Herman a Polish artist who sought refuge in the Swansea Valley from the Nazi’s during the second world war. Made with children living in Ystradgynlais. Voiced by Michael Sheen.
Feeding Grief To Animals
cynefin
(2016) A small girl and her family flee war torn Syria following the path of her beloved uncle's canaries. An animated documentary that draws on the experiences of 12 year old Sanna Alkhatib. Voiced by Sanna Alkhatib and Zoubaida Ashour. Directed by Daniel James Evans and Amy Morris.
Skinny Fat
uncle ahmad’s canaries
(2014) A animated documentary about the life and achievements of suffragette, business women and magazine editor, Lady Rhondda.
Written and directed by Lauren Orme, produced by Amy Morris.
bird in a cage
(2016) An animated documentary using first hand accounts of the female munitions workers based at Newport ROF 11 during the second world war.
Directed by Lauren Orme, James Nutting and Amy Morris. Written by Nigel Crowle.