Making of “No Ordinary Joe”

Loose Moose Productions - Stop Motion Animation - No ordinary joe making of hero

A short film about the making of “No Ordinary Joe”- a stop-motion animation/live action short film starring Lindsay Duncan. Directed by Barry JC Purves. Produced by Glenn Holberton. Original music by Nigel Hess. Alex Hesketh filmed & edited this BTS clip.

Ange Palethorpe – Director

Stop-motion animation of real vegetables, using a technique developed by Loose Moose director, the late Ange Palethorpe, who died in April 2022, allows Onions, Peppers and other denizens of the kitchen to sing along to the Jackson 5’s hit “ABC”, while a young woman cooks a meal in her kitchen. The spot promoted the BBC […]

Sainsbury’s Christmas “The Greatest Gift”

In 2015, Glenn worked with the multi-talented director Sam Fell and the amazing team at Passion Pictures, London producing – ‘The Greatest Gift’ – Sainsbury’s Christmas 2016 commercial – a 3’20” stop-motion animation epic, which aired on 14 November 2016. Agency AMV:BBDO. Creatives: Andy Clough & Rich McGrann. Producer: Rebecca Scharf.

Flora – “Fit”

Flora ‘Fit’ was the final film in this campaign for Flora Light, superbly directed and animated by Catfish Collective and produced by Glenn Holberton. Agency: adam&eveDDB.

The Funeral – short film wins gold!

The Funeral, our live action short film starring Paul Kaye, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Ben Caplan and Allan Corduner won Best Short at the Boston Film Festival. Congratulations to Director Nick Green & Writer Jez Freedman. The film also won Best Short in Atlanta.