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How did animation directors get started? Watch four directors talk about how they began their careers.

Several of our contributors tell us how they got into animation.

As with the NFTS graduate and current animators, they have come via very different routes. Some of our contributors started very young, doing animation as a hobby, while others discovered it much later having come through Art or other disciplinary pathways.

To find out more about careers in animation, there is lots of excellent advice available on the ScreenSkills website.

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