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Sarah Ann Kennedy

Course Leader MA Animation, MA co-ordinator Animation, Design, Fashion, Games Design

School of Arts and Media

I have worked in the animation industry for over 30 years in a variety of roles. I wrote and directed Crapston Villas for Channel 4 which won various awards including Independent TV's best newcomer, and San Francisco Film Festival best animation. I also voice Miss Rabbit in Peppa Pig as well as Nanny Plum in Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom. My primary research looks at the role of women in the British animation industry and the effect this has on commissioned content. In 2019 I produced and wrote a short documentary 'British Women Breaking The Mold' about the lack of women in Key creative roles within the British Animation industry. This was screened internationally at various festivals as well as on a Sky Channel. Interest in this documentary grew and resulted in a commission with more...

BA (hons) Fine Art. Newcastle Polytechnic MA Animation. Royal College of Art PGCE. Institute of Education. London University SD2. University of Central Lancashire

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  1. Kennedy, Sarah Ann orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9770-1799 (2012) Homesick - A 'taster' of the pilot for a comedy drama series shot in both live action and animation. [Video] (Unpublished)
  2. Kennedy, Sarah Ann orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9770-1799 (1995) Crapston villas. [Video]
  3. Kennedy, Sarah Ann orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9770-1799 (2010) Has Feminism failed the British Animation Industry? In: 2010 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, March 31 – April 3, 2010, Renaissance Grand Hotel St. Louis, MO, USA. (Unpublished)
  4. Kennedy, Sarah Ann orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9770-1799 (2014) Is the Straight role in Comedy essential and why is it usually played by a women in animation? Animation Studies 2.0, 3 .
  5. Kennedy, Sarah Ann orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9770-1799 (2016) Does the Current British Higher Education system really prepare graduate animation students for a developing and changing industry? European Scientific Journal . ISSN 1857-7881
  6. Kennedy, Sarah Ann orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9770-1799 (2014) Animated Women's Symposium. In: Animated Women's Symposium, April 2014, Media Factory, UCLan Preston. (Unpublished)
  7. Kennedy Parr, Sarah orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9770-1799 (2014) Training and Skills: Where are the Gaps? In: The Children's Media Conference - Manimation 2014, Thursday 20 November, 2014, BBC Bridge House, Bridge House, Salford Quays, Salford M50 2BH. (Unpublished)
  8. Kennedy Parr, Sarah orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9770-1799 (2017) Female Figures. A discussion at the London International Animation Festival 2017. In: London International Animation Festival, 6th December 2017, Barbican London. (Unpublished)
  9. Kennedy Parr, Sarah Ann orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9770-1799 (2017) Honestly it's the Story of My Life. [Video]
  10. Kennedy Parr, Sarah Ann orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9770-1799 (2018) BFI presents Funny Women get animated. In: BFI 2018 Animated Women Get funny, March 2018, National Film Theatre London. (Unpublished)