Parker has recently created animations for Melina Matsoukas (Queen & Slim) MTV’s ident and directed TIMELINE – an artist film loop for the Migration Museum exhibition, DEPARTURES that won the 2021 Creative Circle award, and was Cannes Lion shortlisted for Screen & Events. Parker has directed short films for the hit Channel 4 series, MISFITS and ‘Sir John Lubbock’s Pet Wasp’ (2018) with Laurie Hill based on Untold Stories commissioned by animate projects and Anim18. LIFE ON THE MOVE won the 2019 (AHRC) Arts and Humanities Research Council Best Social Media Award and was nominated for the Inspiration Award.
Parker is a freelance director who consistently works on a wide range of industry and personal projects. His independent short animated films continue to receive great acclaim on the international film festival circuit. “FILM NOIR” was nominated for best short animated film by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in 2006 and also was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. „YOURS TRULY“ best short animated film winner at the British Animation Awards was also nominated for a BAFTA in 2008 and selected for Sundance. Both films have been screened at the Telluride Film Festival.
Parker’s award winning commercial credits include such clients as Coca-Cola, Nike, Budweiser, Orange, The World Wildlife Fund and Gatorade. TV clients inc. Apple TV+, BBC, Channel 4, ITV and MTV.
With over 30 years experience of working in the creative arts industries, Parker was a 2008 UK Film Council Breakthrough Brit and balances his freelance work with delivering masterclasses, seminars & running international animation workshops in Europe, South America and the UK. Committed to helping new generations of filmmakers, Parker is a (SFHEA) Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy at Middlesex University, London and a visiting animation lecturer at (NFTS) The National Film & Television School.
