about us

Paper Panther is an award-winning stop motion studio founded in Dublin, Ireland in 2014. Led by founder and director Carol Freeman, we are known for our unique visuals and use of materials, original storytelling and love of classical animation techniques. While stop motion is our speciality, we also create digital 2D work with a hand-made flair. Carol’s paint-on-glass debut short The Bird and the Whale has won over 50 awards and screened at prestigious festivals like Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Anima Mundi and Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival.

Chris Hees as our in-house producer. Chris is a BAFTA winning, Oscar nominated producer and alumni of the prestigious National Film and Television School, ACE Producers, Berlinale Talents, Creative England’s Market Trader, Screen Yorkshire’s Flex and Cannes Producer Network. Before moving to Dublin he was one of 22 most promising producers to secure slate financing through the BFI Vision Award 3.

Kristina Yee is our script writer, in development on a whirlwind of projects including two pre-school series as well as our debut stop motion feature, The Lost Queen. Kristina has written for shows such as Kiva Can Do for Nickelodeon, and Space Chickens in Space for Disney, her episode ‘Food Fight’ receiving a Best Writer for an Animated Series nomination at the Irish Animation Awards 2019. Katie Sherlock is our lead animator and concept artist. She began her journey as a painter on The Bird and the Whale but has since been designing characters, illustrating backgrounds, animating in a variety of techniques as well as art directing.

Ciara Nolan began life with us as an animator on our first short. She works in a variety of styles, both digital and stop motion. Chris McLoughlin is our award-winning composer, his score for The Bird and the Whale has earned him several awards including a Gold Shark Award in 2018. He works in a broad range of musical styles and has written for award-winning theatre shows and games.