# animate! › Films › Dad’s Dead by Chris Shepherd

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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, live action and animation, digital compositing, memory, friendship, violence, peer pressure, psychological thriller, filmmaker, animation director

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**Dad’s Dead** a film by Chris Shepherd

[Chris Shepherd](https://chrisshepherdfilms.com)

2002, 6 min 36 sec

[Film / embedded media](https://www.youtube.com/embed/oiFXmeXul9Y)

![Dad’s Dead, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/dadsdead18.jpg)

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### a film by Chris Shepherd

### animate! synopsis

Fights, camera, live action. It’s dark days in sink town. Teenage kicks all through the night, for sure (peer pressure you see: balancing fear and admiration). Friends for life? Well, maybe not.

### key credits

**director**
Chris Shepherd

**narrated by**
Ian Hart

**Johnno**
Chris Freeney

**director of photography**
Peter Ellmore

**editor**
Seb Dutchy

**music**
John Moore

**sound designer**
Andy Humphreys

**producer**
Maria Manton

**Dad’s Dead** film, stills and other materials © Chris Shepherd 2003