# animate! › Films › Rabbit by Run Wrake › direction & collaboration

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/rabbit/biography

Discovery terms: 2000s animation, collage animation, hand-drawn animation, digital compositing, greed, lost innocence, nature, dark fairy tale, filmmaker, animator, illustrator

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Archive status: restored in 2026; historical calls, deadlines and services are closed.

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**Rabbit** a film by Run Wrake

[Run Wrake](https://runwrake.com)

2005, 8 min 30 sec

### Run Wrake

#### short biography

Run has lived in London and worked as a freelance animator since graduating from the Animation MA course at the Royal College of Art in 1990. He has produced several self-financed short films alongside commercials, titles and music videos (notably for *Howie B* and *The Charlatans*). For many years he contributed regular illustrations to NME magazine.

He completed his previous animate! commission [Jukebox](https://animate.org.uk/films/jukebox/) in 1994.

July 2004

#### filmography

**Run Wrake** Director

**Short Films**

ANYWAY 16mm 1990
JUKEBOX 16mm 1994
M2 – PING BATTER PONG, PUSHAWAY, RHYTHM FILM Beta Video 1998
WHAT IS THAT Beta Video 2001
LESSONS IN SMOKING Beta Video/DVD 2002
NME GALLERY Beta Video/DVD 2002
RABBIT Beta 2005

**Music Videos**

CADILLAC – GANG OF FOUR 1991 unavailable
TV TAN – THE WILDHEARTS 1993 unavailable
MUSIC FOR BABIES – HOWIE B 1996 35mm/Beta/DVD
BUTTMEAT – HOWIE B 1996 Beta/DVD
WE HAVE EXPLOSIVE – FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON 1996 Beta
ANGELS GO BALD TOO – HOWIE B 1997 Beta
TAKE YOUR PARTNER – HOWIE B & ROBBIE ROBERTSON 1997 Beta
SWITCH – HOWIE B 1998 Beta
PUSSYFOOT DVD MANIAC MELODY, I CAN SING, SHE CALLED AGAIN 1999 Beta
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON 2000 Beta
WE BELONG IN THIS WORLD TOGETHER – STEREO MCs 2001 Beta
MR BOBBY – MANU CHAO 2001 Beta
TRY AGAIN TODAY – THE CHARLATANS 2004 Beta
FLYOVER – ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION 2005 Beta
MTV STINGS – M STANDS FOR 1992 M ALSO STANDS FOR 1995 Beta/DVD
MTV ‘Musicman’ Idents 2005

**Commercials**

COCA COLA ‘Falling’ 1996 30”
COCA COLA ‘Easter Chicks’ 2000 30”
NATWEST BANK ‘Rear Window’ 1999 40”
ALIATEL PRAGUE 2000 2×30”

**Television Graphics**

JONATHAN ROSS PRESENTS… 1990 Title Sequence C4
MTV EUROPEAN TOP TWENTY 1999 Title Sequence & Graphic Design
THE SHOWBIZ SET 2002 Title Sequence C4
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER 2003 Title Sequence & Inserts BBC
IOO GREATEST MUSICALS / SEXY MOMENTS 2003 Title Sequences & Graphics C4

**Live /Visuals**

U2 POPMART TOUR 1997
BALTIMORE RAVENS Team Entrance 1998
SOUND REPUBLIC Bar 1998
OASIS GLASTONBURY 2004
U2 VERTIGO WORLD TOUR 2005
U2 / PAUL McCARTNEY LIVE 8 2005

3 October 2005

#### downloadable CV

[animate_runwrake_biography01_full.jpg](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_runwrake_biography01_full.jpg)

23 September 2005

#### artist’s photo

![Run Wrake, portrait](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_runwrake_portrait01.jpg)

14 September 2005

### animate! films by this artist

[Jukebox](https://animate.org.uk/films/jukebox/)

[Rabbit](https://animate.org.uk/films/rabbit/)

#### artist’s website

[Run Wrake](http://www.runwrake.com/)

**Rabbit** film, stills and other materials © Run Wrake 2005