# animate! › Films › Round-Up by Mark Simon Hewis › direction & collaboration

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**Round-Up** a film by Mark Simon Hewis

in production

### Mark Simon Hewis

#### short biography

Mark Simon Hewis studied Fine Art and Photography before gaining an MA in Animation at the Royal College of Art in 2003. He went on to make the hybrid **The Chihuahua Messiah** with Film London’s Pulse scheme, which won the *Fortean Times* Film of the Year Award and was runner-up for the BBC Filmmaker of the Year Award. He lives in Bristol, and is currently in production of his first live-action fiction short film **God & Dave** for BBC3.

June 2006

#### artist’s website

[Mark Simon Hewis](http://www.hewis.co.uk/)

Mark's website

**Round-Up** film, stills and other materials © Mark Simon Hewis 2006