# animate! › Films › Who I Am and What I Want by David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd

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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, hand-drawn animation, identity, alienation, desire, dark comedy, filmmaker, artist, animation director

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**Who I Am and What I Want** a film by David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd

[David Shrigley](https://davidshrigley.com), [Chris Shepherd](https://chrisshepherdfilms.com)

2005, 7 min 23 sec

[Film / embedded media](https://player.vimeo.com/video/18665337)

![Who I Am and What I Want, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/whoiamandwhatiwant17.jpg)

### a film by David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd

### animate! synopsis

A scribbled, strangely funny but highly unsettling examination of the human condition. The story of a man who bares his emotions, history, hang ups and desires in all of their dysfunctional absurdity then leaves us to assemble not only his identity but to question our own.

### key credits

**director**
David Shrigley
Chris Shepherd

**voice**
Kevin Eldon

**animation**
Alan Andrews
Siren Halvorsen
Ellen Kleiven

**music**
Martin Young

**sound designer**
Barnaby Templer
Jake Roberts

**producer**
Maria Manton

**Who I Am and What I Want** film, stills and other materials © David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd 2005