Iain Gardner cut his teeth at the Richard Williams Animation Studio on THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER. His recent half hour special A BEAR NAMED WOJTEK was shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards® and was awarded Best Long Form Animation at the British Animation Awards. He was Artistic Director of McLAREN 2014, celebrating the centenary of pioneering Scottish/Canadian Animator Norman McLaren, and was Edinburgh International Film Festival’s McLaren Award programmer for a decade.…Iain Gardner cut his teeth at the Richard Williams Animation Studio on THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER. His recent half hour special A BEAR NAMED WOJTEK was shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards® and was awarded Best Long Form Animation at the British Animation Awards. He was Artistic Director of McLAREN 2014, celebrating the centenary of pioneering Scottish/Canadian Animator Norman McLaren, and was Edinburgh International Film Festival’s McLaren Award programmer for a decade.WWWW…