Olly Reid

Director, Wed Rabbit

Olly is the Director on Locksmith Animation’s feature ‘Wed Wabbit.

He has over 25 years of experience as an animation director, working on a wild variety of projects.

Whilst at Axis Studios he co-directed ‘Welcome to Monster High’ a hugely successful reboot for Mattel. He’s developed a wide range of skills over the years, and always throws himself into all his projects with passion.

He began his career at Aardman Animations directing iconic commercials in stop motion. He then went on to work at Passion Pictures creating memorable music videos, more commercials and even a short film for the world cup.

He had his own business for years, which gave him a deep, hands-on understanding of every department, whilst creating award winning stings for TV, even more commercials and short films. He’s worked with the Imaginarium, working closely with Andy Serkis and helping them develop several features.

More recently at Axis Studios he was able to pursue his passion for films - working increasingly in long form development, whilst also creating outstanding trailers for a wide variety of games, creating a VR short, and directing cutscenes for award winning games.