Shelley Page

Shelley Page has been working in the field of feature animation since 1986.

Her career in animation began when she joined the London studio of legendary animation director Richard Williams from 1982 – which ultimately led to a position as head of backgrounds on the Walt Disney feature film ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’ (1988).

In 1989 she was hired by Steven Spielberg as one of the original team of artists at the Amblimation Studio in London where she worked on animation feature films until recruited in early 1995 as one of the first team of artists to join Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen’s new studio, DreamWorks.

Since joining DreamWorks Animation as co-head of Artist Development, Shelley has worked in many areas of feature animation production at the studio and was closely involved in setting up new DWA studio locations in Bangalore and Shanghai.

After 22 years with the studio she left Dreamworks Animation in late 2016 to take up new career opportunities as an independent talent consultant, working with leading animation studios worldwide – including Aardman (UK).

Shelley’s 36+ feature film credits include: ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’, ‘The Prince Of Egypt’, ‘Shrek’, ‘Madagascar’, ‘Kung Fu Panda’ , ‘How to Train Your Dragon’,’Ron’s Gone Wrong’ and ‘That Christmas’.

In 2019 Shelley joined Locksmith Animation (UK). As someone who began her career as a production artist, Shelley has a unique insight into developing and sustaining a long term career in animation at the highest levels.

In addition to her full-time role in feature animation production, she also regulary gives masterclasses at many leading animation schools worldwide. She is also a frequent speaker and presenter at animation festivals and conferences worldwide.

Shelley is also a regular member of the awards juries of many international animation festivals.

She is also a Program Board member of the FMX conference (Stuttgart)

Shelley has a particular interest in student animation and hosts student-focused events at many major international animation festivals and conferences.