Jeroen Jaspaert

Jeroen Jaspaert is a multiple award-winning director and showrunner with over 20 years of experience in the animation industry.

Being a lifelong fan of animation with childhood hobbies like drawing, painting, and acting, it was no surprise Jeroen ended up becoming an animator himself. He completed a BA and MA in Audio-visual Arts in Belgium, and moved to London to specialise in Character Animation at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He went on to join Academy Award winning studio Tandem Films where he won an International Emmy for his work as Story Director on Bing Bunny.

Jeroen joined Magic Light Pictures in 2014, where he has been pivotal in bringing many of their Christmas Specials to life. He first directed Stick Man, which achieved a record rating of 9.3 million viewers on BBC One. It went on to win many global industry awards, including the Cristal for TV Production at Annecy Animation Festival. His follow up Special, The Highway Rat was the winner of the Rose d’Or Award for Best Children’s Entertainment in Europe.

Jeroen was the Showrunner on Magic Light’s first pre-school series, Pip and Posy. Overseeing all creative aspects from scriptwriting to final look and everything in-between, Jeroen’s quality-driven approach has made Pip and Posy an evergreen series which can be enjoyed for generations. Series 1 won Best Pre-School Series at the British Animation Awards and was nominated for a Children’s BAFTA. Both Series 1 and 2 are still consistently among the most watched shows on Channel 5’s Milkshake! and Sky kids.

Currently Jeroen is directing The Scarecrows’ Wedding, the 13th special from Magic Light Pictures which will debut this Christmas on the BBC.

Jeroen lives for animation and is happiest when he is able to tell charming, whimsical, and heartfelt stories, and in his words: “ideally all three at once!”.