Jon Riche - Puppeteering

After studying illustration and animation at UCE Birmingham, Jon graduated with First Class Honours in Visual Communication. Jon's love of animation, puppets and strong comedy performance meant he quickly moved into directing music video’s for artists such as, Kasabian, Moby and The Feeling - adopting a fresh mixed media approach.

Jon has made commercials for the likes of, Nissan, Ikea and Nike, quickly garnering a reputation for being good with actors and especially comedy performance.

Celebrity talent worked with includes Gordon Ramsey, Graham Norton, Chris Evans, Michael Gambon, Sharon Horgan and Paul Kaye.

Alongside the advertising work Jon also writes and directs for TV and has collaborated with comedians such as Nick Helm, Romesh Ranganathan, Sarah Pascoe, Asim Chaudrey (Chabuddy G), Pat Cahil and Spencer Jones with whom I created 'Big Babies', an BAFTA nominated, award winning children's television show produced for the BBC.