From 2001-2007, Darren Price established the 3D studio for Nexus Productions in London, then went on to win a BAFTA for his first short movie “Potapych – The Bear Who Loved Vodka”. Moving back to Sydney, Darren set up and built Mighty Nice into an internationally recognised creative studio delivering award-winning animation. Working on “This Way Up”, the short film was nominated for an Oscar for best animated short and won numerous film festival awards. He has directed hundreds of acclaimed TV commercials and co-directed ‘Bottersnikes & Gumbles’ in 2015-2016, a twice Logie-nominated children’s series. He is also co-creator of preschool TV series ‘Kazoops’. www.mightynice.com.au Topics Discussed - Running your own studio - Being a top freelancer - Early career, building Nexus 3D Studios - London - Building an animation studio - Mighty Nice - Pipeline and studio development - As a creative director : Maintaining quality - Developing series animation content : The process - Project : Bottersnikes and Gumbles and Kazoops! - Project : ‘Square Peg’ - Inspiration