William Traylor

Movies

Midsummer Nightmare
Director of Photography
Puck is introduced to the twentieth century and is as amused by the contemporary obsession with television as he was by the lovers' antics.
Animal Farm
Camera Operator
A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when corrupt pigs hijack it for their personal gain. Based on the socialist George Orwell’s novel “Animal Farm”, a critique of Stalinist authoritarianism.
Down a Long Way
Camera Operator
A BAFTA award nominated animation looking at the development of oil prospecting techniques since the 19th century.
The Moving Spirit
Camera Operator
A BAFTA award nominated animation tracing the development of the motor car from the original horseless carriage common in the late 19th century to the 1950s streamlined, massed produced, designs.
The Figurehead
Cinematography
A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint who is painted to look like a soldier and used as a figurehead on a sailing ship. The ship sinks and the figurehead is saved by a beautiful mermaid who falls in love with him. Her love is not returned because despite his dashing looks he has the wooden heart of a saint.