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Mackinnon & Saunders | Crafting by Hand & Working with Tim Burton
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- Dec 16, 2025
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Summary
Ian Mackinnon & Peter Saunders discuss building their world-famous stop motion studio out of necessity, how a soup spoon transformed the Corpse Bride, and their long-established relationship with Tim Burton. Plus, not one but TWO short film choices - we are spoiled with this one! Harvey Krumpet Harvey Krumpet is the 2004 Academy Award winning short film by Adam Elliott and the biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck. Watch HARVEY KRUMPET here! The Mask In a world where everyone has masks, a couple always wears smiles for each other. One day he loses his smile outside, and she is waiting for him. By Hyoung-Min Choi. Watch THE MASK here! About Mackinnon & Saunders Ian and Peter are co-founders of Mackinnon & Saunders , the world-renowned leaders in character development for animation and producers of stop motion and 2D digital animation. Over 3 decades the team at Mackinnon & Saunders have brought some of the best-known animated characters to life for movies and TV series. The team have crafted puppets for Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox , Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! , Corpse Bride , Frankenweenie and Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar winning Pinocchio for Netflix. The Mackinnon & Saunders studio produce the animation for countless projects, including The House , Postman Pat , Twirlywoos , Raa Raa the Noisy Lion , and most recently animated sequences for Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice . All Lit Up! is a Lighthouse Studios production. Follow the studio on social media to stay up to date with all news and the latest episodes. Instagram: @lighthousestudiosire LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lighthousestudios