# Michael Rose | 'The Gruffalo' and Adapting with Integrity

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Podcast: [All Lit Up! A Podcast for the Creative Industries](https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-lit-up-a-podcast-for-the-creative-industries-7589257)
Published: 2026-01-13T10:00:00+00:00
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In episode 6 of All Lit Up! we're talking to MICHAEL ROSE, cofounder of Magic Light Pictures. the studio behind THE GRUFFALO and CHICO AND RITA. Join Michael and Gilly as they discuss finding the perfect IP to adapt and how to go about securing the rights. Plus, hear Michael and Gilly discuss the Nick Park Oscar winning short, Creature Comforts . Creature Comforts Nick Park's 1989 Academy Award® winning short film, Creature Comforts features a series of interviews with the animals in an English zoo. Used to open spaces and sunnier climates, they comment on accommodation, diet and of course – the English weather! The short film premiered in 1989 on Channel Four as part of a series called Lip Synch. The series was ground-breaking, using real recorded voices with animated characters. Later Creature Comforts also went across the pond to the USA where the unique format was used once again to tell real-life stories from people in America. Watch Creature Comforts here! MICHAEL ROSE Michael Rose is joint CEO and co-founder of Magic Light Pictures. Michael began his career programming and running independent cinemas in Plymouth and Bristol before moving into television, where he spent four years at Channel Four as a buyer of international programming. In the mid-1990s, Michael joined the renowned Aardman Animations as Head of Development. There, he played a key role in growing the studio, launching its feature film division and serving as Executive Producer on hit films Chicken Run and the Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, both produced with DreamWorks. Earlier in his Aardman career, he produced Nick Park’s Oscar-winning A Close Shave, as well as two other Oscar-nominated shorts, Humdrum and Wat’s Pig. His television credits there include Rex the…

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