Lupus Films

Lupus Films is a London based production company set up in 2002 by Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding. Prior to setting up Lupus Films, Camilla and Ruth worked at Channel 4 as the Arts and Animation commissioning team, where they were responsible for a range of programmes including award winning short films, documentaries, comedy series and family Christmas Specials.Lupus Films specializes in producing TV programmes and films for children, working across all genres and techniques including 2D and 3D animation, puppets, live-action drama and factual entertainment. They have produced shows for the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, UKTV, Playhouse Disney, France 3 and WDR Germany, and their shows have been broadcast on many other channels around the world.Camilla and Ruth also provide consultancy services to companies looking to develop children’s brands if a project entices them.

Lupus Films filmography:

The Snowman and The Snowdog 1 x 24′ – Channel 4

Random Acts Series 2 30 x 3′ - Channel 4

Random Acts Series 1 30 x 3′ - Channel 4

The Hive 78 x 7’ – ITV/Playhouse Disney

Combat Club Series 2 13 x 30’ – Five

The Pinky & Perky Show 52 x 13’ – BBC

Different Voices 1 x 40’ – Concert piece

Combat Club Series 1 13 x 30’ – Five

Meerkat Luvvies 6 x 15’ – UKTV

Wilde Stories 3 x 24’ – Channel 4

Little Wolf’s Book of Badness 1 x 30’ – Channel 4

Ruth Fielding

After gaining an Masters degree from RADA and Kings College, Ruth joined the Kings Head Theatre as an Assistant Director. Then, after a short stint producing corporate videos and events she joined Channel 4’s animation department and was soon promoted to Assistant Editor, Animation & Arts where she remained for 5 years.In 2002 Ruth left Channel 4 to set up tv production company Lupus Films with her friend and colleague Camilla Deakin, where she is joint managing director. In their second year of business, Lupus’ productions were nominated for 4 British Animation Awards.Through Lupus Films Ruth has produced animation and live-action shows for the BBC, Five, UKTV, Channel 4, ITV and Disney. She was the Producer of a 52 part CGI re-make of children’s classic The Pinky & Perky Show for the BBC and France 3 and Executive Producer on Lupus’ most recent series for Disney, The Hive. She is currently producing a pilot for a new pre-school animation series as well as commissioning films for Random Acts, in addition to producing on the new Snowman sequel for Channel 4.

Camilla Deakin

Formerly the Commissioning Editor for Animation at Channel 4, Camilla Deakin set up Lupus Films with her colleague Ruth Fielding in 2002. Camilla has produced both animation and live-action shows for the BBC, Channel 4, Five and ITV, as well as Executive Producing a number of short films for Channel 4 and the UK Film Council. She was Executive Producer of a 52 part CGI re-make of children’s classic The Pinky and Perky Show for the BBC and France 3 and most recently Series Produced pre-school show The Hive, which will be shown on Disney channels in over 150 territories worldwide during 2011/2012. She is currently producing the Snowman sequel, as well as developing a 90 minute feature film based on Raymond Briggs’ award winning book Ethel & Ernest.