Peter Rabbit 

Silvergate Media/Brown Bag Films/Nickeloden/Cbeebies/Frederick Warne & Co.

Along with directing all three seasons of the series, I was also responsible for the overall look of the series, making sure it stayed true to Beatrix Potter's original Peter Rabbit books was very important to all of us. Early in the development of the project I visited Potter's beloved Lake District in England with the series Art Director Stephen Robinson. We came back with over 2,000 reference photographs, which we used throughout production to ensure every detail in the show felt authentic. Mr. McGregor's house and garden were loosely based on Potter's own Hill Top cottage in the heart of the Lake District. Each episode was approached like a short film—carefully setting up the story and making sure our young audience could easily follow every beat. To help convey the world from a rabbit's point of view, I often used low camera angles that captured the scale of their surroundings, both indoors and out. One of our biggest creative and technical challenges was introducing realistic fur on the main characters. At the time 2015, this came with a high rendering cost per frame, but we found a more economical solution—and now, it's something everyone takes for granted. We also had to develop a custom animation rig that allowed Peter and the other rabbits to move naturally running on all fours, then standing on two legs to act —just like in Potter's original illustrations.

Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit Seasons 1 , 2 & 3 (96 x 11-minute episodes and four 22-minute specials) was produced by Silvergate Medis/brown Bag films/Nickeloden/Cbeebies/Frederick Warne & Co. and went on to win six Daytime Emmy Awards and earn ten additional nominations, including three for Best Directing in an Animated Series (2015, 2016, and 2017).

AWARDS

Daytime Emmy Awards

2017 – Nominations for Outstanding Directing in a Preschool Animated Program, Outstanding Writing in a Preschool Animated Program, and Outstanding Sound Mixing in a Preschool Animated Program.
2016 – Winner, Outstanding Special Class Animated Program; Winner, Outstanding Individual in Animation for storyboarding; Nominee, Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program.
2015 – Winner, Outstanding Individual in Animation for storyboarding; Nominee, Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program.
2014 – Winner, Outstanding Individual in Animation for background design (Eddie Gribbin), storyboard (Marten Jonmark), and production design (Stephen Robinson).

Annie Awards

2015 – Nominee, Best Preschool Series.
2014 – Nominee, Best Preschool Series.

Parents' Choice Awards

2014–2016 – Winner, Parents' Choice Gold Award (three consecutive years).

BAFTA, British Academy Children's Award

2016 – Nomination, Best International - Preschool Series

The Stinky & Dirty Show

 Amazon Prime/Brown Bag Films

For The Stinky & Dirty Show, my job was to bring these wonderful characters to life through CGI animation. From the very beginning, we knew we wanted to preserve the original charm of the wonderful illustrations from the McMullen books. To do that, every character, prop, and environment was lovingly crafted with rich watercolor-like textures and expressive brushstroke line work. Our team created custom animation rigs for each different type of vehicle, ship or train. I wanted to make sure every character moved and operated in a way that felt technically correct. Stinky the trash truck still picked up trash, and Dirty who is a Mechanical digger still dug away on construction projects. At the same time, we wanted them to act like kids: expressing emotion through their faces, and even using their tires and wheels as hands, while still staying true to how real vehicles work. For the show's signature "thinking/drawing" sequences, we switched to 2D animation to make those moments stand out visually. The preschool curriculum theme of resourcefulness drove every story—it's all about asking "What if…?" to solve problems, and learning that it's okay to fail. For example, in the episode "Lost!", a thick fog keeps Stinky and Dirty from finding their way home. After a few "What ifs," they discover that a trail of smelly garbage is just the thing to guide them back!

All image are Copyrighted by Amazon Prime/Brown Bag Films

 AWARDS: 

Daytime Emmy Awards

2019 – Three Nominations, Outstanding Directing in a Preschool Animated Program ,  Outstanding Sound Mixing

in a Preschool Children's Animated Series & Outstanding Sound Editing in a Preschool Children's Animated Series

2018 – Three Nominations,  Outstanding Preschool Children's Animated Series, Outstanding Sound Mixing

in a Preschool Children's Animated Series & Outstanding Sound Editing in a Preschool Children's Animated Series

BAFTA, British Academy Children's Award

Annie Award

2018 – Nominations, Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children

2017 – Nominations, Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children

Parents Choice Awards

Noddy in Toyland

Chorion UK /Brown Bag Films/ for TV-5 in the UK

SERIES DIRECTOR & PRODUCTION DESIGNER 

There have been many adaptations of Enid Blyton's beloved books over the years—from stop-motion versions in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s to a flatter, glossy CGI series in the 2000s. Over time, the property felt as though it had lost its way. My goal was to return to the spirit of the original books by setting the series in a tactile toy world—one that felt handcrafted and made for play. 

For the animation we Honoured its stop-motion heritage by developing a hybrid animation technique. While the characters were physically animated, most of the mouth movements were created using projection-mapped imagery, allowing for sharper, more responsive lip-sync.

*See PRODUCTION DESIGN  on the other page for more information about the Art Direction of the series.

The Island of Inis cool

DIRECTOR. CREATOR, PRODUCTION DESIGN &  PRODUCER -2006-

The Island of INIS COOL is a comedy adventure series, which focuses on life on the small Island of Inis Cool. The stories revolve around the comical antics of Biff, Boff and Ben O'Malley, three over grown schoolboys who's Mother will do anything to keep them from growing up.

"The Island of Inis Cool' was Created, Directed and Co-written by David Mc Camley. The 26 x 13 min TV series aimed at a family audience used 3d sans to build CGI characters which were combined with miniature model sets to give the look and feel of stopmotion animation. The series was nominated at the prestigious 'Cartoons on the Bay' in 2005 in the category of 'TV Series for All Audiences'. 'Inis Cool' artwork appeared in the book ELEMENTAL the world's best Discreet/Autodesk art by Ballistic publishing 2004. The English version features the great voice Talents of Pauline Mc Lynn (Father Ted), Rosaleen Linehan and Hector Ó hEochagain. Inis Cool has aired in Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Finland and as far away as South Africa.

*See PRODUCTION DESIGN on the other page for more information about the Art Direction of the series.

 AWARDS

IFTA (IRISH FILM & TV AWARDS)  Nominated 2005

Cartoons on the bay Nominated 2005

Grabby Bag

DIRECTOR. CREATOR, PRODUCTION DESIGN & PRODUCER -2007-

GRABBY BAG' Created, Directed and Written by David Mc Camley was Co-produced with Brown Bag Films. The 12 X 5 min CGI preschool series for RTE in Ireland was designed to encourage children to use imaginary play and teaches pre-school kids words and phrases in Gaeilge as they watched.