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Michael Rose is the joint CEO and co-founder of Magic Light Pictures.

Magic Light is known for its BBC One Christmas animated specials based on The Gruffalo, and other best selling books written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. In addition, the company directly manages production, licensing, global distribution and marketing and runs an international merchandising programme for The Gruffalo series.

Michael has produced Magic Light’s first animated preschool series Pip and Posy (52 x 7’), a series revolving around the world of play based on the books by Axel Scheffler. It was Bafta nominated in 2022 for Best preschool series.

Recent Magic Light productions include BBC One Christmas animated specials: Superworm, Zog and the Flying Doctors; The Snail and the Whale; Emmy winning Zog; Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes; Stick Man; Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning Room on the Broom.

Prior to forming Magic Light, Michael headed up the feature film division of UK studio Aardman Animations. He was executive producer of their animated features Chicken Run and the Oscar and BAFTA winning Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-rabbit. He also produced Nick Park’s 1995 Oscar winning Wallace and Gromit film, A Close Shave.

Before joining Aardman in 1994, Michael was a buyer at Channel Four Television. He started his career programming art house cinemas in Plymouth and Bristol.