Mark Baker

Mark Baker (born 8 April 1959) is an English animator and producer whose works include the Academy Award-nominated short films The Hill Farm, The Village (1993) and Jolly Roger (1998). He emerged as an animator in the 1970s. He draws in a childlike style with a sophisticated world view. His film The Hill Farm (1988) received an Oscar nomination, a BAFTA, the Grand Prix at the Annecy Animation Festival and the praise of the Russian animator Yuri Norstein. Baker completed The Village for Channel 4 in 1993. In 2003 he participated in Kihachirō Kawamoto's collaborative project Winter Days. Background Baker was born in London on 8 April 1959. He animating television commercials for Richard Purdum Productions. Baker enrolled in the National Film and Television School where he created the short film The Hill Farm (1988). He graduated in 1989 and worked as a freelance animator and director for TVC, Speedy Films, David Anderson Films and Pizazz Pictures.

In 2021, The Hill Farm, Jolly Roger, and The Village were restored, with all three short films available to watch on Baker's YouTube channel.