Joseph Wallace

Joseph Wallace is a BAFTA Cyrmu nominated animation and puppetry director. His award-winning work spans commercials, viral campaigns, music videos, short films and sequences for feature films and television. Described as ‘one of the UK’s most extraordinary stop-motion directors’ by London International Animation Festival, his work has been praised for its cinematic quality and unique aesthetic.

His 2017 music video for Sparks was named one of the ten best British animated music videos of all time by Anim18 and led to Wallace creating stop motion sequences for Edgar Wright’s documentary feature ‘The Sparks Brothers’. Described by Mark Kermode as ‘dark wonders’, Wallace’s segments were nominated for Best Animation at the Cinema Eye Honours in New York in 2022. His celebrated short ‘Salvation Has No Name’, won various Grand Prix at top animation festivals, was long listed for both a BIFA and a BAFTA and received the Jury Special Mention for Unifrance Prix du Court Metrage at Cannes 2023.

Joseph is a BAFTA member and talks regularly about animation and film at festivals and universities around the world.

Joseph Wallace is known for work in directing across film and television. New Release currently presents 9 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes The Rootman (2026), The Sparks Brothers (2021), The Wickywock and the JubJub Berry (2025), Natural Disaster (2014), Salvation Has No Name (2022), The Man Who Was Afraid of Falling (2011), The Letter (2023), Curiouser & Curiouser (2008). The recorded credits span 2008 to 2026, including 9 movies and 0 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.