Once Were Farmers
Once Were Farmers is a BAFTA-winning animation studio based in Stirling and Suffolk. We believe every project has something at its heart worth understanding properly: an idea, character, feeling, world or quality that gives the work its identity. Finding and developing that heart shapes everything that follows. The visual language. The characters and world. The technology. The pipeline. The way the production itself is designed. The result isn't a Once Were Farmers house style. The project determines the expression. Our consistency lies in the judgement behind it. Creative, technical and practical thinking belong in the same conversation. Strong ideas rarely develop independently of the realities of making them. Visual development can suggest a new production technique. A technical constraint can unlock a better creative solution. A pipeline decision can change what becomes possible on screen. That conversation between creative ambition and production reality is part of the design.
Posted: 05 November 2026
Once Were Farmers is a BAFTA-winning animation studio, established in 2002, with decades of experience developing, designing and producing animated work, from early ideas and visual development through to finished series, films, titles and idents. Agile and always at the forefront of technology, Once Were Farmers were the first studio in the UK to use Unreal Engine for long form TV production.
Rory Lowe - Co-Founder and Creative Director
Ron Henry
