Grant Orchard

Grant Orchard is an English animation director and designer working at Studio AKA. He is the creator of the hit children's TV series Hey Duggee, and also wrote and directed the Oscar-nominated short A Morning Stroll.

Works

Hey Duggee

Animated preschool series about a clubhouse that is run by a big dog called Duggee.

Release Date2014-12-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Mole (voice) / Rabbits (voice)

Episode Count124

Vote Count17

The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball

Welcome back to Elmore, where the laws of reality are a joke, and family life is anything but ordinary. Whether he's battling an evil fast-food empire, facing off against a sentient AI in love with his mom, or trying to stop Banana Joe from wearing pants — Gumball Watterson drags his brother Darwin, sister Anais, and the rest of the town of Elmore along for the ride. With even wilder stories, bigger twists, and surreal humor, the show is so amazing that they had to rename it!

Release Date2025-10-06

DepartmentCrew

JobSequence Supervisor

Episode Count1

Vote Count51

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation

ShortsHD is once again bringing the wildly popular Oscar nominated short film program (Live Action, Animation, and Documentary) to theaters in the US, Canada, and Europe beginning February 10th. The theatrical release of the Academy Award nominated short films has met with enthusiastic audiences ever since its launch 6 years ago, giving people around the world an opportunity to see the nominated films prior to the Academy Awards ceremony on February 26th.

Release Date2012-02-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

The Crayon Box That Talked

"While walking through a toy store, the day before today, I overheard a crayon box with many things to say..."

Release Date1997-01-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Love All In Wrestling

A short film about all-in wrestling.

Release Date2007-06-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Hey Duggee: The Super Squirrel Badge & Other Stories

In ‘Hey Duggee: The Super Squirrel Badge & Other Stories’ we follow Duggee and his buddies from the Squirrel Club as they learn about teamwork, responsibility, solving problems and helping each other. In each of the ten episodes the club members go on a different adventure and earn a new badge to take home.

Release Date2016-11-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

The Canterbury Tales

Animated adaptation of Chaucer's famous narrative poems, using a variety of groundbreaking animation techniques. On a pilgrimage from London to the tomb of Thomas Becket in Canterbury, a group of travellers from all walks of medieval society recount tales and stories to each other to provide amusement on the journey.

Release Date1998-12-21

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Yeah, Just There.

To celebrate their 15th birthday onedotzero – luminaries of the digital moving image realm – have commissioned a number of their filmmakers from over the years to create wallpaper making Granimator™ packs with app interface designers ustwo™. One such contributor is Grant Orchard, the Academy-nominated and BAFTA-winning animator of A Morning Stroll. For his wallpaper creator app he developed a kit of suggestively sexy parts, entertaining for the jejune and the outright dirty, it’s a lot of fun to play with. To celebrate it’s eventual release, Grant has created a one-minute “saucy but harmless” Yeah Just There vector animation. Enjoy and potentially feign innocence if you’re questioned about your viewing habits at work.

Release Date2012-04-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Hey Duggee's Squirrel Club

What has Duggee got planned for us today? Come and join Happy, Roly, Tag, Norrie and Betty, you’ll have so much fun at Hey Duggee’s Squirrel Club!

Release Date2025-04-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count13

Welcome to Glaringly

Grant Orchards impressive independent film debut details a slightly sinister set of situations which reveal both truth, misunderstanding and the consequences thereof... A film for our times.

Release Date2003-11-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Love Weightlifting

A short film about weightlifting.

Release Date2012-07-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Hey Duggee & Joe Wicks - The Workout Badges

The brilliant Joe Wicks joins Duggee and the squirrels to teach kids how to exercise and keep fit! In each episode, the kids try to win a different badge all while doing simple exercises. Will you be able to win a badge too? You won’t know unless you try!

Release Date2021-09-22

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Series Creator

Episode Count13

Love Fencing

A short film about fencing.

Release Date2012-08-02

DepartmentArt

JobProduction Design

Hey Duggee Is 10!

A cinema event celebrating the 10th anniversary of beloved British preschool series Hey Duggee.

Release Date2024-10-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Love Ping Pong

A short film about ping pong.

Release Date2007-06-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Park Football

A short film on a small scale about the beautiful game, from director Grant Orchard. A precursor to the LOVESPORT films.

Duggee, the large friendly dog, leads his after-school club members through a range of fun activities in this compilation of episodes from the gentle pre-school children's animated series.

Release Date2023-10-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

A Morning Stroll

In three distinct eras, a man walking down the street has an unexpected encounter with a chicken.

A short film about ski-jumping.

Release Date2007-06-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Hey Duggee at the Movies 2

Join Duggee and the squirrels for a whole hour of fun and adventures.

Release Date2021-10-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector