Welchman comes from
Bracknell in
Berkshire and attended the
Dolphin School in nearby
Hurst until moving on to
Keble College, Oxford during the 1990s and graduated with a degree from
Oxford University in
politics, philosophy and economics (PPE). In 2002, Welchman founded the film company
BreakThru Films. This led to him becoming the joint winner of the
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2007. Welchman co-directed the first fully painted animated feature film
Loving Vincent (2017) with
Dorota Kobiela. In 2023, he co-directed another fully painted animated feature film,
The Peasants, with Dorota Kobiela. ==References==