With a background as a theatre designer, J.P. started his animation career at Aardman Features in Bristol, UK, in the art department. He progressed to animating on Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and was a founding member of the directing team that created the Emmy-award winning Shaun the Sheep series. J.P. then moved to Pixar were he worked in story on the acclaimed Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur. He returned to the UK to direct his debut feature Ron’s Gone Wrong for Locksmith Animation in London.