Meet Tomm Moore, co-founder of Cartoon Saloon, Irish animation studio behind Wolfwakers and multiple Oscar nominees
Cartoon Studio has received Oscar nomination for every feature release. Wolfwakers, its latest offering on Apple TV+, has also created similar stir.
When Tomm Moore and 11 friends in the small city of Kilkenny, Ireland, set out to make an animated movie in 1999, based on Celtic mythology, they could hardly imagine their labour of love would become a studio that would revolutionise the animation industry in Ireland, revitalise interest in folklore at home, and connect with a global audience.
Nor could they envision that their studio, Cartoon Saloon, would go on to earn an Oscar nomination with every feature release, an impressive accomplishment for a relatively young outfit. And yet now, with their fourth feature,