Born in Oxford 1960. Trained Liverpool School of Art and Royal College of Art. Since leaving college in 1985 has worked as an animation director at several London animation companies before setting up animation production company Sherbet with producer Jonathan Bairstow in 1996. Sherbet became one of the most successful animation studios in London. In 2003, he set up Hodgson Films.

Most of his work is in the area of 2D animation, but he also works with live action. His films fall somewhere between documentary and experimental animation and usually avoid conventional narrative, being largely based on observation and personal experience. His short films have won many international awards, including a BAFTA in 2000 for Best Short Animation. He has directed dozens of television commercials and has created motion graphics for several television series. In addition to animation direction, he has worked as art director on the children’s animated series Charlie and Lola, taught at numerous colleges, was a mentor for the Channel 4 funded MESH and A.I.R. schemes and an external assessor for Norwich School of Art & Design and Kingston University.

Work featured in several books including Animation Unlimited, Animation Now, The animate! Book and Animation in Process.

The Age of Stupid, 2008
Forest Murmurs, 2006
Diesel – Where Is He?, 2004
Sunday Séance promo, 2004
Camouflage, 2001
The Man With The Beautiful Eyes, 1999
Feeling My Way, 1997
The Doomsday Clock, 1987
Train of Thought, 1985
Menagerie, 1984
Night Club,1983
Arty Film, 1983
The Stress Response, 1983
Dogs, 1981
An Unseen Flight, 1980

Camouflage:
Nominated for Best Short Animation, BAFTA, 2002
UNICEF Prize, World Animation Celebration Los Angeles, USA
Prize for the Best Experimental film, Iranian Young Cinema Society, Tehran, Iran
Main Prize, FilmFest Dresden, Germany, 2002
Jury Prize, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Germany, 2001
Silver Goat, Poznan Children’s Film Festival, Poland, 2001
Best Documentary Film, Best Before 2002, Hildesheim, Germany, 2002
First prize, ‘Tough Eye’ Turku, Finland, 2002.

Feeling My Way:
Prize for Most Creative Use of New Technology, British Animation Awards, 1998
Grand Jury Prize, Ottawa Animation Festival, 1998
Grand Prize, Vedo Corto 99, Italy
Short Film Competition First Prize, International Film Festival 'Film & Architecture' Berlin, 2000
International Media/Art Award 2000, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany.