Brought up in Horsham, West Sussex, Jamie Hewlett was a pupil at Tanbridge House School, a comprehensive for pupils aged 11–16 years.[citation needed] In 1983 he worked in the Wardour Street studios of Oscar Award-winning animator Bob Godfrey. Hewlett created the original artwork for a pilot animated cartoon series for Thames Television directed by Bob Godfrey with voiceovers by Peter Hawkins, the
