Nigel Coan

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Nigel Coan is a British animator, director, and writer best known for his contributions to the television series The Mighty Boosh and Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy as well as the film Bunny and the Bull.[1] Coan first met Noel Fielding and fellow Boosh actor Dave Brown at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (now Buckinghamshire New University),[2] where they lived and attended art school together.[3] Along with his partner Ivana Zorn and their production company Nipple, Coan has produced work for companies such as Canon, Volvo, and Honda.[4]

Coan was responsible mainly for the animated sequences in The Mighty Boosh. With the Luxury Comedy series he not only contributes animation but shares in the writing and directs episodes as well.[5] He also directed the music video 'Can't Wait For Christmas' by The Loose Tapestries featuring Noel Fielding and Serge Pizzorno.[6]

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  1. ^ "The Man Who Brings Noel's Dreams to Life". The Velvet Onion. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Onion Talking: Nigel Coan". The Velvet Onion. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  3. ^ Kellaway, Kate (19 November 2011). "Noel Fielding: a brush with comic genius". The Observer. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Not to Scale Director Page". Not to Scale. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Series 1, Episode 1: Pele". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Noel Fielding and Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno reveal new Christmas single – listen". The Edge. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

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