Factory Fifteen founder Jonathan Gales dies aged 36
Jonathan Gales, co-founder of British film and animation studio Factory Fifteen, has died following a car accident.
Gales, a creative director behind the BBC's BAFTA-winning trailer for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (above), was one of two pedestrians hit by a suspected drink driver in downtown Los Angeles.
The driver was driving the wrong way down a one-way street at speed, according to the LA Times. He attempted to drive away after the incident, but was arrested by LAPD after then crashing into another vehicle.
Gales was one of three founders of Factory Fifteen
In a post on social media, Factory Fifteen co-founders Paul Nicholls and Kibwe Tavares said: "We genuinely feel that we have lost a part of who we are." "We loved working with Jono, who approached both his job and his hobbies with unbounded curiosity, enjoying the research, the process and the mastery as much as the completed project," they said.
"Working proactively and without ego, he provided a steadfast creative partner to us both."
Read: BBC's Tokyo 2020 trailer "brings the Olympics into everyday Japan"
The trio formed Factory Fifteen after studying together at The Bartlett School of Architecture, where they earned attention for their ground-breaking films exploring the future of architecture and technology.
Gales' graduation project, published on Dezeen in 2012, created a striking vision of a dystopian future London.
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