Past Curfew

Past Curfew is a British animation and motion design studio creating bespoke graphics, title sequences and narrative animation for documentary features and episodic television. Founded in 2020 by director and designer Allison Brownmoore, it brings a narrative-first approach to visual storytelling, combining hand-crafted animation with typography, archival material and explanatory graphics.

The studio develops visual languages for productions, from initial creative direction and storyboards through to finished animated sequences. Its work includes main titles, title stings, infographics, animated maps and timelines, alongside treatments of photographs, newspapers, diaries and other documents. These techniques help productions communicate complex investigations, historical events and personal stories through a coherent graphic approach.

Design for documentary and drama

Past Curfew’s documentary work spans political investigations, sport, biography and social issues. For Navalny, its contributions included title design, social media animations, infographics and typography. Its work on FIFA Uncovered encompassed titles, organizational hierarchy trees, wiretaps, documents and investigative animation. For Mr. Scorsese, the studio produced title sequences, archival headlines, maps, photo treatments and storyboards.

Its capabilities also extend to graphics embedded within narrative productions. On Crime 101, the studio created in-film screen designs and digital user interfaces. For Ghosts of Beirut, it contributed title sequences, stings, timeline graphics and minimalist typography. Across these projects, its work ranges from tactile archival treatments to period-specific computer desktops and device graphics.

Original animation

Alongside commissioned design work, Past Curfew develops original animation. Its reported projects include The Amazing Adventures of Awesome, a hand-illustrated short exploring autism, and In, Out, a short animated documentary about sexual fluidity.

The studio works with independent filmmakers, broadcasters and streaming productions. It operates through a distributed model connecting Brownmoore in Australia with a UK-based production and animation team, serving clients in the United Kingdom and United States.