FORMER Farnham student Suzie Templeton, who completed a BA (Hons) in animation at Farnham, has won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 2008 Academy Awards for her film Peter and the Wolf. This was the first Academy award nomination for Suzie Templeton and fellow director Hugh Welchman. Peter and the Wolf is a re-telling of the classic tale where a young boy and his animal friends face a hungry wolf in Prokofiev's classic composition. On accepting the Oscar Suzie said: "This is for everyone. This is for our fantastic crew and this is for everybody who worked so passionately on our film to make our dream come true." The film has previously won many of the animation world's top prizes, including a British Animation Award and a BAFTA. The reworking of Prokofiev's fable tackles topics such as bullying, deforestation, the environment and personal morality. It was filmed at Oscar-winning Se-Ma-For studios in Poland using stop-frame model animation and received its world premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in September 2006. It was then first broadcast on Channel 4 at Christmas 2006. Suzie has won more than 30 international awards over the past 10 years for her previous two films including a BAFTA award for best animation for her short film, Dog. Co-director Hugh Welchman said: "This really is a fairy tale ending for us, but hopefully it's only the beginning for 'Peter' and this amazing award, and it will help keep Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf in the hearts and minds of children all over the world." Suzie graduated from the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, now known as the University College for the Creative Arts, in 1999, where she made her first multi-award-winning animated film Stanley, the story of a man who falls in love with his prize cabbage.  Suzie's tutor and course leader in animation, Roger Noake, said: "We are thrilled for Suzie - who is an exceptional talent. The animation course at the University College Farnham is well-known for producing graduates who are leaders in this exciting and innovative field."