Also in 2013 saw Shepherd collaborate with Robert Popper called Anatole's Island which was voiced by Peter Serafinowicz and Shepherd directed a series of Comedy Blaps! for Channel 4 with the comedy collective the Alternative Comedy Memorial Society. Pop promo collaborations followed with the likes of Holly Johnson, Kurt Wagner, Reverend and The Makers , Lambchop members new electronic band HeCTA and The Wave Pictures. 2016 saw Shepherd return with another director/writer project for Arte called Johnno's Dead a loose sequel to his 2003 classic Dad's Dead. This sequel is set thirteen years after the original was set and starts the same cast. The film has played many international festivals such as Annecy, Clermont Ferrand, Tampere and the film picked up Best British Short Film at the London International Animation Festival held in the Barbican in London. Joe Orton In 2017 Shepherd embarked upon a Joe Orton tribute project to mark the 50th anniversary of the passing of the playwright. The project was masterminded by Shepherd with Doctor Emma Parker from the University of Leicester. It centres around Orton's Edna Welthorpe letters. Orton wrote prank letters of complaint to poke fun at establishment figures such as vicars, companies and sometimes even his own plays. The project funded by the Arts Council England and the University of Leicester has seen many comedy writers such as Alec Baldwin, David Quantick, Caroline Moran, Phil Bowker, Arthur Mathews, Jesse Armstrong write new Edna Welthorpe letters. These letters are to be read in two events. The first in Latitude with readings by Robin Ince, John-Luke Roberts and Joe Orton's sister Leonine Orton Barnet. The second is at the Little Theatre in Orton's hometown on the anniversary of Orton's death on 9 August 2017. With readings by Leonie Orton, Frances Barber, David Quantick and John Shuttleworth. In addition Shepherd has directed a short animated film called Yours Faithfully Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) which features the voices of Alison Steadman and Robin Sebastian. Current work Shepherd directed a short film for Arte France with regular collaborators Autour De Minuit called Brexicuted which premiered in Edinburgh Film Festival on 27 June 2018. and a feature film which he is attached to direct written by David Quantick. In 2020 he created animations for Sara Pascoe's sitcom with illustrator Stephen Collins for BBC 2 called Out Of Her Mind. Since lockdown Shepherd has frequently mentioned that he’s writing a graphic novel