Amanda Johnstone-Batt

CG Supervisor – Framestore

Amanda Johnstone-Batt is a CG Supervisor within Framestore’s Rides division, where she applies her skills in CG and VFX to an exciting slate of theme park attractions and environmental media. Overseeing a team of artists, it is her responsibility to ensure the best tools and pipelines are developed and implemented, whilst also translating creative direction, and maintaining an effective stream of dialogue from one artist to the next. Amanda has accrued an impressive raft of credits in the VFX sphere, working across major companies including Double Negative, Dreamworks and Weta.

Using craft, imagination and technology, Framestore brings extraordinary ideas to life in any space and on any screen.

Founded in 1986, the award-winning creative studio is now a global company of over 2,500 people across seven locations. It creates pixel-perfect images for blockbuster films and TV, iconic advertising campaigns and innovative immersive projects.

Framestore’s portfolio of work is underpinned by an industry-leading expertise in VFX and has resulted in a multitude of awards including Oscars and BAFTAs as well as a record number of Cannes Lions awards which all cement the creative studio’s position at the forefront of innovation

Next Gen Rides

Amanda will discuss how the future of theme parks will leverage real-time technology to let the guests drive the narrative of their experience.

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Matthew Walker

Matthew Walker

Georgina Hurcombe and George Caton-Coult

Georgina Hurcombe and George Caton-Coult

Paloma Baeza

Paloma Baeza

Elizabeth Rega

Elizabeth Rega

Bluezoo

Bluezoo

Shelley Page

Shelley Page

Nick Roberts

Nick Roberts

Talewind studios

Talewind

Talewind

Sylvia Pan, Gavin Buckingham, Sam Watts and Zillah Watson

Sylvia Pan, Gavin Buckingham, Sam Watts and Zillah Watson

Guy Gadney and Shaojun Bian

Guy Gadney and Shaojun Bian

Tom Morledge

Tom Morledge

Chris Frausig

Chris Frausig

Kevin McDowell and Gerald Fitzgerald

Kevin McDowell and Gerald Fitzgerald

Tara Saunders

Tara Saunders

Michael McKenna and Brad Blackbourn

Michael McKenna and Brad Blackbourn

Paul Campion

Paul Campion

Hannah Kenton and Jonathan Wannyn

Hannah Kenton and Jonathan Wannyn

Marion Strunck and David Fleet

Marion Strunck and David Fleet

Scott Pritchard

Scott Pritchard

Zak Chamberlain, Tom Box, John O’Really, Dave Fleet and Simon Le Grand

Zak Chamberlain, Tom Box, John O’Really, Dave Fleet and Simon Le Grand

Sam Keehan

Sam Keehan

Mat Irvine

Mat Irvine

Rikki Trembath, Matt Traynar and Tom Minor

Rikki Trembath, Matt Traynar and Tom Minor

Andrew Robertson

Andrew Robertson

Milk VFX

Milk VFX

James Brennan-Craddock, Matt Kavanagh, James Hattsmith and Gen Mcmahon

James Brennan-Craddock, Matt Kavanagh, James Hattsmith and Gen Mcmahon

Dara McGarry, Sid Harrington-Odedra, Engy Jarrouj and Amy Backwell

Dara McGarry, Sid Harrington-Odedra, Engy Jarrouj and Amy Backwell

Phil Stuart

Phil Stuart

Epic Games

Epic Games

Treehouse Digital

Treehouse Digital

Sian Warren, Chris Hull, Nanna Nielsen and  Francis Ogunyanwo

Sian Warren, Chris Hull, Nanna Nielsen and Francis Ogunyanwo