Tom Box

Co-Founder of Blue Zoo Animation

Tom started Blue Zoo Animation with three classmates whilst at studying at Bournemouth University 17 years ago, the company is now one of the biggest CG animation studios in the UK; picking up a few BAFTAs along the way.

Tom sits on the creative fence between the commercials and technology side of the studio and runs the company’s short film programme.

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Andy Wyatt – Business Development Director for Toon Boom Animation Inc

Ian Fellows – 2D Supervisor at Outpost

Horacio Mendoza Revinski – FX Look-Development Supervisor at Framestore

Ben Cowell-Thomas – Environment Supervisor at Double Negative

Rebecca Rose – Previs Artist at Framestore

Denis-Jose Francois – Joint Head of 3D Animation at Jellyfish Pictures

Dave Cook – Joint Head of 3D Animation at Jellyfish Pictures

Tessa Mapp – Freelance CG Artist

Jerry Hibbert – Founder of Hibbert Ralph Animation Ltd

Tom Box – Co-Founder of Blue Zoo Animation

Ben Steer – Senior Animation Director at Blue-Zoo

Oliver McCluskey – Visual FX

Boyan Baynov – Lighting & Lookdev TD at ILM