Andy Wyatt Animation UK/Ireland Business Development Director for Toon Boom Animation Inc For 25 years, Andy has worked extensively across the animation sector as animator, writer, director, producer and educator. He has animated Teenage Ninja Turtles, run his own...
Ian Fellows 2D Supervisor at Outpost Ian has been working in the VFX industry for 20 years as a compositor. He has over 55 credits on high-end feature films and television including Marvel films and several Harry Potter films. At Outpost, Ian is a 2D supervisor and...
Horacio Mendoza Revinski FX Look-Development Supervisor at Framestore After studying Multimedia Design, Horacio Mendoza began his career as a graphic designer for entertainment brands before moving into motion graphics for commercials. He started at Framestore as an...
Ben Cowell-Thomas Environment Supervisor at Double Negative Ben Cowell-Thomas graduated from the National Centre for Computer Animation in Bournemouth UK in 1997. After graduating he set up the 3D diploma at Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore, where he was also...
Rebecca Rose Previs Artist at Framestore Rebecca graduated from The Surrey Institute of Art and Design in 2001 with a degree in Graphic Design. It was during her third year that she discovered Maya and instantly fell in love. After many hours working at her computer,...
Denis-Jose Francois Joint Head of 3D Animation at Jellyfish Pictures Denis-Jose Francois, Joint Head of 3D Animation at Jellyfish Pictures, has worked in CG for 25 years, both in the UK and overseas in Japan, Netherlands, Germany, Singapore, USA and Spain. During this...
Dave Cook Joint Head of 3D Animation at Jellyfish Pictures Dave Cook studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London where he first developed an interest in drawn animation. Beginning his career in 2D traditional drawn animation in the 1990s, Dave’s early...
Tessa Mapp Freelance CG Artist Tessa Mapp is a freelance CG artist, specialising in Lighting and Look development in full CG animation. Graduating with a first class degree from the NCCA in 2003, Tessa went on to work at Animal Logic, Weta Digital and Aardman...
Jerry Hibbert Founder of Hibbert Ralph Animation Ltd Jerry Hibbert started his professional career as an animator in 1970 when he joined ‘Yellow Submarine’ director George Dunning as his assistant at TV Cartoons Ltd. In 1974 he began directing animated titles and...
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...
Ben Steer Senior Animation Director at Blue-Zoo Productions Ltd Ben is a London-based BAFTA nominated short film director specialising in animation. Since joining Blue-Zoo Productions Ltd nine years ago, he’s worked in numerous roles, from writing and visual...
Oliver McCluskey Visual FX After studying computer science at the University of Manchester, Oliver began his time in visual effects as a runner at Framestore before moving into render support and on into the lighting department to begin his career as a Lighting TD....
Boyan Baynov Lighting & Lookdev TD at ILM Boyan Baynov is a Lighting and Lookdev TD currently working at ILM. Boyan started his journey into film and moving image at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham and only discovered VFX after graduating. Boyan...
