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I'm a freelance animator with fifteen years of experience in stop frame and CG animation. After studying film at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design I became animator in residence at the Museum of the Moving Image. Subsequently I made the animated short film Not Without My Handbag at Aardman Animations for Channel Four which won several awards at international short film festivals. I directed and animated a number of commercials, among them a whole campaign for Wotsits Crisps. In the mid-90s I moved to the States, where trained and then worked as an animator on the feature films Antz and Shrek. After several years of working in the USA, I returned to London, where I've since worked as a freelance animator on many commercials, short films, TV series and idents.
Some companies I've worked for are Studio AKA, Puppetoon Productions, Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation, Jim Henson Studios, Passion Pictures, Sherbet, Pineapple Squared, Picasso Pictures, Will Vinton Studios, Th1ng, Nexus and Bunch Design.
Skills
15 years experience as an animator in feature films, short subjects and commercials.
Highly proficient in character animation and lip-synch acting.
Excellent communication and team skills, highly motivated.
Good to fair skills in modeling, Softimage XSI.
Software: Softimage XSI, 3ds max, Maya, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects.
Work History
2011
3D senior character animator on the BBC series Planet Dinosaur at Jellyfish Pictures.
3D character animator on T.I.E. commercial at Blink Productions.
3D character animator on Lloyds Olympic Flame commercial for Studio AKA.
3D character animator on the feature film Metamorphosis at Jellyfish Pictures.
2009 - 2010
3D character animator on two childrens series: Jungle Junction for the Disney Channel and on Gaspard & Lisa for Impossible TV.
3D senior character animator on the BBC series Planet Dinosaur at Jellyfish Pictures.
2008
3D character animator on one Nicktoons ident and four Lloyds commercials for StudioAKA.
3D character animator on and Airwick commercial for Th1ng.
2007
3D modeling on one Lloyds commercial for StudioAKA.
3D character animation on Varmints, an animation short by Marc Craste for StudioAKA.
2006
3D animator on:
3D character animation on Italian Fantasy Channel idents Alien Life Form for Bunch Design.
3D character animation Baby Bright, an educational series for preschoolers for Skaramoosh.
3D character animation, modeling and rigging for 15 Telewest idents for Oasis Television/Funktion Design.
2005
3D animator on:
Virgin Radio Pete & Geoff commercial and several Nickelodeon idents for Studio AKA.
X-Box “Aliens” commercial for Th1ng.
Nickelodeon idents for Studio AKA.
CBBC “Pinball” ident for Oblong.
NSPCC advert for Nexus.
2001 – 2004
3D character animator working on a large variety of commercials, short films and promos for Studio AKA
4Story TV idents for Bunch Design.
1998 – 2001
PDI/DreamWorks Animation, Palo Alto, CA, USA
3D character animator on the feature films Antz and Shrek
1994 – 1998
Directed and animated commercials for Gerroldsteiner “Swimming Pool”,
Stop fame animator on 15 minute short film “Doppleganger” for Flying Gherkin and Passion Pictures in Sydney, Australia.
Stop frame animator on Barbie "Fashion Avenue" commercial at Will Vinton Studios in Portland, Oregon, USA.
1993
Director, writer, designer and stop frame animator of the short film Not Without My Handbag for Channel Four Television at Aardman Animations.
1992
Education
1989-1992
Awards
