Summary

Visual Effects Professional / Digital Artist / Designer / Technical Director with 20+ years experience in digital image design, working with directors and designers in both London commercial houses and the Hollywood VFX industry.

Co‑founder of Realise Studios Ltd (1998), a London‑based design and VFX company, collaborating with leading agencies and directors and winning multiple awards.

Since 2004, primarily focused on visual effects and animation for feature films in Los Angeles and San Francisco, while maintaining part‑time work as a general 3D artist, designer, and animator.

Recently Completed Work

Industrial Light & Magic – San Francisco

• City and building destruction rigs for Avengers 2: Age of Ultron
• Creature destruction and FX setups for Transformers 4, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tomorrowland
• Houdini particle FX (magic spell) for Warcraft

Rhythm & Hues – Los Angeles

• FX and Destruction Lead on R.I.P.D.
• RBD and Pyro FX for Seventh Son

Professional Experience

Senior FX / Creatures Technical Director – Industrial Light & Magic

December 2013 – Present

• RBD creature and city destruction using Houdini and ILM Zeno
• Projects include Avengers 2, Transformers 4, Warcraft, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tomorrowland

Owner – Visual Effects Design

November 2009 – Present

• Creative 3D design and visual effects for design companies
• Corporate identity graphics for Myrtle Software (UK)

Senior / Lead Effects Technical Director – Rhythm & Hues

January 2012 – May 2013

• Destruction Lead on R.I.P.D.
• Senior FX TD on Seventh Son

Lead Digital Effects Artist – Digital Domain

January 2004 – November 2009

• FX lead on major feature films including Transformers, 2012, Pirates of the Caribbean 3

Skills

Software

Houdini, Nuke, Photoshop, Premiere, Maya Fluids, ILM Zeno, Digital Domain Storm

Houdini VFX

Python, CVEX, Volumetrics, Pyro, Particles, Procedural FX, Lighting, Rendering, Rigging, Modeling

Additional

Flash / ActionScript 2.0, procedural web design

Honors & Awards

• ILM LightBulb Award – Avengers 2 (2015)
• MTV Music Award – Best Special FX (1999)
• British Television & Advertising Awards – Gold & Silver (1999)
• Creative Circle Award (UK), D&AD nominations

Education

• BA (Hons), Graphic Design / CAD / Computer Sciences – University of Wales College, Newport
• Diploma, Art & Design Foundation – Cleveland College of Art and Design

Professional Memberships

Visual Effects Society