Animation Director

About Me

Hi, I'm Mike. I'm an Animation Director with a pretty broad skill set centering around animation. I've been working in animation for over a decade and I've worked in Movies, Commercials, Games, Short Films and even a little Web TV, doing everything from cartoon animation to realistic visual effects. Check out the CG Short Animated Film I directed over at the CG Short Development page and please feel free to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

CG Animated Short Film - Devils Angels & Dating

2006 to 2012 - Character based CG Short Film

I developed a film called 'Devils, Angels and Dating'. The project attracted hundreds of artists and animators and we formed an online community to collaborate on the project. Feel free to go behind the scenes at our development diary filled with artwork, videos and discussions.

Logline: Devil wants Cupid's job, but a battle for Death's affections has cosmic ramifications below the Heavens.

Synopsis: Cupid, Devil and a rather sexy young female judge, jury and executioner in the form of Death gather in the After Life War Room to attend to their daily routine of manipulating our lives down on Earth with modern techniques that would put our internet dating generation to shame. Each of them, reluctantly compelled to play out their role in the game of love and life in order to maintain the balance. There's an unspoken attraction in the room and their true contradictory personalities are gradually revealed to each other, when someone gets a bright idea and re-purposes their high tech weapons to turn the tide of war and flip everything on it's head. This is a love triangle with cosmic repercussions!

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Demoreels

Generalist reel - A range of shots covering a broad range of skills.

Layout reel - Layout, Camera animation and Previs.

Animation reel - Character Animation only.

Effects reel - A mix of elements made with a team so contact me for a specific breakdown.

To the right is a general reel featuring work from various commercials including the Happiness Factory theatrical short film for Coca Cola, and some of my work on Happy Feet and Prince Caspian. It also shows highlights from my cinematic work on Rock Band 2 and my personal projects including Devils Angels & Dating.

If you go to my Filmography you can see a run through of my biggest projects over the years since I started making animated films in 1994. There's also a lot of videos for you to watch including my traditional 2D short films, my work in film, commercials and games, some personal work and a few demoreels.

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