Director on 'Devils, Angels & Dating'
Austin, Texas Area
- Current
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- Lead Animator at Armature Studios
- Director at Devils, Angels & Dating
- Past
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- Remote Character Animator at Walsh Family Media
- Senior Character Animator at Glassworks
- Senior Animator at Passion Pictures
- Senior Character Animator at Passion Pictures
- Senior Character Animator at Moving Picture Company
- Senior Animator at Ark VFX
- Animation Supervisor & Lead Character Animator at Glasgow Animation
- Lead Animator at Rare Ltd
- Technical Animator at Animal Logic
- Animator at BIT UK
- Education
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- Glamorgan Centre for Art and Design Technology
- Richard Williams Animation Master Class
- Alton College
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Michael Cawood’s Summary
Character Animator, Animation Supervisor and Animated Filmmaker
Projects include:
'Narnia: Prince Caspian' - Senior Character Animator
'Happy Feet' - Technical Animator
'Kameo' - Lead Animator
'Starfox Adventures' - Senior Cinematics Animator
'Rockband 2' - Senior Cinematics Animator
'Churchill Insurance' - Senior Character Animator
'Renault Megane Sport' - Senior Animator
'Viva Pinata' - Senior Animator
'The Club' - Senior Cinematics Animator
'Sir Billi the Vet' - Animation Supervisor
'Vodafone - Texts UNLTD' - Senior Animator
Michael Cawood’s Specialties:
Software experience:
Maya
XSI
3D Studio MAX
Linux
Windows
Mac OS
Renderman
Premiere
Final Cut Pro
Shake
Digital Fusion (DFX)
After Effects
Particle Illusion
Photoshop
FrameCycler
Flipbook
Microsoft Office
Michael Cawood’s Experience
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Lead Animator
Armature Studios
(Computer Games industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
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Director
Devils, Angels & Dating
(Animation industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Developing a short character based CG animated film project. Involving:
• Script writing
• Character designs
• Concept art
• Storyboards / Animatic
• Pipeline development for idea sharing
• R&D/Tool development for unique features
• Administrator on the Development Forums
• Recruitment
DevilsAngelsAndDating.com -
Remote Character Animator
Walsh Family Media
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
November 2008 — January 2009 (3 months)
'We Need a Hit' - Feature Film
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Senior Character Animator
Glassworks
(Privately Held; Animation industry)
November 2008 — December 2008 (2 months)
'Churchill Insurance' - TVC
'Unanounced' - TVC
• Previsualisation -
Senior Animator
Passion Pictures
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
September 2008 — October 2008 (2 months)
'Vodafone - Texts UNLTD' - TVC
• Previsualisation
• Layout, Camera Setup
• Editing
• Simple Compositing
• Tools & Technology Feedback -
Senior Character Animator
Passion Pictures
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)
'Harmonix: Rockband 2' - Game Cinematic & TVC
• Previsualisation
• Layout, Camera Setup
• Mocap Retargeting
• Rigging Feedback -
Senior Character Animator
Moving Picture Company
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)
‘Narnia: Prince Caspian’ – VFX feature film
‘Renault Megane Sport’ – Animated VFX based TVC
‘Toyota Auris’ – VFX based TVC
• Editing in Shake
• Previsualisation -
Senior Animator
Ark VFX
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)
June 2007 — January 2008 (8 months)
'Be Sombody' - VFX based TVC
'The Club' - HD Cinematics for XBox 360, PS3 & PC
• Overseeing the studio’s Animation interests
• Character Design
• Character Rigging
• Editing
• Previsualisation
• Special Effects
• Rendering and Compositing
• Production tracking
• Representing the company at animation events
• Mocap retargeting and reanimating -
Animation Supervisor & Lead Character Animator
Glasgow Animation
(Animation industry)
December 2006 — May 2007 (6 months)
‘Sir Billi the Vet’ - CG feature film
• Supervised 16 animators to produce over 30mins of the film’s animation
• Review dailies for in-house and external animators
• Scheduling & assigning shots
• Animatic supervision & editing guidance
• Layout approvals
• Demoreel reviews & candidate interviews
• Training and Mentoring
• Pipeline development
• Rigging feedback and supervision -
Lead Animator
Rare Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
June 1999 — November 2006 (7 years 6 months)
'Kameo: Elements of Power' - Xbox 360
'Starfox Adventures' - Gamecube
'Viva Piñata 2' - Xbox 360
'Perfect Dark Zero' - Xbox 360
‘Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts’ - Xbox 360
‘Various undisclosed projects’
• Supervise 10 artists (predominantly animators)
• Scheduling & assigning work
• Storyboards, Animatics & Pre-viz
• Simple modeling
• Facial setup and rigging
• Compositing in SD & HD
• Special effects
• Lighting & Rendering
• Layout/Camera/Lensing
• Character design and profiling
• Rigging
• Cloth dynamics
• Facial expressions
• Stretch & squash rigging controls
• Muscle rigging controls
• Story development & script writing
• Game Design & Documentation
• Concept Art & Diagrams
• Training and mentoring
• Festival presentations
• Festival panel discussions
• Portfolio review
• Recruitment
• Festival steering committee member
• Demoreel reviews & candidate interviews
• Editing in SD & HD
• Twice yearly staff reviews
• Career development recommendations -
Technical Animator
Animal Logic
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)
‘Happy Feet’ - CG feature film
• Problem solving
• Animation polish and refinement -
Animator
BIT UK
(Animation industry)
June 1998 — August 1998 (3 months)
'Archer' - Short animated promotional film and documentary commission
• Storyboards
• Character Designs
• Traditional 2D Animation
• 2D Colouring
• Compositing
• Editing
Michael Cawood’s Education
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Glamorgan Centre for Art and Design Technology
1st Class Degree with Honours , Animation , 1996 — 1999
(equivalent to an international University Degree)
A focus on character animation and short film making. -
Richard Williams Animation Master Class
Animation 1997 — 1997
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Alton College
Diploma with Distinction , Art and Design , 1994 — 1996
(equivalent to an international College Diploma)
Covered during the course was short animated film making featuring a wide range of experimental subject matter and techniques.
Additional Information
Michael Cawood’s Websites:
Michael Cawood’s Interests:
Active and outgoing when I have time, taking part in things that range from abseiling, sky diving in a wind tunnel, trapeze lessons and gliding… to various classes and wild life treks. I'm also currently developing my own short animated film.
Michael Cawood’s Honors:
Awards for short animated films:
Best 2nd Year film for "Two Face Tabby"
Best 3rd Year film for "Panda Pander"
Best Traditional 2D Animation for "Panda Pander"
Michael Cawood’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
