Andy Phillips

Work History

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  Creature TD

  Wētā FX

  February 2016 - Present
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  Senior Software Engineer

  Unity

  February 2022 - June 2023

  New Zealand
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  Senior Software Engineer

  Wētā FX

  April 2021 - February 2022

  Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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  Lead Creature Rigging TD

  Wētā FX

  January 2019 - April 2021

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand
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  Lead Creature Puppet TD

  Wētā FX

  January 2018 - December 2018

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand
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  Lead Rigging TD

  MPC

  April 2014 - January 2016

  London, United Kingdom
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  Rigger

  Framestore

  June 2009 - July 2012

  London, United Kingdom
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  Rigger

  HMX Media

  March 2009 - March 2009

  London, United Kingdom

  Insect and organic rigging for a television commercial.
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  Lead Character TD

  Axis Animation

  August 2007 - June 2008

  Lead and supervised a small team of riggers. Overseeing the rigging, deformation processes and creation of assets. Created a variety of bipedal, quadruped and vehicle rigs to handle keyframing and motion capture data.
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  Character TD

  Axis Animation

  September 2006 - July 2007

  See Lead position above.

• Generalist TD

  SPC Skyline

  December 2005 - February 2006

  Roles included modelling and shading assets, rigging, tool development, and solving rendering issues. Worked remotely.

• Animator and Rigger

  Absolute Digital

  December 2004 - June 2005

  Glasgow, United Kingdom

  Animating, rigging and tool development for various animated children's productions. Creation of production tools such as a pose library and automated character and lighting set-ups.

• Junior Animator

  Absolute Digital

  May 2004 - November 2004

  Animation retakes and technical animation.

• 3D Generalist

  Zoo Films

  September 2003 - April 2004

  Animating, modeling and texturing for animated shorts and pilots.
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  Wētā FX

  ? - Present