Hannah Edwards

Work History

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  recruitment DupeVFX and community farmer / gardener

  Dupe VFX

  February 2020 - Present
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  Head of Bidding, VFX Producer, Recruitment

  Atomic Arts

  January 2009 - February 2019

  49 Goodge St, London W1T 1TE

  MANAGEMENT/PRODUCTION and or SUPERVISION and MATTE PAINTING and / or ANIMATION for :
  The Martian, Assasin’s Creed, Stratton, The Gambler, Into the Woods, On the Milky Road
  VFX producing, team building, coordinating and VFX supervision of complex particle FX sequences involving water and smoke/dust simulations for The Gambler, Stratton and On the Milky Road and other smaller projects.
  
  Head of Bidding: script breakdowns, budget approval, scheduling, presenting client package documents and client liasing from budgets from 100k - 3m
  
  Recruitment, HR, New Business and Publicity
  
  In 2016 I VFX supervised 3 companies (in LA and Italy) for the The Film Factory (in Paris) who Atomic were affiliated with for the film On the Milky Road.
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  New Business for Film

  Framestore

  June 2018 - September 2018

  United Kingdom

  Senior role in Bidding and New Business for multi million pound VFX budgets

• Company Director, Animation Director, Lighting TD

  Redwing Animation

  June 2001 - September 2012

  Was a company director for 8 years inc a break to go to MPC in 2002
  
  Channel 4: created and developed a full CG character animated series Starmaths (40 episodes) for
  C4Learning. I helped write, direct and animation direct over 20 episodes (2m budget).
  
  Men From Mars: Supervised a 40 second photo real fly through out of the White House for the film First Daughter. Created matte paintings for Dr Zhivago and supervised set extensions and animation for the films Gladiatress and Tooth.
  
  Ragdoll Productions: (creators of 'Teletubbies'). Consultancy for the development of series ideas, advising on VFX budgets, training for their in house 3D team. Worked with the writer and illustrator Joel Stewart for the current series of: The Adventures of Abel and Teal (CBeebies).
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  Senior Animator and 3D Set Extensions

  MPC

  January 2002 - January 2003

  London, United Kingdom

  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:
  Animated shots of the flying car and the Whomping Willow
  3D backgrounds for Hogwarts Castle, creating the water shader for the lake and modelled, textures
  and lit the surrounding areas.
  Lighting and rendering 3D for 2D and 3D environments
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  Animator and Senior Camera Tracker

  Framestore

  February 2000 - November 2000

  The Bone Collector:
  Animation on all the CG rats in The Bone Collector with Dominic Parker and Rachel Penfold
  Eyes Wide Shut:
  Complex motion tracking for the naughty bits in Stanley Kubrick's final film
  The Beach:
  Roto animation of Leonardo diCaprio in the underwater sequence.
  
  
  

  
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  Senior 3D Animator

  MPC

  January 1999 - August 2000

  Captain Scarlet: Animation, texturing and lighting for the pilot.
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  Senior 3D Animator

  Double Negative

  February 1999 - December 1999

  Head of a team of 3
  Randall and Hopkirk Deceased - Particle effects and animation

  
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  Animator

  Cinesite

  1998 - 1999

  'The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns' - Animated wings and lit/rendered bubbles including some compositing in cineon. it was magical!

  
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  Junior Animator

  Double Negative

  July 1997 - December 1998

  Pitch Black:
  Worked with the original people from MPC who formed Dneg.
  Camera Layout and Matchmove: set up the initial scenes for the animators and camera tracking.
  Animated the predator and spaceship for some of the big opening and closing shots.
  Worked with Jim Bower, Dickie Baine, Frazer Churchill, Paul Riddel, Charlie Noble...
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  'Senior' Animator

  Glassworks

  June 1996 - June 1997

  Hector put me into the FMV team for one year as 'senior' for my first paid job as an animator.
  I spent 2 months developing Lara Crofts eyelashes.
  Motion captured some gymnastics and converted them into usable frames.
  The team produced an FMV for Tomb Raider game.
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  Animator

  Realise Studio

  1995 - 1997

  Lots of funny walk cycles.