Iestyn Roberts

Iestyn Roberts

Character Animator, Mountaineer and Photographer.

Mid-level Animator / 13 yrs

Snowdonia, North Wales

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3D Animator, Photographer and Mountaineer, originally from the Mountains of North Wales, UK. www.iestynroberts.com
Work History
  • Senior Animator

    Industrial Light & Magic

    March 2020 - Present
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Lead Animator

    Double Negative

    March 2017 - February 2020
    London, United Kingdom

    List of projects:

    Black Mirror : Metalhead
    Doctor Who - Season 11

    Avengers - Infinity War (animator only - not lead)

  • Board Member / 'Bring your own animation' (BYOA) organizer

    ACM SIGGRAPH London Chapter

    June 2015 - July 2017
    London, United Kingdom

    A member of the London ACM SIGGRAPH board, which helps to bring events of interest to the computer graphics, VFX & animation communities, here in London.

    Check out our website for upcoming events: https://london.siggraph.org/

    Was also responsible for organising the monthly 'Bring your own animation' (BYOA) event in London, where animators met up to receive feedback from professional animators.

  • Senior Animator at DNEG

    Double Negative

    September 2016 - March 2017
    London, United Kingdom

    Altered Carbon

    Black Mirror: Metalhead - Lead Animator. Nominated for a VES award; ‘Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project’ - Stafford Lawrence, Steve Godfrey, Andrew Robertson & Iestyn Roberts. VFX Supervisor; Michael Bell.

    Riviera
    The Young Pope

  • Senior Animator at DNEG

    Double Negative

    September 2016 - March 2017
    London, United Kingdom

    Altered Carbon

    Black Mirror: Metalhead - Lead Animator. Nominated for a VES award; ‘Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project’ - Stafford Lawrence, Steve Godfrey, Andrew Robertson & Iestyn Roberts. VFX Supervisor; Michael Bell.

    Riviera
    The Young Pope

  • Animator

    Double Negative

    September 2015 - September 2016
    London

    Here's a list of the various projects I worked on during the year:

    Braindead
    A Cure for Wellness
    Dan Brown's Inferno
    Emerald City
    Agent Carter - Season 2
    Fungus the Bogeyman (TV Mini-Series) (animator - 3 episodes)

  • Animator

    Double Negative

    September 2015 - September 2016
    London

    Here's a list of the various projects I worked on during the year:

    Braindead
    A Cure for Wellness
    Dan Brown's Inferno
    Emerald City
    Agent Carter - Season 2
    Fungus the Bogeyman (TV Mini-Series) (animator - 3 episodes)

  • Animator

    Blue Zoo

    January 2015 - August 2015
  • Animator - VFX feature film "Ghosthunters: On Icy Trails"

    EGG Post Production

    June 2013 - August 2014
    Dublin

    Animated on a Warner Bros. VFX feature film, on a fully animated talking main character.

    Worked closely with my Animation Director, from setting up the Animation toolset, character tests, R&D to fully animating a talking, CG character to be rendered onto a live action plate.

  • Animator - Beatrix Potter's 'Peter Rabbit'

    Brown bag films

    September 2012 - June 2013
    Dublin, Ireland

    Animator on Beatrix Potter's 'Peter Rabbit' for Nickelodeon, at Brown Bag Films. Mostly animated re-takes in house for the show, but also animated a few character cycles.

  • 3D Character Animator - Disney's Tom and Angela - You Get Me

    Arx Anima

    April 2012 - May 2012
    Vienna based - but worked remotely

    Responsible for animating the two main characters during a 10 shot sequence for Disney's Tom and Angela's "You get me" music video.

    (Responsible for the Animation on the 10 shot, dream sequence between 0:38 to 1:08)

Education
  • Advanced Studies in 3d Character Animation

    Animation Mentor

    2007 - 2009
  • Ed Hooks 'Acting for Animators' Masterclass

    2006 - 2007
  • Coleg Menai - Parc Menai

    2002 - 2003
  • Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle

    1999 - 2001
  • Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle

    1993 - 1999