Iestyn Roberts

Work History

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  Senior Animator

  Industrial Light & Magic

  March 2020 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom
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  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)
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  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)
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  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)
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  Animator

  Blue Zoo Productions

  January 2015 - August 2015
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  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.
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  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.
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  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)