Phil Willis

Work History

• 

  Animation Lecturer

  UTS: University of Technology, Sydney

  July 2012 - Present

  In 2012 the University of Technology Sydney started it's first Bachelor of Design in Animation program.
  
  I was asked to design and teach the first year course "3D Animation Fundamentals". Using Maya, the students were taken through a series of increasingly difficult animated shots with an emphasis on good physics and clear staging.
  
  I'm currently teaching 3D animation in the Bachelor of Design and the Masters of Animation programs.

• Actor

  The 33rd Wedding

  November 2014 - November 2014

• Motion Editor

  Kennedy Miller Mitchell Interactive Productions

  November 2012 - December 2012

  I worked with Brendan McNamara and his acclaimed development team (who brought you L.A. Noire and The Getaway) on his next video game.
  
  We were lucky to have a team of incredibly talented martial artists helping us too.
  
  Our motion capture and animation team put together a prototype of the game in a very short amount of time so that a demo could be shown to production companies.

• Special thanks

  Indie Game: The Movie

  May 2012 - May 2012
• 

  Motion Editor

  Dr. D Studios

  June 2010 - October 2011

  Directed by George Miller, Happy Feet 2 was the sequel to the Oscar-award-winning animated feature film Happy Feet.
  
  I was part of a team that used motion capture and keyframe animation to bring the cast of dancing penguins to life on the big screen.