William Correia

Work History

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  Senior Animator

  Milk VFX

  October 2023 - Present

  London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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  Animator

  One Of Us

  June 2021 - April 2023

  London, England, United Kingdom
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  Animator

  MPC

  March 2017 - February 2019

  London, United Kingdom
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  Animator

  Wētā FX

  September 2016 - March 2017

  
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  Animator

  Double Negative

  March 2016 - August 2016

  London, United Kingdom
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  Animator

  Milk VFX

  March 2015 - February 2016
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  Animator

  Framestore

  March 2015 - March 2015

  I've just completed a 2 week contract with, Framstore commercials department.

  
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  Animator

  Milk VFX

  September 2013 - January 2015

  Milk VFX formally The Mill tv re-hired me as part of their animation team. I have worked on various projects be it creature or hard object animation, from layout and Previs conceptualization of the shots, through to the finished polished animation. In Feature film and Television formats, including Hercules, David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive, Dr Who, Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell
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  Previs Animator

  The Senate Visual Effects

  February 2013 - April 2013

  Here I was required to come up with previs ideas /actions for a main character, which was later used as the inspiration/reference of the Muppet performance artists during the on set shoot. As this material was shot, the animation was then readjusted for better interaction with the filmed actors, to tighten timing between the both of them.
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  Animator

  The Mill

  December 2012 - February 2013

  I was hired as primarily a creature animator for a forth coming BBC documentary Ice Age Giants, animating a variety of prehistoric creatures, this was interspersed with animation work on Dr Who as well.
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  3D Artist

  baseblack

  April 2011 - May 2012

  Total Recall Snow White and the Huntsman Judge Dredd
  I worked the film projects above, in various roles be it animating, modelling, texturing, lighting or rendering. I gained some lookdev and photogrametry experience.
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  3D Artist

  baseblack

  March 2011 - April 2011

  Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt2
  I was hired to work on a single disaparation shot. Which included rigging , animating, and lighting/rendering, the various characters as they 'disaparate' away.
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  Creature Animator

  Molinare

  August 2010 - January 2011

  London, United Kingdom

  Flying Monsters
  I was contracted to animate a small winged dinosaur in a lab environment, and a technical animation sequence of a skeleton assembling, in this TV/Imax documentary.
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  Senior Generalist TD / Animator

  Double Negative

  December 2005 - November 2009

  Inception Generalist TD / Lead Modeller Sept 2009 - Nov 2009
  
  The Green Zone Senior Generalist TD / Animator Sept 2008 – Sept 2009
  
  The Dept Previs TD / Animator
  
  HellBoy 2 Senior Generalist TD / On set Previs artist / Animator Sept 2007 – Sept 2008
  
  10000BC Senior Generalist TD / Animator Sept 2005 – Sept 2007
  
  Also Contributed to The Magic Flute and The Reaping during this period.

  

  

  
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  Senior lighting TD / Environment TD / Previs TD

  Double Negative

  August 2004 - October 2005

  London, United Kingdom

  Batman Begins
  The creation background panorama and foreground elements for 'Gotham City' featuring the motion control model shots of the ‘Narrows’. This entailed the positioning, and lighting, and in some cases construction of the approximately 50+ building. Also the modelling of bespoke roadways, and the populating of these roadways with traffic lights and other such urban paraphernalia including bridges, traffic for integration with the green screened model element. This large volume of lit and dressed buildings later formed a basis for a library of ready lit buildings used in other shots throughout the production. Other than the construction of this large environment. Also previsualised and later lighting various shots for the train chase sequence.
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  Generalist TD / Animator / Character Animator

  Jim Henson's Creature Shop

  2002 - 2004

  London, United Kingdom

  Five Children and It
  Involved full character animation including the lip-synching of the ‘Wish a saurus’ which was vocalised by Eddie Izzard
  
  The Water Giant
  Modelling helicopters and Submarines also part of the creature animation team.
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  Modeller / Generlist TD

  Double Negative

  March 2001 - December 2001

  London, United Kingdom

  Below
  Modelling and texturing a WW2 Submarine to high level of detail

• Generlist TD

  Two Rivers Films

  February 2000 - February 2001

  London, United Kingdom

  Various CG work for pitches to TV agencies. Varying from just plain modelling of the product, to its animating, lighting and rendering.

• Generalist TD

  Electric Image Ltd

  June 1995 - November 1998

  London, United Kingdom

  Lost in Space
  I built the majority of the Jupiter 2 space craft and then lead the look and feel for the J2 sequence as it falls towards the sun.
  
  Space Truckers
  Modelling, animating, lighting, and rendering of spaceships.