alexander Williams

Work History

• Founder

  Animation Apprentice

  September 2012 - Present

  London, England

  Animation Apprentice is an online animation school teaching the art of character and creature animation. We aim to offer best value and highest quality animation training anywhere. www.animationapprentice.org

• artist

  Royal Parks Foundation

  November 2007 - Present

  designer for 2008 and 2010 Deckchair Dreams, a public charity project for the Royal parks Foundation. Design and drawings for "Team Squirrel" mascot for Royal Parks Half-marathon.
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  Cartoonist

  News International

  January 1993 - Present

  WRITING and CARTOON STRIPS
  Queen's Counsel - cartoon strip, The Times; Weekly cartoon strip
  satirizing law and lawyers.
  Writer's Block - Weekly strip about writers, The Times, June 2005 to March 2006
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  External Examiner

  Staffordshire University

  2015 - 2016
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  Animation Instructor

  Escape Studios

  April 2009 - January 2012

  Shepherd's Bush

  Animation Instructor at Escape Studios

• Course Leader, Animation and Visual Effects

  Bucks New University

  2012 - 2012

  High Wycombe

  Course Leader, Animation and Visual Effects, at Buckinghamshire New University
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  Animator

  MPC

  June 2010 - August 2010

  animator on Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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  animation supervisor

  Cinesite

  October 2007 - May 2010

  Animation supervisor on "Underdog", "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" and "Marmaduke"

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Animation instructor

  Escape Studios

  2010 - 2010

  Animation Instructor
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  Guest lecturer

  The animation Workshop

  March 2009 - June 2009

  Supervising animation on Batchelor year student film projects, also Artist in Residence
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  instructor

  The animation Workshop

  2008 - 2008

  Various animation classes and lectures including Transition to Maya, Introduction to Maya and Animal Locomotion.
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  Animation supervisor

  Sparky Animation

  2008 - 2008

  Animation supervisor on "Cinderella" feature film pilot
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  director

  Animation Lab

  2007 - 2007

  Directing, Design and Story Development on "The Wild Bunch"
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  animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  2005 - 2006

  Animator on "Open Season" and "Monster House"
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  animation instructor

  Gnomon School of Visual Effects

  2003 - 2006

  Animation Instruction, lectures & workshops
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  animation supervisor

  Digital Dimension

  2004 - 2005

  Animation Supervisor on "Deepo's 3D Wondershow", a 4D film for the Georgia Aquarium

• Guest Lecturer

  Woo Song University

  October 2004 - October 2004

  Lecture on character animation at Woo Song University, Seoul.
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  Animation Supervisor

  Digiscope

  2004 - 2004

  Santa Monica, California

  Animation Supervisor on "Racing Stripes"
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  animator

  Blue Sky Studios

  2003 - 2004

  Animator on "Robots"

• animator

  Pascal Blais

  2001 - 2001

  Animator on Alexander Petrov's hand-painted commercial for Coca Cola
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  supervising animator

  DreamWorks Animation

  1999 - 2001

  Lead animator on the Cavalry, "Spirit - Stallion of the Cimarron"

• Author, cartoonist

  Robson Press

  January 1994 - October 2000

  London

  - A Libelous Look at the Law, 1995, London, Robson Books.
  Queen's Counsel 2 - Judgment Day, 1997, London, Robson Books.
  Queen's Counsel 3 - Laying Down the Law, 1998, London, Times Books.
  The Best of Queen's Counsel - 1999, London, Harper Collins.
  Lawyers Uncovered - Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Lawyers But Didn't Want To
  Pay *500 An Hour To Find Out - JR Books, 2007
  101 Uses for a Useless Banker - JR books, 2009
  101 Ways to Leave the Law - JR books, 2009
  The Queen's Counsel Official Lawyer's Handbook, 2011
  The Queen's Counsel Lawyer's Omnibus, 2013
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  Animation instructor

  CalArts

  January 1996 - January 1999

  Animation Instructor
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  supervising animator

  Warner Bros. Animation

  1996 - 1998

  Supervising animation on "Ruber", voiced by Gary Oldman, on Quest For Camelot
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  animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  1993 - 1994

  Worked on many Disney feature films including Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), The Lion King (1993), Pocahontas (1994), and Piglet's Big Movie (2003).
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  animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  1993 - 1994

  Animator on "Pocahontas"

• animator

  Richard Williams Studios

  1992 - 1994

  Worked on "The Thief and The Cobbler"
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  animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  1989 - 1994

  Worked on "RollerCoaster Rabbit" (1989), and Pocahontas (1994)

• animator

  Richard Williams Studio

  1990 - 1992

  Animator on "The Thief and The Cobbler"
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  Assistant Animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  1987 - 1988
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  Assistant Animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  1987 - 1988
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  Assistant Animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  1987 - 1988

• animator

  TC Studio Munich

  1987 - 1987

  Worked on "Peterchens Mondfahrt"