Blair Walters-McNaughton

Work History

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  Animator

  Wētā FX

  February 2023 - October 2025
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  Animator

  Framestore

  May 2022 - February 2023

  Vancouver, Canada

  

  
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  Animator

  Method Studios

  November 2021 - May 2022

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Animator

  Wētā FX

  July 2020 - September 2021
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  Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2019 - January 2020

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2020)
  Dir: Mike Rianda
  Anim Supervisor: Alan Hawkins
  
  Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
  Dir: Thurop Van Orman
  Anim Supervisor: Peter Nash
  
  Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
  Anim Supervisor: Richard Smith
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  Animator

  Method Studios

  October 2016 - October 2018

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Creature and character animation for feature films.
  
  The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
  Animator
  Dir: Clay Kaytis
  Anim Supervisor: Jye Skinn
  
  Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
  Previs and Postvis animator
  Animator
  Dir: David Yates
  Anim Supervisor: Stephen Clee
  
  Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
  Animator
  Dir: Taika Waititi
  Anim Supervisor: Ben Anderson
  
  Spiderman: Homecoming (2017)
  Animator
  Dir: Jon Watts
  Anim Supervisor: Tim Ranck
  
  Okja (2017)
  Animator
  Dir: Bong Joon-Ho
  Anim Supervisor: Stephen Clee
  
  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Character Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2015 - September 2016

  Vancouver, BC

  Digital Character Animator for feature films.
  
  Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
  Dir: Kelly Asbury
  Anim Supervisor: Alan Hawkins
  
  Storks (2016)
  Dir: Doug Sweetland
  Anim Supervisor: Joshua Beveridge
  
  Smallfoot
  Anim Supervisor: Kevin Webb
  
  The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
  Dir: Clay Kaytis
  Anim Supervisor: Peter Nash

• Co-owner / Editor

  Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions

  November 2005 - December 2014

  Co-owner and co-director of company. Editor and motion graphics artist for wedding videos, corporate videos, music videos, short films and television series. Also served as cinematographer on several projects.
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  Editor

  Auckland Daze

  October 2011 - October 2013

  Auckland, NZ

  Editor for two seasons of comedy TV series Auckland Daze. Also designed and animated main titles and TV promo.
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  Freelance Editor/Motion Designer

  Tomorrowland Sound and Vision Ltd

  2012 - 2013

  Auckland, NZ

  Designed and animated motion graphics and edited short-form videos for corporate clients.
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  Freelance Motion Designer

  G1 Group

  May 2011 - August 2011

  Sydney, Australia

  Designing and animating motion graphic elements for corporate clients.

• Digitiser

  South Pacific Pictures

  2008 - 2009

  Digitising and logging footage from tape into the Avid edit systems for the TV series Shortland Street.