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Andrew Butler

Mid-level Rigging Artist / 15 yrs

London, United Kingdom

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Technical Animation Lead

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

Rigger / Creature Technical Director

The Hunger Games (2012)

Cloth sim

The Smurfs (2011)

Hair and Cloth

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Rigging TD

Sherlock Holmes (2010)

Visual Effects Artist

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Rigging, Storybook sequence

The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

Rigging, Character TD

The Dark Knight (2008)

Character TD, rigging

The Golden Compass (2007)

Visual Effects

Hercules (2005)

Digital Effects Artist

House of Wax (2005)

Animator

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Visual Effects

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

Cgi Artist

Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

Work History

Rigger

Framestore

January 2015 - Present
Artist tools, rigging, pipeline design and development

Passion Pictures

October 2013 - December 2014

London, United Kingdom
Tech-Anim

MPC

January 2013 - November 2013

Soho, London

Various projects. Lead position for Percy Jackson 2: Sea of Monsters and currently cloth rigs and simulations for Maleficent.
Rigging

Rising Sun Pictures

June 2011 - March 2012

Character TD
Hair / Cloth TD

Sony Pictures Imageworks

November 2010 - May 2011

Cloth TD on Smurfs
Hair / Cloth TD

Image Movers Digital

June 2009 - November 2010
Character TD

Framestore

March 2007 - June 2009
Character TD, rigging

Framestore

2007 - June 2009

Creature TD on:
The Golden Compass

Rigger on:
- The Dark Knight: Two Face/Harvey Dent's burnt face rig.
- Sherlock Holmes
- Prince of Persia
- Tale of Despereaux (storybook sequence)
- Primeval Series 3
- Various in Framestore's commercials department
Animator

Guava Visual Effects, Adelaide

June 1997 - October 2003

As a small commercials effects house, my skills required me to be involved in all aspects of the VFX industry from modelling and animation, to lighting, dynamics and design.
ImageMovers

? - Present

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