Christopher Page

Work History

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  Senior Character Animator

  Jellyfish Pictures

  February 2023 - Present

  London

  Keyframe animation
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  VES Member

  Visual Effects Society

  September 2015 - Present
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  Senior Character Animator

  Mikros Animation

  June 2022 - February 2023

  France

  Freelance for Mikros Paris directly -
  Full CG feature -
  
  "Thelma The Unicorn"
  
  “Tigers Apprentice”.
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  Senior Character Animator

  RealTime

  October 2021 - June 2022

  Netflix TV show
  
  
  Sea Of Thieves Trailer
  
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  Senior Animator

  TRIXTER

  June 2021 - February 2022

  Remote
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  Senior Cinematic Animator

  Guerrilla

  April 2020 - June 2021

  Remote

  Game Cinematic Animator
  Project:
  “Horizon Forbidden West”.

• Senior Animator

  Sony Playstation

  April 2020 - May 2021

  London, United Kingdom
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  Senior Animator

  Double Negative

  January 2020 - March 2020

  London

  Mocap cleanup and keyframe animation

  
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  Senior Character Animator

  MPC

  September 2019 - January 2020

  London, Greater London, United Kingdom

  Commercials
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  Senior Animator

  MPC

  September 2019 - December 2019

  London

  Animating on various commercials
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  Senior Animator

  Jellyfish Pictures

  May 2019 - September 2019

  London

  Animator on Dreamworks Feature - "How To Train a Dragon Homecoming"
  
  VFX for "Watchman" TV show
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  Senior Animator

  Axis Animation

  March 2019 - April 2019

  GB
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  Senior Animator

  Axis Animation

  October 2018 - February 2019

  London, United Kingdom
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  Lead Animator

  Double Negative

  June 2018 - September 2018

  London, United Kingdom

  Venom - short contract to help finish the show
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  Character Animator

  Framestore

  May 2017 - June 2018

  London, United Kingdom

  Go Compare adverts
  Lion Mercedes advert
  
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  Character Animator

  Windmill Lane

  October 2016 - April 2017

  County Dublin, Ireland

  Animated Troll
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  Animator

  Cinesite

  March 2016 - September 2016

  London and Montreal

  Assassins Creed
  Independence Day Resurgence

  

  
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  Animator

  Wētā FX

  August 2014 - February 2016

  New Zealand

  Spectral
  Chipmunks 4
  Paul Walkers face
  Dragon and rabbits

  

  

  

  
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  Animator

  Double Negative

  July 2014 - August 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  
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  Animator (Freelance)

  Gramercy Park Studios

  May 2014 - June 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  Commercials- Betfair Octopus advert
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  Animator

  Framestore

  August 2013 - May 2014

  Guardians of the Galaxy
  Hero animation.
  
  Edge of Tomorrow - aka (All You Need Is Kill)
  Hero animation. Animating shots from camera layout to final.
  
  Robocop
  Hero Animation
  Animating Robocop and ED209's

  

  
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  Character Animator (freelance)

  Framestore

  May 2013 - June 2013

  Animating characters on McLaren Tooned Episode 1 - "50 years of McLaren"
  
  Some of my shots were also used in the "McLaren Making of" too.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xPM-D4wONC0
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  Lead Animator

  Reliance MediaWorks

  January 2012 - February 2013

  Enders Game
  GI JOE: Retaliation

  

  
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  Character Animator

  Devils, Angels & Dating

  January 2012 - January 2012

  Animator on the collective short film Devils, Angels & Dating by Michael Cawood
  
  https://devilsangelsanddating.ning.com/
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  Character Animator

  Double Negative

  November 2010 - November 2011

  Animator on 'John Carter of Mars'
  
  Hand keying characters for shots and polishing raw mocap animation data to hero quality.
  
  Building and assembling shots and taking them through to final.
  Taking directional notes for shots from Andrew Stanton in dailies, Animation Director Eamonn Butler and Co Animation Director Steve Aplin and my Lead Stephen Enticott.
  
  Delegating tasks to others for large shots and working collaboratively with the team where help was needed.
  
  Teaching new comers to the show how to use the tools, work-flow methods used and help familia

  
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  Character Animator

  Double Negative

  December 2009 - July 2010

  The Sorcerer's Apprentice - vfx animation
  Animator on fantasia sequence and end battle (team of eight lead by James Lewis)
  Previs for final battle sequence
  Attending dailies and taking my shots from planning stage through to final.
  Collaborating with other animators for shots with multiple characters
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  Character Animator

  TwoFour

  July 2009 - November 2009

  Animating characters walking in background and getting into cars for DSA Driving video
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  Peer Buddy

  Animation Mentor

  April 2007 - November 2008

  Reviewing students work
  Critiquing, giving feedback and support to current students
  Unpaid role
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  Character Animator

  Framestore

  March 2008 - September 2008

  The Tale of Despereaux' (Animated Feature)
  Full performance acting for secondary hero characters
  Cycle animation for massive software – idle, walks, runs, cheering etc
  Shoot video reference and plan out shots.
  Attending dailies and taking my shots from planning stage through too final.
  Gave ideas and worked closely with crowd pipeline development team.
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  Character Animator

  Blue Zoo

  January 2007 - April 2007

  TV commercials, stings, children's TV program animations.
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  Animator/Compositor

  The House of Curves

  June 2006 - December 2006

  Compositor on "Bo in the USA" - Stings and Captions
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  Scene Hand and Rehearsal Stand-in

  Endemol

  November 2005 - December 2005

  TV show - Mighty Truck of Stuff - Aired on the BBC
  
  Celebrity Stand-in for rehearsals
  Scene hand

• Onset Assistant

  Geronimo TV

  August 2005 - September 2005

  TV show - Prove IT Aired on CITV
  
  Scene hand

• Studio Assistant

  The Maidstone Studios

  July 2005 - August 2005

  Scene hand, studio runner and tape logging
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  Film Scanning and Digital Cleanup Artist

  Framestore

  July 2004 - October 2004

  Film scanning and cleaning
  Digital clean up
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  Film Scanning and Digital Cleanup Artist

  Framestore

  April 2001 - October 2003

  Digital Clean up Artist (2002 -2003)
  Scanning and Cleaning film
  Digital clean up
  
  Engineering Assistant role (2001 -2002)
  
  Video playback /IT Assistant - Harry Potter 2 (VFX Shoot July 2002 at Ealing Studios)
  
  On Set IT Assistant - Thunderbirds (October-November 2002 at Pinewood Studios)
  
  Cable installations
  D1/Digi Beta etc machine cleaning
  Tech specking (Quality Control)
  Assistant to Senior Supervising Engineer
  Management of a service history database
  Setting up computer work stations
  Maintenance of Framestore-CFC security system.
  General machine roo