David Meigh

Work History

• Managing Director

  MORF Studio

  November 2019 - Present

  Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

  Open to co-production and searching for investment for IP character driven story's in short and long form for young audiences, preschool and 7+ Family catagory.

• Executive Producer

  Yes Sugar Studio

  July 2017 - Present

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Yes Sugar Studio strives to deliver your ideas and vision through a full production of illustrators, concept artists, storyboard artists, a full CG pipeline, character creation and performance, special effects and motion graphics for TV and film. We want to hear your ideas and together we can create the highest level graphics and distribute to an audience worldwide. Reach out at david.yessugar@gmail.com to see more.
  
  https://www.yessugarstudio.com/
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  Previs Artist

  aardman

  June 2021 - March 2023

  Bristol, England, United Kingdom · On-site

  Previs Artist - Chicken Run 2
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  Animation Director

  Prior- Phish and The Dead - NOW Grateful Music, LLC

  August 2019 - December 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Animation Director on the film 'Fire On The Mountain' From the mind of Chris Benchetler comes TGR's latest short film collaboration with Flagship Independent. Improvisation is the silver thread that weaves this crew together. Just as the Grateful Dead did not fit their music into an established category, this short film finds a cast of some of the world’s best athletes on a spontaneous journey of skiing, snowboarding, surfing, and music, complete with a soundtrack comprised of only Grateful Dead music.
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  Animator

  The Wildcards Creative, LLC

  July 2019 - July 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Working with The Wild Cards Creative on a promo for Smartwool. We created the animation from the paintings of artist Chris Benchetler on the concept of Imaginary Lines.
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  Key Layout

  MPC

  July 2018 - January 2019

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Key Layout on the feature film Pokémon - Detective Pikachu. I had the pleasure of working closely with the VFX supervisor on the full CG final battle scene. So much fun with a talented crew.
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  Senior Animator

  Ollin VFX

  March 2018 - May 2018

  Mexico City Area, Mexico

  using Houdini, Maya and Nuke for animating creatures and weapons for features.
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  Lead Character Animator

  Rainmaker Entertainment

  January 2017 - July 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Leading a team of talented animators on the latest Barbie feature film.
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  Character Animator / Lead

  Rainmaker Entertainment

  April 2016 - August 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Senior Animator on the latest Barbie feature and then Lead for the last month of the show.
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  Character Animator

  ICON Creative Studio

  December 2015 - April 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area
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  Animation Lead

  DHX Media

  October 2014 - December 2015

  Vancouver, Canada Area
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  Senior Animator

  Nerd Corps Entertainment

  June 2013 - September 2014

  Vancouver, Canada Area
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  Maya Generalist

  Unit Media

  September 2012 - October 2012

  London, United Kingdom
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  3D Generalist

  Rushes

  May 2012 - August 2012

  London, United Kingdom
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  3D Generalist / Character Animator

  Freelance 3D Artist

  January 2012 - June 2012

  Director
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  Producer / 3D Artist

  Freelance

  January 2012 - February 2012

  A short film involving a mime artist and his struggles.
  *Coordinate production asset, camera, actors, location and schedule.
  *VFX using Maya dynamics, model, animation and render.
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  Senior 3D Animator

  Technicolor

  June 2008 - June 2011

  At Technicolor I was part of a VFX team that provided on-air promotions for Disney Channel throughout Europe including Playhouse, Junior, Cinemagic and Disney XD. My role as Senior 3D Artist was to manage budgets, storyboard ideas and complete all aspects of 3D both individually or part of a pipeline where we would deliver to VFX compositors for completion.
  *Playhouse Disney Jungle Junction * Rigging and Character Animation
  *Disney XD Christmas - Rigging, Character Animation
  *Disney XD Marvel Mornings - 30* Promo * Creative Direction, Complete 3D and Animation
  *Disney Cinemagic 15* HD Opener * Senior Animator, Complete 3D and Animation
  *Disney Channel 30* Hollywood Weekends * Creative Direction. Complete 3D and Animation
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  3D Animator

  Prime Focus World

  August 2006 - June 2008

  My role at Prime Focus was to provide animation for high end commercial and film work. I would report to supervisors daily and work closely with directors throughout the projects modeling, texturing, rigging, animating and rendering.
  *BBC - Animation and rigging for BBC2 Ident.
  *Arcellor Mittal - Senior Animator working closely with the director on a promotional video completing all aspects of 3D through to delivery including modeling, texturing, animation and render.
  *Health Challenge Wales- Rigging, Character Animation.
  *Other commercial projects include Sky, Volkswagen, UKTV
  *Feature projects include Agent Crush and Akasha Gapuram