Neil Watts

Neil Watts

Lead Animator

Lead Animator / 23 yrs

United Kingdom

Hire Me
• Animator with 20 years industry experience.
• Very technically minded, capable of anything the job entails.
• Highly skilled in all industry packages - Maya, 3DS Max, MotionBuilder, XSI, Cinema 4D
• Leading successful Animation teams for over a decade, with very low staff turnover.
• Able to plan and schedule animation systems/pipelines from inception to completion
Work History
  • Lead Animator

    Playground Games

    January 2021 - Present
    Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
  • Principal Animator

    Ubisoft Leamington

    January 2018 - January 2021
  • Senior Mocap TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    January 2017 - December 2017
  • Previs Artist

    The Third Floor

    September 2016 - January 2017
    London, United Kingdom
  • Mocap Animator

    Digital Domain

    June 2016 - August 2016
    London, United Kingdom

    Motion Capture solving/cleanup, Previz

  • Lead Animator

    FreeStyleGames

    March 2008 - May 2016
    Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

    Lead animation team through development of DJ Hero, DJ Hero 2, Sing Party and Guitar Hero Live

  • Animator, Senior Animator, Lead Animator

    Codemasters

    January 2001 - February 2008
    Southam, United Kingdom

    Worked mainly on sports titles during my 7 years at Codemasters, finished up working on Operation Flashpoint 2.

Education
  • MA (with distinction) in Computer Animation

    Bournemouth University

    1999 - 2000
  • HND in Electronic Graphics

    School of Art and Design, Worcester

    1997 - 1999