Webster Colcord

Webster Colcord

Lead Previs Artist / Senior Animator

Oakland, CA, United States

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Visualization Artist

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Visualization Artist

Disenchanted (2022)

Cinematics Lead

The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004)

Animator, Modelbuilder, Rigging

Mad God (2022)

Cinematics Animation Director

Marvels Avengers (2020)

Animator

Crazy Alien (2019)

Animation Supervisor

Kingdom (2019)

Animation Supervisor (subcontract)

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Animator

Zombinatrix (2017)

Digital Artist & Animator

Evolution (2016)

CG Animator

Stranger Things (2016)

Additional Fabriction / Camera And Compositing / Camera

greatest party story ever (2016)

Animation Supervisor, Atomic Fiction

Deadpool (2016)

Animator

Hell and Back (2015)

Postvis Supervisor

Ted 2 (2015)

Animation Lead

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

Previsualization Artist

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Previsualization Artist

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Previs Artist

Godzilla (2014)

Previsualization Artist

Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey (2014)

Previs Artist

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Stop Motion Animator

Community (2014)

Previs Artist

Maleficent (2014)

Previsualization Artist

The Wolverine (2013)

Pre/Post Visualization Supervisor

Ted (2012)

Animator

Green Lantern (2011)

Animator

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Previsualization

Legion (2010)

Previsualization

Red Cliff (2009)

Animator

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Animator

The Spirit (2008)

Animation Supervisor

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008)

Animator

Planet Terror (2007)

Digital Artist

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Animator

Grindhouse (2007)

Animation Supervisor

The Host (2007)

Animation Supervisor

Night at the Museum (2006)

Animation Supervisor

Pulse (2006)

Animation Supervisor

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Animator

Superman Returns (2006)

Animation Supervisor

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (2005)

Animator

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Animation Lead

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Animator

The Dividing Hour (2003)

Motion

Minority Report (2002)

Animator / Cel Painter

Extreme Man & Insane Boy, Episode 1 (2001)

Animator

Monkeybone (2001)

Animator

Antz (1998)

Animator

James and the Giant Peach (1996)

Animator

Freaked (1993)

Claymation Design

Moonwalker (1989)

Animator

Meet the Raisins! (TV Short 1988) (1988)

Animator

A Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987) (1987)

Animator

Johann's Gift to Christmas (TV Short 1991)

Webster Colcord's credits include James and the Giant Peach, Monkeybone, Minority Report, Matrix Revolutions, Maleficent, and animation supervision on the 2008 Korean feature The Host. More recently, he was in charge of previs, postvis, and mocap integration on Ted 1 & 2, as well as animation supervision for Atomic Fiction on Deadpool. In addition to CG work, Webster still keeps an active hand in stop-motion animation.
Work History
  • Animator

    Tippett Studio

    June 2022 - Present
    Berkeley, CA
  • Postvis Artist

    The Third Floor

    August 2021 - May 2022
  • Animator

    Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

    June 2021 - July 2021
    US
  • Layout, Previs, & Animation artist

    Tippett Studio

    August 2020 - May 2021
  • Animator

    Tippett Studio

    April 2018 - March 2019
  • Animation Director

    na

    March 2016 - July 2016
  • Animation Supervisor

    Atomic Fiction

    June 2015 - January 2016

    Deadpool

  • postvis supervisor

    MRC Design Group

    June 2014 - May 2015
  • MRC Design Group

    July 2014 - October 2014
  • Previs/Layout/Animation Lead

    Prime Focus World

    March 2014 - June 2014

    Previs/Layout/Animation Lead under supervisor Kyle Jefferson on Sin City 2

  • Animation Supervisor

    Shadow Machine

    January 2014 - March 2014

    "Hell & Back" feature

  • Animator

    Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

    November 2013 - January 2014

    WWE "Slam City" shorts

  • Animation Director

    Shadow Machine

    September 2013 - November 2013

    Honda Commercials

  • Animation Director/ Animator

    Obscura Digital

    July 2013 - September 2013

    music video for Beats Antique

  • Previs Artist

    The Third Floor

    June 2013 - July 2013

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  • Previs Artist

    MPC

    April 2013 - June 2013

    Planet of the Apes

  • Animator

    Shadow Machine

    March 2013 - March 2013

    Animator on "Dark Minions" pilot for Amazon Studios

  • Previs Artist

    Voyager Pictures, LLC

    November 2012 - February 2013

    part of the previs team on "Cosmos, A Space-Time Odyssey"

  • ShadowMachine

    July 2012 - November 2012
    Greater Los Angeles Area


    stop-motion animator on "Hell and Back" feature

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  • Halon Entertainment

    June 2012 - July 2012
    Santa Monica, CA
  • The Third Floor

    May 2012 - June 2012
    Greater Los Angeles Area
  • Thunderbuddies LLC/ Media Rights Capital

    April 2011 - June 2012
    Boston and Hollywood

    On-set previsualization for Seth MacFarlane's feature film, "Ted". Post-production temp VFX

    (postvis) and animation, mocap suit operation, mocap support for VFX vendors.

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  • Sony Pictures Imageworks

    March 2011 - April 2011


    brought in to help finish up Green Lantern

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  • Mekanism

    December 2010 - February 2011

    Stop-motion animation on three commercials for Brisk Iced Tea featuring caricatures of Danny

    Trejo from "Machete", Ozzy Osbourne, and Eminem.

    ... See more

  • Starburns Industries

    October 2010 - October 2010
    Burbank

    Stop-motion animator for Christmas episode of NBC's Community, "Abed's Uncontrollable

    Christmas"

    ... See more

  • ImageMovers

    February 2009 - October 2010
  • The Orphanage

    August 2005 - February 2009
  • Ex'pression College

    2007 - 2007
  • Lead Animator

    Electronic Arts

    September 2002 - August 2005

    Animation Lead for Tiger Woods Golf current and nextgen, Cinematics Animation Lead for Lord Of The Rings- The Third Age, NPC Lead for Lord Of The Rings, The Return Of The King

  • Animator

    ESC Entertainment

    June 2002 - September 2002

    Animator on the "Siege" sequence for Matrix: Revolutions

  • Supervising Animator

    DreamWorks Animation

    January 2000 - April 2002

    Supervising Animator for commercial campaigns for Monster.com, Sega Dreamcast, effects projects such as "Evolution" and "Minority Report" (the spider sequence- working under Animation Supe Ryan Roberts)

  • Animator

    20th Century Fox

    August 1999 - January 2000

    Stop-Motion Animator for the film "Monkeybone" (directed by Henry Sellick)

  • Animator

    DreamWorks Animation

    March 1997 - August 1999

    Animator on "Antz" and several other commercial, effects, and test projects

  • Director/ Producer/ Animator

    Webster Colcord Pictures

    May 1993 - March 1997

    Produced commercials and short films at my own small studio in Portland, Oregon. Clients include Converse, Ore-Ida French Fries, Massachussetts Dept. of Public Health, and The Boston Museum Of Science. Created interstitials for CBS, WB TV, Nickelodeon (and Nick Jr.).

  • Animator

    The Walt Disney Company

    June 1994 - September 1994

    Stop Motion Animator on "James And The Giant Peach" directed by Henry Sellick

  • Freelance Animator

    Various

    April 1991 - May 1993

    Freelance animator for Will Vinton Studios, Canadian Broadcast Company, Limelight, Inc. and others. Projects worked on during this time: "Johann's Gift To Christmas", "Adventures In Wonderland" (at Vinton's- it was a series for the Disney Channel), Roger Waters "What God Wants" music video (directed by Tony Kaye), and commercials including a campaign for the California Lottery. Worked for a month in L.A., worked for three months in Toronto, should have taken the gig in Montreal to freelance at Pascal/ Blais- that would have been fun!

  • Animator, Character Designer, Modelbuilder

    Will Vinton Productions

    June 1987 - April 1991

    Started with the Vinton Studio (now Laika Entertainment) at the age of 18. An unorganized shop that was an excellent place to learn. As an animator, one needed to have a working knowledge of camera and lighting setup, armature building, sculpting, illustration, editing, and track reading. Projects that I worked on inlcuded "A Claymation Christmas Special", "Meet the Raisins", "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker" and commercials for Tang, Nabisco, Post Raisin Bran, and many, many others. I talked to Michael Jackson on the phone once.