Andy Mcnamara Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Working as part of the London management team, lead the London CG studio to deliver excellence in leadership and amplifying the best talents in the London crew to deliver the highest quality results from a creative and technical perspective across Film, Episodic and Immersive projects.Directly line manages the team of CG supervisors, Department HoDs/Leads to help support shows, strategic direction of departments, workflow and development of the team. Working closely with HoD's, manage the London Studios CG departments including: Visual Development, Assets, Matchmove, Layout, Rigging, Animation, FX, Creature Effects (CFX) and Lighting, to support and oversee a large team of talented CG artists and TDs. Liaise closely with technical depts such as tech services, pipeline and data ops to resolve issues and workflow improvements.Liaise closely with the Head of Production to support and problem solve resourcing, crewing, production and operational issues in relation to shows Mentor and support the development of the team, including both internal training/development and external senior recruitment.Working closely with the Global Head of CG and other CG Heads in other sites, to support global CG initiatives across the group.Recent Projects: Aquaman 2 : The Lost Kingdom, The Witcher’s (S.3), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Thor: Love and Thunder + Immersive projects for: Frameless and The OuternetAwards: VES (Supervisor/Winner) - Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project (2024)British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) - Gold/Winner - 'Rembrandt Immersive Artworks'

London

Set-up and ran Publicis Groupe's first specialist CGI & Innovation department in the UK as an in-house startup, expanding rapidly into a creatively successful multi-million pound turnover business unit covering TVC's, DOOH, Print, Social. Immersive and Experiential CGI projects.Managed strategic, creative & technical development of in-house CGI initiatives across agencies within the group. (inc. Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Digitas and others.)Developed and led the in-house team of CG Artists, creating efficient workflows and methodologies to support production.Supervised and creatively directed teams across CGI, VFX, immersive and experiential projects from a creative & technical perspective.In a front facing leadership role, advise, educate and support clients, agencies, brands and creative stakeholders on future trends and innovations across all aspects of CGI, Immersive & Creative TechnologyGeneral day to day running of the department including business strategy, client/agency meetings, technical procurement, hiring/resourcing, production support, bidding/quoting, training & development initiatives and mentoring.Awards & Nominations: Ciclope (Winner/Silver - Best Use of Innovation), British Arrows (Nominated), Shots (Nominated)

London

Day to day running of the department across Commercials, Long-form/Film and VR/Immersive Responsibilities included: Client meetings, liaising with production, scoping/bidding on projects, pitches, recruitment/talent management, mentoring, supervising all projects to ensure they deliver within time, budget and quality, as well as the general focus of the creative and technical direction of the department.'Hands on' supervision of the more complex and larger projects (inc. concept development, storyboarding, pitches, creative treatments, shoot supervision, undertaking many 'hands on' Cg tasks as well as tracking the progress of other CG artists)Involved in procurement of hardware/software and assisting in the development of the vfx pipeline/infrastructure, as well as keeping abreast of wider creative technology and trends.Creation and development of VR/Immersive services and projects to foster a culture of innovation.As part of the Management Team at Rushes involved in business decisions relating to creative, technical, production, marketing and strategy across CG, with the MD and other departments heads.Client handling, talks, seminars, events and university/college outreach activities.

London, United Kingdom

Senior Maya Artist/CG Supervisor working primarily within its London commercials division,with spells in the long-form/broadcast vfx team - eventually working in a Deputy Head of CGI role.Supervised teams, worked as part of a team or solo on a range of CG generalist projects across modelling, texturing, look-development, animation, fx, lighting & rendering in a creative and technical role.On larger projects undertook more of a technical director (TD) focused role (Including Pipeline, Simulation/FX)Involved extensively in bidding, client meetings, recruitment and development of pipeline/infrastructure.Core Skills: Maya, Nuke, PFTrack, Mel, PythonAdditional : Houdini, Unity

United Kingdom

Freelance 3D Artist/Supervisor working across Commercials, Channel Branding and Broadcast Projects.

London

Jointly ran Condor Post-Productions London CGI Department working on Commercials, Broadcast VFX, Channel Branding and Pop-Promo projects for UK and International agencies.Skills: Maya, After Effects, PFTrack, CG Supervision, TD

London, United Kingdom

Helped set up and jointly ran BBC Post Productions first CGI/Animation department back in 1996 until 2005.Worked as a Senior Animator/CG Supervisor on projects for BBC output across multiple departments and programme genres including Titles, On-air promos, Trails, Idents, VFX (long form drama & documentaries), Interactive as well as numerous pilots/pitches to support internal programme development. Involved extensively in the day to day production/supervision of projects including: client meetings, bidding/quoting and the scheduling of a team 3D artists (together with production).Involved extensively with longer term goals including: infrastructure/procurement of hardware and software, recruitment of 3d artists/ freelancers and marketing/business development.Core Skills: Maya, After Effects, Boujou, Photoshop, MEL, CG Supervision, TD.

Alias | Wavefront* Certified Instructor/Consultant at the UK's first 'Alias | Wavefront Centre of Excellence' (based @ De Montfort University, Leicester). One of the only 3 in the world at the time.Worldwide training and consultancy for Alias | Wavefront ( in Europe & South Africa) for Broadcast, Post Production & VFX Clients.Development of BA / MA curricula in relation to VFX/CGISkills: Alias Power-Animator, CGI, VFX, Training, Consultancy, Curriculum Development

Winchester, Uk

Computer graphics R&D and animation/rendering software development in the Graphics Applications Research groupSkills: Maths, R&D, C/C++

Ma, Information & Graphic Design

Specialising in: Computer Animation, Video Production & Interactive Media.

Bsc(Hons), Information Technology

Specialising in: Software Engineering, Man-Machine Systems, Artificial Intelligence & Computer Graphics.