Michael Cawood Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

California, Us

We develop Animated VR, Games, Feature Films, Series and Commercials. We've also made a lot of award winning animated Short Films. Projects include:'The Phoenix Gene' - VR Game / Narrative Experience and Novel'The Wrong Rock' - 3D Short Film *TOP 10 FILM 2019* *OSCAR Qualified*'Devils, Angels & Dating' - 3D Short Film *BEST FILM* *ORSON WELLES AWARD*'The OceanMaker' - 3D Short Film *BEST FILM* *BEST ANIMATION*'Panda Pander' - 2D/3D Short Film *BEST FILM* *BEST ANIMATION*'Headspace' - 10x 2D Short Films'Squeezamals' - 3D Commercial'Napoleon: The Ticket' - 3D Short Film'Tenkai Knights' - 3D Cinematics'Monkey King' - 3D Theme Park FilmAreas of Expertise:• Concept and Pitch Development / Pitch Decks / Slides / Powerpoint• Story and Animation Consultant• Character Design• Storyboards and Animatics• Rigging and Animation• Unreal Game Design• Effects and Compositing• Editing and Sound MixingOur current project is a VR Experience/Game for the Meta Quest 2, PCVR and PSVR 2 using Unreal. Depending on the project, typically my role has been to come up with the concept in collaboration with partners, Direct, Supervise, Mentor and Recruit creative team members, while helping in every creative and technical area we don't have specialists for. In other words I am a Generalist.

Sheffield, Gb

Recruiting | Design | Previs | Marketing Materials | Supervising | Budget

Los Angeles, California, Us

Animation | Layout | Previs | Unreal Engine 5 | Video Editing | Meta Humans | Rigging

Los Angeles, California, Us

Animation | Layout | Previs | Unreal Engine 5 | Video Editing | Meta Humans | Rigging

Sydney, Nsw, Au

'Otrivin Genie' - TV Commercial'Sea World: Leviathan & Trident' - Ride Commercial

New York, Ny, Us

'Rings of Power' - Promo Commercial

London, England, Gb

'Doctor Strange Tide' - Commercial

Austin, Tx, Us

'Walkabout Minigolf' - VR Game

London, England, Gb

'Meta Quest Horizon Worlds' (VR) - Super Bowl Commercial'Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind' - Ride CommercialLayout | Animation

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

'Under the Boardwalk' - Animated Feature FilmPrevis | Layout | Editing

Burbank, California, Us

‘Supergirl’ - TV Series‘The Flash’ - TV Series‘Doom Patrol’ - TV Series‘Bat Woman’ - TV Series‘Seal Team’ - TV Series‘Titans’ - TV Series‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot’ - Feature Film'Black Lightning' - TV SeriesAnimation | Previs | Shotgun

Mumbai, In

'Eru and the Ghost Kingdom' - Animated TV SeriesRecruited and supervised a team of six artists to design the look of a fantasy TV series.

London, England, Gb

‘Energizer Bunny’ - CommercialPrevis | Animation | Lighting | Rigging

Los Angeles, California, Us

'Lady and the Tramp' - VFX Feature FilmAnimation | Lighting | Effects | Compositing

'The Wrong Rock' - Animated Short FilmI wrote, directed and produced my second CG animated short film, with no formal funding. It involved developing the concept, creating pitch materials and story, recruiting talent, selecting tools, storyboarding, editing, temporary sound, and everything else all the way through to animation, rendering and effects. Meanwhile we were planning the festival run, a kids books based on the story and a documentary and book about the making of the film. To date the film has screened in numerous festivals and won 'Best Animated Short' at the Burbank Film Festival (the second time I won that award).

Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

'The Monkey Prince' - Animated Feature FilmStory Notes | Storyboards | Previs | Editing

Burbank, California, Us

Animated VR Projects, Short Films & SeriesConcept | Story | Writing | Recruiting | Pipeline | Budget | Scheduling

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

'BumbleBee' - Feature Film - (Postvis Animation Supervisor)'Venom' (Marvel) - Feature Film - (Previs Supervisor)'Blade Runner 2049' - VR Experience (Previs Supervisor)Marvel - VR Experience (Previs Supervisor)'Shazam' (DC/WB) - Feature Film - (Previs Lead)'Mario Odyssey' - Commercial (Previs Supervisor)'Pokemon Sun & Moon' - Commercial (Previs Supervisor)'Noelle' (Disney) - Feature Film - (Previs Lead)'Shanghai Fortress' - Feature Film (Previs)'Escape at Dannemora' - Mini Series (Previs)Scene Blocking | Previs | Layout | Editing | Animation | Rendering | Effects | Sound mixing | VR

Us

'The Lego Ninjago Movie' - Feature FilmStoryboards | Previs

Glendale, Ca, Us

'Larrikins' - Feature FilmPrevis | Layout | Lighting | Rigging | Effects | Animation

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

'The Mummy' - Feature Film (Previs Supervisor)'Call of Duty: Black Ops 3' - Commercial (Previs Supervisor)'VW' - Commercials (Previs Supervisor)'Pete's Dragon'​ - Feature Film (Temp Postvis Supervisor)'Ghostbusters' - Feature Film (Previs)'Star Trek Beyond' - Feature Film (Previs)'The Magnificent Seven' - Feature Film (Previs)Scene Blocking | Previs | Layout | Postvis | Editing | Animation | Rendering | Effects

Los Angeles, California, Us

'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead men tell no tales' - Feature FilmScene Blocking | Previs | Layout | Animation | Lighting | Effects

London, Gb

'Microsoft HoloLens' - Pitch VideoPrevis | Layout | Animation | Lighting | Effects

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

'Night at the Museum 3'​ - Feature Film (Previs / Postvis)'Furious 7' - Feature Film (Previs / Lead Artist)Scene Blocking | Previs | Layout | Editing | Animation | Rigging | Techvis | Postvis

London, Gb

'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' - Feature FilmScene Blocking | Animation | Previs | Layout | Lighting | Compositing | Effects

Los Angeles, California, Us

'Divergent' - Feature FilmScene Blocking | Previs | Layout

'Skylanders Swap Force' - TVCAnimation | Previs | Rigging feedback | Motion Graphics | Linux

New York, Ny, Us

‘Bud Light’ – TVCPreivs | Layout | Editing | Animation | Lighting | Rendering

Austin, Tx, Us

'The Ocean Maker' - CG Animated Short FilmServed as the number two creative filmmaker on a successful short film that has won numerous awards and been seen by millions of viewers. Helped to guide the story to the strongest we could make it with limited time and resources.Story Development | Storyboards | Previs | Layout | Editing | Animation | Documentary | Marketing

New York, Ny, Us

'Skylanders Giants' - Stereoscopic HD Cinematics & Commercials• Supervised 10 to 20 animators to produce 12 mins of animation• Layout / Previs• Final Layout / Camera Animation• Stereoscopic camera setup and review• Review dailies for in-house and external animators• Fielded client and Director review sessions• Briefed team on client and Director notes• Cast Animators to shots• Animatic editing guidance• Demoreel reviews• Maya Animation Mentoring• Pipeline tool development• Rigging feedback and supervision• Working with Motion Control Camera

Austin, Tx, Us

'Red vs Blue, Season 10' - Animated SeriesCreated a Transfer Rig (Poser and/or Mocap to Animator Friendly Rig)Rigging | Maya pipeline development | Animation | Compositing | Lighting | Rendering

Austin, Tx, Us

'Devils, Angels & Dating' - CG Animated Short FilmI created a dedicated virtual studio and directed a short character based CG animated film from concept to completion. Along the way I attracted over 400 artists to sign up, over 100 of which worked on the project. Then with no budget at all we created one of the most successful projects of it's kind. Learn more at DevilsAngelsAndDating.comAWARD WINNER - Best Short Film - Burbank Film FestivalAWARD WINNER - Best Animation - IndiefestAWARD WINNER - 2012 Q2 - AnimMazSpotORSON WELLES AWARD - California Film Awards• Animation Director• Layout• Editor• Script writing• Character designs• Concept art• Storyboards / Animatic• Previs• Character Rigging• Lighting / Rendering• Compositing• Effects• Scheduling and Assignments• Promotions / Marketing• Pipeline development• R&D/Tool development• Recruiting

Austin, Tx, Us

'Red vs Blue, Season 9' - Animated TV SeriesPrevis | Layout | Rigging | Editing | Mocap | Animation | Effects | Lighting | Rendering

New York, New York, Us

Coca Cola 'Happiness Factory' - Short Film Musical for a Theme Park

Austin, Tx, Us

Supervised Animation, Rigging and the implementation of animation and cinematics in a real-time game engine for a company now known for successfully launching high profile VR titles on the Meta Quest 2.Animatics | Previs | Layout | Rigging | Animation | Editing | Real-time Game Engine [like Unity & Unreal]

Us

'We Need a Hit' - Feature Film

London, London, Gb

'Churchill Insurance' - TVCAnimation | Previs

London, England, Gb

'Vodafone - Texts UNLTD' - TVCPrevis | Layout | Editing | Compositing

London, England, Gb

'Harmonix: Rockband 2' - Cinematic & TVCPrevis | Layout | Mocap | Animation | Rigging Feedback

London, Gb

‘Narnia: Prince Caspian’ – Feature Film‘Renault Megane Sport’ – VFX TVC‘Toyota Auris’ – VFX TVCAnimation | Editing | Previs | Shake | Unix | Linux

Gb

'Be Sombody' - VFX TVC'The Club' - Cinematics for XBox, PS3, PCDesign | Rigging | Previs | Layout | Animation | Mocap | Effects | Rendering | Compositing | Editing | Production Tracking

'Guardian of the Highlands' (aka 'Sir Billi') - CG Feature Film• Supervised 16 animators to produce over 30 minutes of the film’s animation• Review dailies for in-house and external animators• Scheduling & assigning shots• Animatic supervision & editing guidance• Layout approvals• Demoreel reviews & candidate interviews• Training and Mentoring• Pipeline development• Rigging feedback and supervision

Twycross, Warwickshire, Gb

Created story sequences with real-time game engines and pre-rendered cinematics for a high profile video games company during both it's Nintendo and Microsoft first party years.'Kameo: Elements of Power' - Xbox 360'Starfox Adventures' - Nintendo Gamecube'Viva Piñata 2' - Xbox 360'Perfect Dark Zero' - Xbox 360‘Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts’ - Xbox 360Game Design | Story Development | Writing | Concept Art | Character Design | Rigging | Storyboards | Animatics | Editing | Previs | Layout | Animation | Lighting | Rendering | Effects | Compositing | Real-time Game Engine [like Unity & Unreal]

Moore Park, Nsw, Au

‘Happy Feet’ - CG feature film

'Archer' - CommercialStoryboards | Designs | 2D Animation | Coloring | Compositing | Editing

1St Class Degree With Honors, Animation

Diploma With Distinction, Art And Design