Magali Rigaudias : Animation Supervisor at Animal Logic About Magali has worked in the animation industry for nearly 30 years. After spending some time working in Paris early on in her career, she went to Industrial Light & Magic in California and worked as an animator on VFX films such as Dragonheart, Mars Attack, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Star Wars Episode I & II, The Mummy Returns, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Van Helsing. After almost a decade at the studio in San Francisco, she dec ..read more

Jason Galeon is an HPA nominated CG Supervisor at Wētā FX with more than 20 years of experience working on a huge range of major films. Jason began his career at Blue Sky Studios and went on to work at some of the biggest VFX studios, including Framestore London and MPC, working on films like The Dark Knight, Ice Age, and The Matrix sequels. He joined Wētā in 2009 on the first of James Cameron’s Avatar series as a lighting artist and held key roles in many Wētā projects including The Avengers, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. His more recent projects incl ..read more

Alastair has been working within the Australian visual effects industry for the last 25 years. Alastair started his career in the advertising sector working within leading international agencies such as DDB, McCann-Erickson, George Patterson Bates and Attik as well as Australia’s foremost visual effects studios, Fuel VFX, Iloura,The Lab and Engine. He has collaborated with directors, supervisors, producers and artists on a myriad of awarding-winning projects throughout his career. Alastair joined Fin Design + Effects in 2013 as Executive Producer and after six years developing Fin’s strategic ..read more

Scott Geersen : Substance - Lessons learned in VFX, motion design, 3d, directing & Founding a studio by Masters of Motion ..read more

Jon Gorman : Creative Director at Buck New York . Originally from Melbourne Australia, Jon has worked first at Buck LA and then at Buck New York for over 15 years and is now a creative director. . https://buck.co/ . Don't forget to join our jobs network : Masters of Motion : www.mastersofmotion.com.au/jobs Topics Discussed - Advice to mid level - Motion designers, art directors & directors   - Early career Melbourne Freelancing - XYZ & 21:19 
- Buck LA - Moving to the USA - Buck NYC - Pitching - Briefing & idea development - Moodboards, storyboards, style frames & concept ..read more

Brendan Seals : Luma Pictures . Brendan has a design background and artist experience in FX, Lighting and Compositing. He has carved out a strong look development career in film animation and VFX. After moving to Melbourne from Perth in 2012, he established himself at Luma Pictures before moving up through supervisory roles to become VFX supervisor, were he’s worked on blockbuster films and TV series. Passionate about filmmaking and a sucker for sci-fi, he supervise’s with a keen eye for conceptual design and story telling and loves to collaborate. . www.luma.inc . Don't forget to join our job ..read more

Masters Jobs Network Australia & NZ : Commercial - Motion Design, 2d/3d Animation, CG, Post & VFX http://www.mastersofmotion.com.au/jobs I would like to invite you to join. Around 35 great jobs, projects or contracts posted every month ! LinkedIn Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13949753/ Or Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mastersjobs Thanks for your time. Matthew Packwood e   matthew@mastersofmotion.com.au  w  www.mastersofmotion.com.au s   Facebook - Instagram - Twitter   w  matthewpac ..read more

Topics Discussed - Advice to animators and illustrators - Failures in your career & hard things you had to learn - Transitioning in to a creative director - Experience of working on Sesame Street - Successful Women in the industry - Awards - winning a Emmy, ADG & B&T - SLR Productions & Creating Kids Tv series - SLR Pipeline and equipment - Being a first time director - Revisions & Listening as a creative director - Writing & giving a strong brief - Methods for delivering bad news - Being effective as creative director - Directing voice talent - Project discussion Gasp ..read more

Raoul Marks is an Emmy-award winning, Bafta-nominated Director and 3d Motion Designer. Along with creative partner Patrick Clair at Antibody, Marks has created some of the most iconic opening title sequences of all time, including True Detective, American Gods, Lovecraft Country, Man in the High Castle, Westworld and The Crown. Raoul also works for clients in the music, fashion, sporting and gaming industries, including Adidas, Louis Vuitton, MTV Halo and Far Cry 6. Raoul is both a outstanding 3D generalist and a 2d design driven artist. www.raoulmarks.com & www.antibody.tv . Topics Discus ..read more

Matthew Everitt : MR X Matt has over 25 years experience in the animation industry. Beginning as a 2D animator for TV, before learning 3D Animation to work in games in the mid 90’s. Matt then moved into commercials, creating content for brands such as Nestle, KIA & Vodafone. He also worked on Madonna’s Grammy live show with animated band the Gorillaz. From commercials he moved to animated features, for which his credits include: Happy Feet 2, The LEGO Movies, Walking With Dinosaurs, Dora - The Lost City of Gold and Cats. Matt currently works as Animation Supervisor for MrX Adelaide, also a ..read more