Andrew McPhillips
Andrew McPhillips | |
|---|---|
| Born | England |
| Alma mater | R.I.T. Rochester New York (Graduate studies on MFA program) BA in photography , film and television from Salisbury College of Art. England |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, CGI Artist |
| Awards | Blood Will Tell (2007) Grand Jury Prize as Best Animated Short at the 2008 Slamdance Film Festival Selected for 2007 Toronto International Film Festival |
| Website | http://www.strangelightstudios.com |
Andrew McPhillips is a British film director and computer graphics supervisor.[1]
Film career
[edit]Andrew has a background in film and photography. His professional experience includes a five-year stint at PDI/DreamWorks, where he worked on films such as Shrek 2, Minority Report and Artificial Intelligence: AI. More recently, he's been working as a Computer Graphics Supervisor at animation studios such as Sony Picture Imageworks, Method Studios, The Moving Picture Company, Toonbox Entertainment and LAIKA, working on a number of films including The Maze Runner, Hotel Transylvania 2 and The Great Gatsby.
His short film Blood Will Tell was invited to World Première at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. The short film had a lot of success in the festival circuit, eventually winning the coveted, Grand Jury Award at Slamdance Film Festival.
The year long festival screenings culminated in Blood Will Tell[2] being selected for a prestigious four week, exclusive run at the IFC Film Center in New York. Held in Park City, Utah. He received a $2,500 credit at Filmworks/FX for winning the Slamdance Grand Jury award.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Movies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26.
- ^ "Blood Will Tell". Vimeo.
- ^ "Blood Tells at Slamdance - Animation Magazine". www.animationmagazine.net. 29 January 2008.