Name: Andrew Whitehurst

Location: London, UK

Email: awhitehurst AT hotmail DOT com

Occupation: Senior Technical Director at Double Negative.

Education: 1st class BA Hons, Media from Cumbria Institute.

Software Skills: Maya, RenderMan, Photoshop, Shake, Combustion, After Effects, Python.

Production Skills: Animation, Modelling, Lighting, Texturing, Shader Writing, Dynamics, Scripting.

Practical skills: Illustration, Graphic Design, Storyboarding, Photography.


Experience:

2005 - Senior Technical Director at Double Negative.

2005 - Senior Technical Director at Framestore CFC on "Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire".

2004 - 2005 C.G.Lighting Supervisor at Framestore CFC on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".

2003 - 2004 - Senior Technical Director at Framestore CFC on "Troy".

2003 - Technical Director at Double Negative on "Tomb Raider 2".

2003 - 3D artist on Hallmark Channel ident stings.

2002 - 2004 - Visual Effects Supervisor on "Infestation" an independent horror sci-fi movie.

2002 - Team Leader and Technical Director on "Free Jimmy" a fully CG movie.

2002 - Shader Developer and Lighter on "Toon Disney" branding for TV and print.

2002 - Modeller, Shader Developer, and Lighting Designer for "Helter Skelter" a CG TV sitcom.

2001 - Developed a toon shader for Passion Pictures Gorillaz music promos.

2001 - Lighting, shading and environment effects for "Yazzoo Wazzoo" a children's TV series

2001 - Won Home Entertainment Weekly's Most Creatively Designed DVD for "Kevin and Perry Go Large" at Electric Switch.

2000 - 2001 - Worked as Team Leader and Technical Director on "Spheriks" a highly successful Children's TV series produced as part of FIFA's World Cup 2002 programme.

1998 - 2000 - Worked as a DVD designer and animator for Electric Switch Ltd.