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Meet the Masters On-Demand

Welcome to our on-demand Meet the Masters webinars, a content hub filled with unmissable insights from industry experts that have mastered their craft in the creative industries.

Check out recorded talks from our previous speakers, find out about their career journey, creative processes and view more resources below.

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Tiago Faria, VFX Supervisor at BlueBolt

Jim Russell, Concept Art Tutor at Escape Studios

Glyn Fairweather, Game Design Tutor at Escape Studios

Stuart Batchelor, Technical Art Tutor at Escape Studios

Klaudija Cermak, VFX Compositing Tutor at Escape Studios

Alex Williams, Dean/Director of Animation and VFX at Escape Studios

Daniel Amor, Motion Graphics Tutor at Escape Studios

Tiago Faria (VFX)

Hear about Visual Effects from Tiago Faria, a VFX Supervisor and Compositor at BlueBolt and a VFX Escapee. He has feature film and episodic credits including Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount) and Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch. Tiago recently completed work as VFX Supervisor on HBO’s critically acclaimed True Detective: Night Country.

Tiago Faria (VFX)

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Jim Russell (Concept Art)

Hear all about Concept Art from Jim Russell, Concept Art Tutor at Escape Studios and former Principal Concept Artist at Creative Assembly. Over the past two decades, Jim Russell has contributed to more than 15 AAA console and PC games, including the epic Total War: Warhammer fantasy game series, where he designed all the architecture and environments.

Jim Russell, MA Concept Art Tutor at Escape Studios

Jim Russell (Concept Art)

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Glyn Fairweather (Game Design)

Learn Game Design insights from Glyn Fairweather. He's been modding and designing digital and physical games since 1997. He kicked off his professional journey at Jagex in 2011, where he worked on Runescape. For the past four years, Glyn has been shaping game design as the Design Director at Fundamentally Games. Here, he provided design support and actionable insights to studios and indie developers at various stages of development..

Glyn Fairweather (Game Design)

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Stuart Batchelor (Technical Art)

Learn about Technical Art and find out about Stuart Batchelor's experience directing technical teams across XR projects, leading the development of real-time graphics for interactive installations and working as a fine artist specializing in code-based art. He has collaborated with prominent clients such as Framestore, Barbican, Tate, Samsung, Ford, IMAX, V&A Museum, Google, and BMW.

Stuart Batchelor, MSc Technical Art Tutor at Escape Studios

Stuart Batchelor (Technical Art)

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Klaudija Cermak (VFX Compositing)

Learn Compositing tips from Klaudija Cermak. She has over 30 years experience on high-end commercials, broadcast programmes and feature films and has worked at all the major post-production houses in Soho including MPC, Mill, Mill Film, Framestore, DNEG and Glassworks. Her credits include Gladiator, Harry Potter, Black Mirror and more!

Klaudija Cermak, Programme Leader for VFX at Escape Studios

Klaudija Cermak (VFX Compositing)

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Alex Williams (Animation)

Learn about how the technology for Animation has changed throughout the years with Alex Williams. He has over 25 years’ experience working in the animation industry and some of his film credits include; The Lion King, Robots, The Road to El Dorado, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Iron Giant. He also has 20 years’ experience working and teaching in higher education.

Alex Williams (Animation)

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Daniel Amor (Motion Graphics)

Learn about transitioning from Visual Effects to Motion graphics with Daniel Amor. Since 2018, he has worked on projects like Marvel’s She-Hulk, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and The Marvels. His Motion Graphics credits include projects at NBC Universal.