Escapeverse Live - Celebrating the Best of the Screen Industries!
Escapeverse Live is a global event celebrating VFX, animation, games, and tech! Presenting industry insights, careers advice and thought-provoking panels, this free online event was created to connect attendees with the entire Escapeverse community including students, Escapees (alumni), industry partners, and tutors.
Escapeverse Live 2025 took place between 24th - 27th February 2025. We hosted talks and panels from 42 leading professionals representing over 15 top studios and were joined by more than 800 attendees from all over the world!
For a taste of what we got up to, check out our stellar lineup and gallery of speakers down below, and head to the Escape Studios YouTube channel where recordings of selected talks and panels will soon be available - subscribe to the channel to be kept up to date.
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Previous Speakers
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Production Designer
Kim Sinclair
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Creative Director, beloFX
Paul Franklin
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Lead Modeller
Adam Dewhirst
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Character Supervisor / Art Director / Vis Dev Concept Sculptor
Amy Ash
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Exec Producer / Producer / Co-Founder, Hydra Studios
Debbie Ross
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Core Technology Director, Creative Assembly
Roberto Geroli
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VFX Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic
Hayden Jones
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Recruiter, Playground Games
Chloe Brown
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Real-time VFX Artist, Playground Games
Kiril Jakimov
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Senior Game Designer, Creative Assembly
Noélie Prost
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Head of 3D and CG Supervisor, Vine FX
Pedrom Dadgostar
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Lead Lighting Artist, Vine FX
Jessica Lennox
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Lead Compositor, Vine FX
Alesja Surubkina
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Founder & Director, ACCESS: VFX
Simon Devereux
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VFX Supervisor, BlueBolt
David Dunn
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VFX Line Producer, BlueBolt
Shania Gharagozlou-Mina
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VFX Educator
Saint John Walker
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Founder / VFX Producer
Stefano Ferron
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Compositor Supervisor
Ricardo Ferreira
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Chief Technology Officer, Escape Technology
Lee Danskin
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Lead Modeller and Lead Facial Modeller, One of Us
Khalid Shafique
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VFX Supervisor, Goodbye Kansas
Gianni Aliotti
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CG Supervisor, Goodbye Kansas
James Sutton
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Executive Producer, Goodbye Kansas
Jörgen Lilja
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Digital Producer, DNEG Animation
Shane Mulholland
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VFX Supervisor, DNEG Animation
Nicholas New
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VFX Supervisor, DNEG Animation
Matt Waters
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Animation Supervisor, Outpost VFX
Oliver Dale
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Studio Executive
Max Howard
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VFX Runner
Harry Symonds
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Marketing Specialist, Cinesite
Amelie Chagnon-Fathe
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Senior Recruitment Manager, Framestore
Ellie Algar
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Talent Acquisition Manager, DNEG Animation
Bridget Dash
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Series Director & Animator, Blue Zoo Animation Studio
Simon Taylor
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Head of Compositing, Lead Compositing Instructor & Industry Outreach Specialist, Campus VFX & ACCESS:VFX Canada Chapter
Fortunato Frattasio
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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, Framestore & ACCESS:VFX USA Chapter Co-Lead
Kathleen Ruffalo
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Global Director of Business Development, Glassworks & ACCESS:VFX Europe Chapter Lead
Chris Kiser
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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist Calling All Talent & ACCESS:VFX USA Chapter Co-Lead
Cat Gulácsy
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Director of Outreach, DNEG Animation
Dara McGarry
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Co-Founder, NextGen Skills Academy
Phil Attfield
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Commercialization Manager, d&b solutions
Martin Monov
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Global Artist Relations Manager, d&b solutions
Wayne Powell
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Principal, Escape Studios
Professor Ian Palmer
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Dean/Director of Animation and Visual Effects, Escape Studios
Alex Williams
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Deputy Principal
Simon Fenton
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3D VFX Tutor, Escape Studios
Dan Shutt
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Host, Escape Studios
Jake Lee
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Talent Development Manager, Escape Studios
William Hughes
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