Industry

The place
As a major source of talent for the world’s leading CG studios, a global centre of 3D learning excellence, and home to experts from across the computer graphics fraternity, many of whom have enjoyed long careers at the very highest level, we hold extensive and well-established links with the industry.

We know the people that matter in 3D. From the artists at the forefront of the latest groundbreaking 3D productions to the people behind the computer graphics technology that makes it all possible. We shake with the shakers, we move with the movers.

Our professional associates look on Escape Studios as a kind of industry hub – a place of learning, a meeting space, social network, talent pool, marketplace and support centre rolled into one. They visit us to do business, talk shop, see old friends, recruit talent and give talks to students.

It’s these implicit and explicit ties with the industry, the kind no ordinary trainer or educational institution could hope to replicate, that help us deliver what studios want in business, and give students what they need to get into it.

Recruitment services for clients and candidates
As well as a leading 3D training academy, Escape Studios is also a major recruitment agency for the 3D animation industry. Our unique position at the heart of computer graphics means we’re able to provide ingeniously effective recruitment services to students and studios alike.

Advisory board
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Latest Jobs

Job Title	Location
Experienced Junior Nuke Compositors	London
Junior - Mid Level Motion Graphics Artists	London
Houdini Generalists	London
Mid and Senior Maya Generalists	London

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Industry Partners

MPC

The Moving Picture Company (MPC) is a world leading post production...
Pixar

Since the beginning of the CGI VFX industry Pixar's RenderMan® has been...
Skillset

The Skillset Film Skills Fund regularly supports Escape Studios training...
The Mill

The Mill is a world-leading visual effects company with offices in three of...

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Advisory Board

Afonso Salcedo Lighting Artist

Afonso Salcedo joined Pixar Animation Studios in January 2005 as an intern in the Rendering department for the Golden Globe®-winning feature, Cars, he then went on to become a full-time lighting artist on the Academy Award®-winning films Ratatouille, WALL•E and Up.
Aladino Debert

Aladino is a director with Mothership and also wears the hat of Creative Director and Visual Effects Supervisor with Digital Domain.
Anthony Hunt

Anthony has taken the helm at Cinesite bringing with him all the contacts he’s made with major film studios, producers, directors and visual effects supervisors.
Andrew Bell VP

Andrew is Managing Director at MPC’s LA studio. Andrew joined MPC in 1999, and has worked as a Senior Producer since 2002...
Andrew Sinagra

Andrew Sinagra, Creative Director & CG Supervisor of award-winning VFX company Ntropic, has 17 years of visual effects and filmmaking experience in commercials, episodic television, music videos, feature films, and software development.
Andy Hall

As a founding member and director at Elastic as well as head of 3D and VFX Supervisor at a52, Andy has the unique ability to lead teams of artists...
Chris Edwards

As CEO and Creative Director at THE THIRD FLOOR, Edwards has helped oversee the design of many feature films, commercials, and video game cinematics.
Chris Ford

Now entrenched in the position of Business Director for RenderMan, Chris can bring 20 years experience to add to Pixar's stable of films like 'Toy Story', 'Finding Nemo', and 'The Incredibles'.
Chris Holmes

In addition to founding ICO VFX and serving as its president and CEO, Chris Holmes has been a visual effects supervisor and artist for over 20 years...
Christian Roberton

Christian started his career in the traditional drawn animation business in the mid 90’s. Working for a number of London based traditional animation companies on commercial and television series production.
Claudia Meglin

Claudia Meglin, Head of Creative Specialists & Client Relations WW for The Foundry, is a creative and technical pioneer of visual effects, contributing to nearly two decades of cinema's evolution from celluloid to digital.
Dan O'Rourke

Dan is the executive producer and founder of Not To Scale, an award winning animation studio.
Dayne Cowan

Dayne is the current Chair of the UK Section of the Visual Effects Society. Having held this role for many years, he is well informed of the challenges and opportunities that the UK film and visual effects industry present.
Darin Grant

Darin Grant is the Chief Technology Officer of Digital Domain Media Group. Previously, he served as DreamWorks Animation’s Head of Production Technology from January 2005 to 2011.
Eric Alba

Eric Alba is a Visual Effects Supervisor with 16 Years of On-Set Visual Effects Supervision experience that started in network series TV. Alba began his career in 1992 as a Video Tape Operator in the machine room of a post-production facility...
Janelle Croshaw

Growing up in a small town in Northern California as a traditional artist, Janelle Croshaw soon discovered how to create art on a computer...
Jason Cohon

Jason Cohon’s burgeoning interest in film was fostered in rainy Portland weather accompanied by quiet, introspective weekends.
Jim Radford

Jim has been MPC Creative Head of CGI for Commercials & TV since 2000, and has supervised VFX for many high-profile projects. In 2005, Jim won an Emmy and a VES award for the ground-breaking...
John Leonti

John Leonti is the head of 3D at The Mill in Los Angeles, Calif, the West Coast arm of the world's leading visual effects company...
Jonathan Privett

Jonathan is Head of CG which covers the whole client range so he's in the ideal position to let us know what they all require.
Ken Maruyama

Vice President, Recruiting & Academic Relations / Animation Artist Management.
Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Ken Maruyama is the Vice President of Recruiting and Academic Relations and Animation artist management.
Kyle Cassidy

Kyle Cassidy has spent most of his career focusing on modeling texturing and lighting...
Linda Siegel

Linda Siegel is the Senior Training Manager of Digital Domain, the Academy Award©-winning digital production and special effects studio based in Venice, California.
Markus Kurtz

Markus Kurtz is Vice President of Production Technology at Rhythm and Hues Studios. He is an industry veteran with over 16 years of production experience in visual effects and technology.
Mike O'Neal

Mike O'Neal is currently with Rhythm & Hues Studios in Los Angeles, California where he serves as both Digital and Visual Effects Supervisor and is involved in several R&D activities.
Paul Franklin VFX supervisor

Paul Franklin is a VFX supervisor with over 20 years' experience in digital effects and animation. Whilst studying sculpture at university Paul began working with a student film group, serving variously as editor, props-maker and graphic designer...
Patrick Davenport VP

Originally from England, Patrick Davenport has two decades of experience in VFX and production. A qualified Barrister, Patrick had always wanted to work in film and television so he started as a runner at The Moving Picture Company in London in 1990...
Robin Shenfield

Robin is the CEO of The Mill, the world-leading Visual Effects company with offices in the global centres of CG - London, New York and Los Angeles...
Stephen Venning

Stephen is Executive Producer, 3D at The Mill’s London studio. He joined The Mill in 2001 and oversees The Mill’s award winning team of 3D artists and producers who create high-end CGI for commercials, music videos and multi-platform films and virals...
Salar Saleh

Salar Saleh is a Senior Lighting Technical Director at Charlex in New York City working on film and commercial projects.
Shelley Page

DreamWorks Animation has been responsible for some of the biggest and most ground-breaking titles in the business such as ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’, ‘The Prince Of Egypt’, ‘Antz’, and ‘Shrek’...
Steven Swanson

Swanson spearheaded the development of file architecture and workflow protocols that are the foundation of the studio's pipeline.
Tim McBride

Tim McBride is a specialist in operations, finance and accounting with over 25 years experience in all facets of business, both in the public accounting Big 4 arena and in the private finance and operations areas.
Will Cohen

Will joined The Mill in July 2003 and now leads the film and TV divisions as Group Director of Mill Film and TV...