Open Studio: Learn from Industry Experts

If you are interested in studying the Master of Animation and Visualisation in 2026, please come along to our Open Studio and meet our teachers - who have come directly from industry. Find out about what it means to be mentored by industry supervisors who have held leading positions from some of the world’s leading animation and visual effects studios.

• Creative Lead Alex Weight’s international career spans two decades as a writer, director, animator, and script consultant in senior roles across the animation and VFX industries, working at companies including Rising Sun Pictures, Animal Logic, Flying Bark and Script Central.

• FX Lead Raphaël Gadot has over 12 years’ experience in the VFX industry in animated features, live action films and TVCs, most recently as FX Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic.

• 3D Lead Ross Anderson has over 20 years’ experience working in a range of roles from character animation, direction to senior lighting and compositing TD. He has held leading roles at Animal Logic, Plastic Wax, Flying Bark and Liquid Animation.

Hear what it is like to work on a studio quality 3D animation film and hone your skills as a specialist in 1 of 11 departments - working on a professional production pipeline.

The event is free to attend, but registration is essential.