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Ian Brown

VFX and 3D animation Lecturer

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Ian Brown has worked for the past 12 years in many disciplines and capacities in the film and television industry, encompassing 3D artist and supervisor, art direction, matte painting, production design and storyboarding.
Ian’s feature credits include The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge, The Quiet American, Hero, Mission Impossible 2, The Man who Sued God, The Great Raid, Red Planet, Garage Days and The Thin Red Line. His TVC work includes over 50 high-profile international commercials. As a director his work spans both shorts and high-end music videos, earning both local and international awards and nominations, including an AFI.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design, specialising in Production Design and Animatronics from the University of Newcastle.

Ian Brown

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  • EDUCATION

      Bachelor in Industrial Design, University of Newcastle

  • PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

      Lecturer from 2004 and long periods as Head of Digital Media, AFTRS

      Senior TVC VFX Artist, Animal Logic:  TVC Buick ‘Observatory”, TVC Playstation ‘Tomb Raider 3’, TVC Lucozade ‘Lara Goes to the Dogs’

      Senior Designer – Sega World Darling Harbour

  • AREAS OF EXPERTISE

      VFX / 3D Animation

  • AWARDS AND GRANTS

      AEAF Awards, Trinidad, Winner Best Short Film

      AFI Award nomination for Design, Trinidad, Director/Producer/Production Designer

      AEAF Award nomination, Crush Depth for Best Short Film

  • FILMOGRAPHY

      The Great Raid, Feature, 2005, CG Supervisor

      Hero, Feature, 2002, VFX Sequence Lead Artist

      Garage Days, Feature, 2002, CG Supervisor

      Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Feature, 2001, VFX Sequence Lead Artist

      The Quiet American, Feature, 2001, Senior VFX Artist

      The Man Who Sued God, Feature, 2001, Senior VFX Artist

      Reach, Music video, 2001, Director/Co-producer

      Moulin Rouge, Feature, 2001, Senior VFX Artist

      Crush Depth, Short film, nominated, Director

      Mission Impossible 2, Feature, 2000, Animatic Artist

      On the Beach, Mini-series, 2000, CG Supervisor

      Mr Accident, Feature, 2000, VFX Sequence Lead Artist

      Trinidad, Short film, Director/Producer/Production Designer

      The Thin Red Line, Feature, 1998, Senior VFX Artist

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