Andrew McPhillips

Andrew McPhillips is a British film director and computer graphics supervisor.[1]

Andrew McPhillips
Born
England
Alma materR.I.T. Rochester New York (Graduate studies on MFA program)
BA in photography , film and television from Salisbury College of Art. England
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, CGI Artist
AwardsBlood Will Tell (2007)
Grand Jury Prize as Best Animated Short at the 2008 Slamdance Film Festival
Selected for 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Websitehttp://www.strangelightstudios.com

Film career

Andrew has a background in film and photography. His professional experience includes a five-year stint at PDI/DreamWorks, where he worked on films such as Shrek 2, Minority Report and Artificial Intelligence: AI. More recently, he's been working as a Computer Graphics Supervisor at animation studios such as Sony Picture Imageworks, Method Studios, The Moving Picture Company, Toonbox Entertainment and LAIKA, working on a number of films including The Maze Runner, Hotel Transylvania 2 and The Great Gatsby.

His short film Blood Will Tell was invited to World Première at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. The short film had a lot of success in the festival circuit, eventually winning the coveted, Grand Jury Award at Slamdance Film Festival.

The year long festival screenings culminated in Blood Will Tell[2] being selected for a prestigious four week, exclusive run at the IFC Film Center in New York. Held in Park City, Utah. He received a $2,500 credit at Filmworks/FX for winning the Slamdance Grand Jury award.[3]

References
  1. "Movies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26.
  2. "Blood Will Tell". Vimeo.
  3. "Blood Tells at Slamdance - Animation Magazine". www.animationmagazine.net. 29 January 2008.

Interviews
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