Michael Cawood

Michael Cawood

Animation Director at HEROmation
Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California, United States

About me

HEROmation founder, Michael Cawood, has been creating animated films since 1994. He's a multi-award winning Animation Director with credits in Film, TV, Commercials, Games, Animated Series and Web content.

His credits include films like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Happy Feet, Pete's Dragon, Bumblebee, Ghostbusters, Pirates 5, Night at the Museum 3 and Lady and the Tramp. Series credits include Doom Patrol, Supergirl, The Flash, Bat Woman and Red vs Blue. Cinematics include Skylanders, Starfox, Call of Duty, Rockband 2 and Kameo. Commercials include Energizer Bunny, Pokemon and Super Mario Odyssey. Short films include the Award Winning, The Wrong Rock and Devils, Angels & Dating, plus The Great Happyfication for Coca Cola.

Along the way Michael has worked at some amazing companies and studio lots including: Dreamworks, Disney, MPC, Fox, Universal, Rare, Paramount, Animal Logic, Psyop and many more.

Languages
  • English - Pro

Positions

Creative Director
Santa Clarita
United States
June 1994 - Present (30 years 6 months)
We develop original Feature Films and Series, mostly Animated. We've also made a lot of award winning animated Short Films. Past projects include:
'The Wrong Rock'__________3D Short Film *BEST FILM* *BEST ANIMATION* *TOP 10 2019*
'Devils, Angels & Dating' _ 3D Short Film *BEST FILM & ANIMATION* *ORSON WELLES AWARD*
'The OceanMaker' ________ 3D Short Film *BEST FILM* *BEST ANIMATION*
'Panda Pander' ____________ 2D/3D Short Film *BEST FILM* *BEST ANIMATION*
'Squeezamals'_____________ 3D Commercial
'Napoleon: The Ticket' ____ 3D Short Film
'Tenkai Knights' ___________ 3D Cinematics
'Monkey King' ____________ 3D Theme Park Film
Areas of Expertise:
• Concept and Pitch Development
• Story and Animation Consultant
• Character Design
• Storyboards and Animatics
• Rigging and Animation
• Effects and Compositing
• Editing and Sound Mixing

Education

First Class Degree in Animation

September 1996 - June 1999 (2 years 9 months)

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