Meet the 2nd Year Tutors at Escape Studios

Who teaches the second year undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios? The second year of studies is where our students begin to specialise in their chosen field - whether animation, visual effects or games.  

For animators, there are four modules in the second year: AN5001 (character animation), AN5002 (creature animation), CR5001 (specialism) and PR5001 (Studio Project).

For VFX artists, the modules are similar, with VFX students choosing between 3D VFX and 2D VFX (compositing)

Below are the tutors who help our students embark on their professional animation and VFX journey.

Animation

Alexander Williams - Animation

Alexander Williams

Alexander Williams is Dean of Animation and Visual Effects at Escape Studios. 

Alex's film credits include Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Thief and The Cobbler, The Ling King, The Iron Giant, Robots, and three of the Harry Potter films.   Alex has worked for most of the major animation studios including Disney, DreamWorks, Fox, Sony and Warner Bros. 

Marc Stevenson - Animation

Marc Stevenson

Marc Stevenson teaches our second year undergraduate students character and creature animation, including Module AN5002, in which students tackle the art of animal and creature animation, and also AN5001, in which students learn character acting, dialogue and lipsync.   

Marc is an experienced animator with credits on many VFX hits including Fast & Furious 6, Avengers, Age of Ultron, Underdog, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Moon, and Victor Frankenstein.  Marc has also created many tutorials for our students, which you can find at our Animation Vimeo Channel.

VFX

Klaudija Cermak - 2D VFX

Klaudija Cermak

Klaudija Cermak teaches VX5002 the Art of Compositing for VFX to our second year undergraduate students at Escape Studios

Klaudija has over 20 years experience on commercials, broadcast TV and feature films. Klaudija has worked at most of the major post-production houses in London including MPC, Mill, Millfilm, Framestore, Double Negative and Glassworks. 

Klaudija's feature film credits include hits such as Ridley Scott's Gladiator, ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’. You can listen to Klaudija's VFX Podcast here.

Simon Browne - Houdini

Simon Browne

Veteran VFX artist Simon Browne joined us in early January 2023 to teach Houdini to our second year undergraduate VFX students, as part of their Specialism Module CR5001.  Simon Browne has worked in TV, advertising and corporate media, creating animation and procedural simulations.  

Simon Browne specialises in simulation-based animation, but he is also an experienced 3D generalist and keyframe animator with over 20 years of experience.  

Simon has experience with matchmove and coding, and is skilled in Maya, Houdini, 3DSMax, Redshift, After Effects and Unity.  

Carlos Poon - 3D VFX

Carlos Poon

Carlos Poon teaches VX5001 3D VFX to our second year undergraduate students. You can read more about VX5001 here. Carlos has worked across all major 3D industries for many years, starting in industrial design, then working as Assistant Technical Supervisor on the BAFTA winning TV series 'Tiny Planets'.  

Carlos worked as FMV supervisor for five games titles including "Lego Bionicles", and worked as a VFX Artist on the HBO series "Rome" and on the Oscar-winning "Inception". Carlos Poon has worked at VFX studios including Double Negative and Cinesite.

Second Year Animation at Escape Studios

To see more about what's in the second year for animators at Escape Studios, follow this link.

About Escape Studios

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To see more about how Escape Studios works, follow these links:

• What's in the First Year at Escape Studios?
• What's in the Second Year at Escape Studios?
• What's in the Third Year at Escape Studios?
• What's in the Fourth and Final Year (integrated MArt) at Escape Studios?
• Third Year Animation & VFX Tutors at Escape Studios
• Meet the 3D VFX Team at Escape Studios
• Meet the 2D VFX Team at Escape Studios
• Meet the VFX Team at Escape Studios
• Meet the Animation Dept at Escape Studios

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for our BA/MArt in 3D Animation, follow this link. For the next 12 week animation course, click here.