Escapee Alfie Williams Layout Artist at Blue Zoo

Escapee Alfie Williams joins Blue Zoo 

Many congratulations to Escapee Alfie Williams who has started work as a Layout Artist at Blue Zoo, one of the UK's leading animation companies and one of our key industry partners at Escape Studios. 

Alfie Williams studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios, where he contributed to a number of award-winning short films including "Father's Blade" and "Infestation".  

Escapee Alfie Williams Reports from inMotion 2026

Alfie Williams and Glen Keane at inMotion

Escapee Alfie Williams was a volunteer at this year's inMotion event which took place in London last week - part of the We Are Playgrounds series of educational events. 

As always, we recommend that our animation students volunteer for events like this one; they offer huge opportunities to build industry connections and make the most of our prime London location.

Alfie Williams Animation Tutor with Simply Learning

Alfie Williams joins Simply Learning Tuition

Many congratulations to Escapee Alfie Williams who has joined Simply Learning Tuition, teaching animation to children and young adults in London. 
Alfie is currently teaching animation, scripting, storyboarding, and the fundamentals of digital film-making.

"Father's Blade" Wins "Best Trailer" at Vesuvio Fest

"Father's Blade" wins "Best Trailer" Vesuvio Film Fest 

Congratulations to the makers of the short film "Father's Blade", which has won "Best Trailer" at the Vesuvio Film Festival. 

"Father's Blade" was directed by Thomas Husband and produced by Hugo Whitworth; the editor was Alfie Williams and the lead animator was Brandon Rai.  This is the latest of many festival awards for Father's Blade. 

Escape Studios Students at AUA Las Vegas

Escapees Alfie Williams, Elvinas Mikulin and Xavier Barker all contributed to the animation in the video above, filmed at the recent AUA Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Alfie, Elvinas and Xavier completed the job for Teleflex, a US-based medical technology company.  Alfie animated Teleflex's monster, part of the immersive experience at the conference. Alfie created a series of short animations of the monster walking, blinking, and peeking, all rendered with a transparent background for seamless placement on conference screens.  Elvinas did the modeling and Xavier managed the pipeline. 

Alfie Williams Animator at Teleflex

Escapee Alfie Williams

Many congratulations to Escapee Alfie Williams who is working an animator at Teleflex, a US-based medical technology company.  Alfie animated Teleflex's character mascot, the so-called "Prostate Monster", to be presented live as part of an immersive on-stage experience at a medical conference.

Alfie created a series of short animations of the monster walking, blinking, and peeking, all rendered with a transparent background for seamless placement on conference screens. 

"Father's Blade" Wins "Best Design" Award at EEFF

Congratulations to the makers of the short film "Father's Blade", which has won an Honourable Mention in the category of Best Production Design at the Eastern Europe Film Festival.

"Father's Blade" was directed by Thomas Husband and produced by Hugo Whitworth; the editor was Alfie Williams and the lead animator was Brandon Rai.   

This is the fourth festival award for Father's Blade. 

"Infestation" Best Sci-Fi at Golden Peacock Awards

"Infestation" wins Best Sci-Fi at Golden Peacock Awards

Congratulations to the makers of "Infestation", one of the latest animated shorts created by our third year animation students at Escape Studios.

Infestation has won "Best Sci-Fi Short" at the Golden Peacock International Film Festival.  

Directed by Thomas Husband and produced by Hugo Whitworth,  Infestation tells the story of a distant space station - HMSS Archimedes - with some unwelcome visitors.  This is the third festival award for Infestation.