goodbye Weta Digital

After 3 great years at Weta Digital, it is now time to say goodbye. I am incredible thankful for this amazing time. I started as an Animator, but then got promoted first to Animation Lead and then Animation Supervisor. It was an incredible time, but we decided to move back to California.

I will re-join with Stephen Rosenbaum at Digital Domain to continue supervising animation. I am very excited for this new chapter in my career and look forward to continue pushing for more amazing animation.

Thank you to all my friends and co-workers that made these last years so special.

A-Team @ Animation World Network

"The Weta animation team under the leadership of Phillip Cramer animated all of the ship motion and reaction to the explosions as well as the flying containers that were blown into the air."



full article:
http://www.awn.com/articles/article/creating-team-mayhem/page/2%2C1

DD

I am excited to announce that I will return to CA to work for Digital Domain. I will there supervise animation. At this point, I can't reveal any more details, just that is will be an exciting new chapter in my career.

The time in NZ at Weta Digital was absolutely amazing and I will always feel thankful to this great company.

A-Team

A-Team will be released in the theater this weekend!

We wrapped our work on the movie a few weeks ago here at Weta and I must say that I am proud of our work. Everyone on the team did an amazing job and I think our FX shots will show it.

Academy Awards: BEST VFX

Congratulations to all of Weta for winning Best VFX 2009 for AVATAR. We worked long and hard on this and the results speak for themselves: Academy Award & BAFTA: Best VFX, Golden Globe: Best Picture, 720 million US boxoffice and 2.6 billion worldwide. Especially Congrats to Andy, Stephen, Richie and Joe.


I am especially proud to have worked with 2 of the winners extremely close for the last 3 year/ 1 year/s. (Andy / Stephen)

BAFTA 2010

Avatar wins Best VFX at this years BAFTA!! Congratulations to everyone.

The A - Team

In other news, I just started supervising animation for Weta on A-Team. Lots of fun!!!!

Avatar all time number 1

It has happened now! After passing Titanic worldwinde, Avatar now passed the magic 600 for the US box office. This together with its 9 Academy Award nominations is truly a moment to celebrate! Well done all of Weta, ILM & Mr. Cameron!