Michael Cawood - Animated Filmmaker

About Me

Hi, I'm Mike. I'm an Animation Director, Lead Animator, Character Designer, Video Editor, Character Rigger, Storyboard Artist, Previs Animator and Generalist... phew, that's a long list so I'll just settle for Animated Filmmaker, that seems to encompass most of it. Within the confines of this website you'll find samples of my personal and professional projects. Check out the CG Short Animated Film I'm directing over at the CG Short Development page and please feel free to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

Animation Demoreel

This reel features animation from three commercials and some of my work on Happy Feet and Prince Caspian. It also shows highlights from my cinematic work on Rock Band 2, Kameo and my personal projects.

If you go to my Filmography you can see a run through of my biggest projects over the years since I started making animated films in 1994. There's also a lot of movies for you to watch including my traditional 2D short films, my work in film, commercials and games, some personal work and a few demoreels.

CG Short Film in development

2006 to 2010 - Character based CG Short

I'm developing a short computer generated film called 'Devils, Angels and Dating'. The project has picked up a large team of artists and we've formed an online community to collaborate on the project. Feel free to follow our progress at our development diary filled with artwork, videos and discussions.

Synopsis: Cupid, Devil and a rather sexy young female judge, jury and executioner in the form of Death gather in the After Life War Room to attend to their daily routine of manipulating our lives down on Earth with modern techniques that would put our internet dating generation to shame. Each of them, reluctantly compelled to play out their role in the game of love and life in order to maintain the balance. There's an unspoken attraction in the room and their true contradictory personalities are gradually revealed to each other, when someone gets a bright idea and re-purposes their high tech weapons to turn the tide of war and flip everything on it's head. This is a love triangle with cosmic repercussions!

Have a look at the animation we've done so far. If you'd like to contribute your talents feel free to sign up on the site and introduce yourself.

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