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The Phoenix Gene

by Michael Cawood July 24, 2025 in
VR Action Game, Narrative Experience and Book developed for Meta Quest 2 and Quest 3 and PCVR

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Under the Boardwalk

by Michael Cawood October 12, 2023 in
Layout Artist for Under the Boardwalk

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The Earth Needs More Elf Fans: Commercial

by Michael Cawood June 27, 2022 in
Animation for a Rings of Power promo spot called The Earth Needs More Elf Fans

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Third Planet Problems

by Michael Cawood January 26, 2021 in
Animated Series Pitch

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Cupid’s Apprentice

by Michael Cawood January 26, 2021 in
Feature Pitch

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It’s a Squirrely Life

by Michael Cawood January 26, 2021 in
A wild holiday adventure that teaches the value of friendship, community, and responsibility. When all the nuts are stolen from the Oak Creek bank, George the squirrel feels guilty for leaving the vault open. If he doesn’t find the nuts, Christmas will be ruined. He goes on a journey to learn what forest life would be like without him and gets the courage to face the thief. It’s a nutty spin on the Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, great for kids ages 7+

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The Wrong Rock

by Michael Cawood May 18, 2019 in
Short Film

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Bumblebee

by Michael Cawood March 12, 2019 in
Postvis Supervisor for Bumblebee

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The Monkey Prince

by Michael Cawood December 1, 2018 in
Previs Artist for Dreamworks Larrikins

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Larrikins

by Michael Cawood April 19, 2018 in
Previs Artist for Dreamworks Larrikins

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The Lego Ninjago Movie

by Michael Cawood February 13, 2017 in
Story Artist for The Lego Ninjago Movie

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The Mummy

by Michael Cawood November 17, 2016 in
I worked with Proof Los Angeles and London to setup a new Previs department in Shepperton Studios near London. We worked closely with the Director, VFX Supervisor and Producer to develop sequences and explore concepts for a reboot of The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise.

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Devils, Angels & Dating

by Michael Cawood November 17, 2016 in
In 2006 I started developing a short computer generated film called 'Devils, Angels and Dating'. This film was made with the internet in mind, fully aware of modern trends. I was inspired by modern dating trends and let those themes influence the core ideas behind the film.

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The OceanMaker

by Michael Cawood November 17, 2016 in
I put in a few months of work on this short film. I was largely involved in the 3D filmmaking side of things, creating rough versions of shots, editing it together and figuring out what works to tell the story.

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Pete’s Dragon

by Michael Cawood November 16, 2016 in
I filled in as Postvis Supervisor nearing the end of production, and then hung around to animate some new shots for the last few weeks of the project.

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Napoleon: The Ticket

by Michael Cawood November 16, 2016 in
Michael Cawood helped Matt Berenty 'plus' the story, then came on board to implement the changes in Layout and Previs Animation.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops III Commercial

by Michael Cawood November 15, 2016 in
Previs for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Trailer

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Skylanders: Giants

by Michael Cawood November 14, 2016 in
After the release of my short film 'Devils, Angels and Dating' I was just putting my name out there as a potential Animation Director when I came across this unique opportunity in New York. Panda Panther was recruiting for animators for their next big Skylanders job. After a conversation with the Directors it was clear there was a good opportunity here for me to help them at a high level and I was hired as an Animation Director. There were a few related projects around the franchise and the first was a number of cinematic sequences for the XBox 360, PS3 and Wii games due out before Christmas. I took a Lead role alongside a good number of other talented Leads, heading up two of the twelve sequences...

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Skylanders: Giants (3DS)

by Michael Cawood November 13, 2016 in
Hot off the completion of the main Skylanders Giants cinematics we were tasked with a set of four new cinematics for a different Nintendo 3DS game based on the Skylanders characters. This time we had to work in Stereoscopic 3D, which was actually new territory for me. I understood a lot of the fundamentals from following the business and taking some lectures from experts, but I'd yet to spend much time practicing it. There was no time to worry about it though and we dived in...

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

by Michael Cawood October 28, 2015 in
Previs and Layout from the feature film

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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – Previs

by Michael Cawood October 27, 2015 in
Previsualization for a few sequences in Night at the Museum 3

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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – Postvis

by Michael Cawood October 26, 2015 in
Postvis for a few sequences in Night at the Museum 3

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Ghostbusters

by Michael Cawood October 25, 2015 in
Previs for the Ghostbusters reboot 2016

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Mario Odyssey Commercial

by Michael Cawood October 31, 2014 in
Previs for the Mario Odyssey commercial

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The Great Happyfication

by Michael Cawood September 22, 2014 in
After spending a couple of years working on confidential projects it’s refreshing to have worked on something I can talk about again. I’m writing this after returning to Austin, after spending a couple of months in Los Angeles. I got the call to work at Psyop and when I found it was going to be on Happiness Factory I couldn’t have been… happier. Ironically another job option came up at the same time (why do they always come along at the same time?). Anyway, this was the best fit and I pulled out all the stops to get to LA to work on this.

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Happy Feet

by Michael Cawood September 19, 2014 in
I was lucky enough to have an all expenses paid stay in Sydney Australia for four months working on Happy Feet for Animal Logic. It's about singing and dancing penguins and in case you haven’t heard about it… it’s the one that won the Oscar!

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Rock Band 2: Cinematic

by Michael Cawood September 18, 2014 in
I started at Passion Pictures and I was working on a really cool project which gave me plenty of room to flex my film making and animation skills. I'm a huge fan of the various styles of Passion Pictures portfolio and a few of my friends from MPC made the move too for various other projects, so it was fun. The first Rock Band cinematic was very...

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Singapore Navy: Be Somebody

by Michael Cawood September 16, 2014 in
This Television advert for the Singapore Navy was an interesting piece of work. The brief was; the buildings come to life and head out to sea to engage in battle with office themed projectiles, we then cut back to a man waking up in his office before we see the tag lines.

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Megaman: Maverick Hunter

by Michael Cawood September 15, 2014 in
During my two years at Armature as their Lead Animator I worked on a number of, as yet, unannounced prototype games for a variety of publishers. This evolution of the Megaman franchise surfaced on various games news sites and video portals in 2013.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

by Michael Cawood June 21, 2014 in
Feature Film Third Floor Shot Creator 2014 to 2015 IMDB Copyright ©  of Disney 2017