Master of Animation & Visualisation
UTS Animal Logic Academy is a world class digital-production education centre that offers an 1-year accelerated, industry-led Master of Animation and Visualisation, a 3 month Graduate Certificate as well as postgraduate research opportunities. Graduates have gone on to work at studios such as Luma Pictures, Flying Bark, Method Studios, Mill Film, MPC, Double Negative, Animal Logic and many others. Find out moreMaster of Animation & Visualisation
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Join us at our upcoming online information session “Master your career in Animation and Visualisation – Graduates in demand” on Thursday 12 November @ 5:00pm, and find out where a career in animation and visualisation can take you.
Applications for the Master of Animation and Visualisation 2022 are now open!
Domestic Students – Register an account with UTS and submit an online application with UTS Online Application
International Students – Register an account with UTS and submit an online application with UTS International
Applications are also open for the Animal Logic Scholarship
About the Animal Logic Academy
Established in 2017, the Academy is a custom built VFX studio and teaching facility at the UTS campus in Sydney Australia. Mentored by industry experts, masters students are immersed in a full time studio environment, using a combination of established film VFX processes as well as pioneering use of new tools from the real-time industry.
The Academy also offers practice-based PhD research opportunities, current research projects have already won awards at industry festivals, covering areas as diverse as hybrid CG/motion-control film-making, digital archiving techniques, and real-time music visualisation.
Graduates have gone on to work for Method Studios, Flying Bark, Animal Logic, Mill Film and many others. The student work has been recognised with awards from The Rookies, Autodesk Shotgun and the AEAF.
Graduate Success Stories
Meet the Team

Alex Weight
Alex is the Creative Lead at the Academy. His international career spans two decades as a writer, director, animator and script consultant in senior roles across the animation and VFX industries, working at companies including Rising Sun Pictures, Animal Logic, Flying Bark and Script Central. Most recently Alex worked on ‘Peter Rabbit’ and wrote and directed the Chinese animated feature films ‘Frog Kingdom 3’ and ‘Frog Kingdom 4’. He was co-director of the animated feature ‘Blinky Bill: The Movie’, animation supervisor on Zack Snyder’s ‘Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole’ and lead animator on the Oscar-winning animation feature ‘Happy Feet’.

Chris French
Chris French is the Technical Lead at the UTS Animal Logic Academy. Chris’ experience includes CG Lead, On Set Supervisor and Operations Manager at Fuel VFX where he worked on projects such as Charlotte’s Web, The Spirit, Australia, Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Prometheus. Other credits include Thor: Ragnarok, Wrinkle In Time, Outlaw King and Skyscraper.
As a writer, Chris has worked with Digital Pulse and Curiious developing story for virtual reality projects. His most recent collaboration has been with Virtually Human Studio on their digital horse racing game, Zed Run.
Chris has also been active as a teacher and industry mentor at TAFE Design Centre Enmore, specialising in lighting, rendering and production studio subjects that replicate the VFX studio environment.

Dylan Neill
As Visual Effects Lead at the Academy, Dylan has over 20 years’ experience in the VFX industry as a 3D artist and supervisor. His expertise includes CG animation production, app development, game design, online advertising, television and feature film production. Dylan’s film credits include ‘Outlaw King’, ‘Lord of the Rings’, ‘King Kong’ and ‘I, Robot’. He has also worked on commercials for major brands such as Toyota, Qantas and Telstra. Dylan’s experience is combined with creative flair, a keen eye for detail and a willingness to push the boundaries of technology. Dylan is also the author of his own YouTube channel offering online tutorials in 3D animation and visual effects.

Andrew Johnston
Professor Andrew Johnston is the Research Director of the UTS Animal Logic Academy, where he supervises projects and researchers working on convergence between creative practice and digital technologies. He also co-directs the Creativity and Cognition Studios, an interdisciplinary research group working at the intersection of performance, art and technology, and is co-director of the UTS Visualisation Institute.

Sarah Giddy
Sarah is our Studio Coordinator, providing administrative and operational assistance for the department and students. In managing the day-to-day operation of the studio, Sarah oversees academy enquiries and admissions, provides primary student contact and support, and coordinates studio events and social media. Sarah’s focus is to support the academy in the delivery of its award-winning program and to help produce the next generation of animation and visualisation professionals.

Ian Thomson
Ian is the Head of Academy, and has over 30 years of international experience as an award-winning media designer, filmmaker, author and educator – with postings in London (Frame Store), Barcelona (OFramestore), Vienna (DMC), Hamburg (Premiere) and Sydney (VPB). Ian has developed media projects, theatre, documentaries and courses for a range of large organisations and brands. Most recently Ian has developed Bachelor courses in Advertising and Digital Media, and Diploma courses in Social Media Marketing, Content Creation and User Experience.

Jonah Newton
Jonah assists the Technical Lead in the technical direction of the 3D animation production pipeline at the Academy. After completing the Diploma in Innovation and the Bachelor of Science in Games Development (where his games projects won a number of awards), Jonah discovered his fascination with coding and complex software related problem-solving. Jonah has also worked as an IT Support Engineer at Animal Logic. In addition to his work as a software developer and TD, Jonah is a talented electronic music producer.

Seng Venly Ung
As the Production Technology Support Officer, Seng has over 5 years’ experience working for UTS in numerous departments. His background combines video, photo production and computer systems administration. Seng supports all the technology used at the Academy, including workstation computers, cinema projection, mixed and virtual reality.

Andrew Lai
Andrew is the Head of Production Technology at the Academy. He has worked with many areas across UTS supporting their specialised needs, including the Masters of Data Science and Innovation course and the Connected Intelligence Centre, with a focus on architecting cloud solutions for data science. At the Academy Andrew oversees the technologies within the studio, including a dedicated in-house render farm and the Linux work environment, based on the industry standards of large studios.
How to Apply
For further information about the Master of Animation and Visualisation and Graduate Certificate, including information about how to apply, eligibility criteria, and fees for domestic and international students, please visit UTS Future Students course page.
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