Creative Lead at the Academy, Chris Ebeling is an award winning Animator, Creative Director, digital artist and writer having worked on Hollywood blockbusters such as The Lego Movie, The Great Gatsby, Gods of Egypt and Happy Feet 2. Supplementing his extensive film and visual effects background, Chris has successfully directed projects in Virtual and Augmented reality, as well as games for PC, mobile and more.

CG Supervisor at the Academy, with nearly 10 years experience in pipeline, lighting and look development at Method, Dr.D and Animal Logic, and has worked on films such as The Great Gatsby, Deepwater Horizon, Gods of Egypt, Ghostbusters, and Happy Feet Two. Dan was also key in designing the award winning ‘Turret’ Shotgun+USD pipeline used at the Academy, and in steering our real-time technologies

VFX lead at the Academy, Matt Estela has over 17 years of experience in 3D animation, most recently as VR supervisor and FX lead at Animal Logic Sydney. He has worked on Peter Rabbit, The Lego Batman Movie VR experience, and many commercials in the UK.

Head of the Academy, Zoe brings with her almost two decades of experience in the VFX and animation industry. Prior to the Academy, Zoe worked at Animal Logic as Head of Human Resources and was a member of the Executive Team. In these roles, Zoe developed and implemented strategies that supported the growth of the company and oversaw over 600 artists and staff during peak production. Some of Zoe’s credits include Peter Rabbit, The LEGO Ninjago Movie, The LEGO Batman Movie and the Academy Award® winning film Happy Feet.

Andrew Johnston is Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney, where he works as the Research Director of the UTS Animal Logic Academy, an education and research studio focusing on 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.