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HELLO AND WELCOME!
TYRONE OWENS is a character animator based in Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom). As an animator for Giant Animation, he animated on Magic Light Pictures and BBC’s feature Film Zog and the Flying Doctors, other works include JAM Media collaborating on children’s TV shows for Nickelodeon’s Becca’s Bunch and Amazon Prime’s Jessy and Nessy. He attended Ulster University in Belfast, during a five year course - graduating with a First Class Honours (B. Des.) Bachelor of Design degree for Computer Animation. After school, he furthered his education for 2 years with Animschool and graduated from the Character Animation Program early 2020.
Words from the Artist
“I AM HIGHLY PASSIONATE FOR THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF FILMMAKING, ART AND ANIMATION. I MAKE GREAT EFFORTS AND TIRELESSLY STRIVE TO WORK HARD WITH A LOT OF PASSION AND LOVE FOR MY WORK. THE WORK I DO GIVES ME A LOT OF PRIDE AND JOY KNOWING THAT IT WILL CONNECT TO AN AUDIENCE BY PLAYING WITH THEIR EMOTIONS, AND HOPEFULLY INSPIRE THEM. ANIMATION HAS BEEN APART OF MY LIFE SINCE I COULD BARELY WALK, AND IT IS A DREAM COME TRUE EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT I GET TO BE APART OF THE MAGIC AND WONDER THAT IT PROVIDES TO THE WORLD.”
Favourite Animated Films: The Three Caballeros (1944), Bambi (1942) and Fantasia (1940)
Awards and Certificates:
Northern Ireland Short Student Films Award (Winner) BEST STUDENT FILM "PETHOOD: ZARA'S STORY", 2018
Sixteen South Award (Winner) "DEDICATION TO THE CRAFT OF ANIMATION", 2017
Dean's List (Students achieving an average 70% or above) for the Academic Year 2016/17
Faculty of Art, Design, & The Building Environment Dean's List "OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC YEAR", 2014
THAT’S ALL FOLKS!
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Work Experience
DNEG Animation, London, UK Jun 2022 - Present
Animator
Feature Film Animation
Framestore, London, UK AUG 2021 - Jun 2022
Postvis Animator/Artist
Creating shots (VFX/animation) in the visualisation department for Episodic and Film
Super Seed Studios, Los Angeles, California Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
Animator
Freelance Animator
Giant Animation, Dublin, Ireland March 2020- MAY 2020
Animator
Animator for Magic Light Pictures and BBC Zog and the Flying Doctors (Feature Film)
JAM MEDIA, BELFAST, Northern Ireland (UK) Jul 2017 - Mar 2020
Animator
Animator for Nickelodeon Becca's Bunch and Amazon Prime Jessy and Nessy (TV series)
Encycle Studios, BELFAST, NORTHERN Ireland (UK) January 2016 - May 2016
PLACEMENT (WORK EXPERIENCE)
Production Designer and Animator
Outsider games, Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK) September 2015 - November 2015
PLACEMENT (WORK EXPERIENCE)
Performed user testing and operating systems
Resident artist and animator
In-game animation and designer for Wailing Heights, an RPG mystery-solving game - available on Steam.
Education
animschool, Los Angeles, California (USA) October 2017 - January 2020
ANIMATION COURSE (ONLINE SCHOOL)
ANTHEA KEROU (DISNEY, BLUE SKY, and SONY PICTURES ANIMATION) - INTRODUCTION TO ANIMATION (FALL 2017)
LOUAYE MOULAYESS (BLUE SKY STUDIOS) - ANIMATING CHARACTERS (SPRING 2018)
VALERIE SCHEIBER (RHYTHM & HUES, BLUE SKY, and SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS) - BODY MECHANICS (SUMMER 2018)
MANUEL BOVER - CHARACTER PERFORMANCE (Fall 2018)
MATTHEW SHEPHERD (SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS, INDUSTRIAL LIGHT, AND MAGIC) - FACIAL PERFORMANCE (Spring 2019)
RRAHUL DABHOLKAR (DISNEY, FRAMESTORE, ILM, DREAMWORKS, and SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS) - ANIMATION APPEAL AND ENTERTAINMENT (FALL 2019)
ULSTER UNIVERSITY, BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND (UK) SEPTEMBER 2013 - JUNE 2017
BACHELOR'S DEGREE in BDES HONS ANIMATION
Academic Awards:
SIXTEEN SOUTH DEDICATED TO THE CRAFT OF ANIMATION AWARD 2017 FOR "OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT"
DEAN'S AWARD 2014 FOR "OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC YEAR"
SOFTWARE:
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Featured Art
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Animation Portfolio
Story Portfolio
Gallery
““Tyrone was a very valuable asset throughout his internship at Encycle. He demonstrated dedication and curiosity across a range of tasks and projects including character development, research and providing production assistance for a studio-based shoot. Tyrone has the talent and personal qualities necessary to establish himself as a leading animation professional, and I would not hesitate to recommend him highly to any potential employer.””
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Tyrone Owens
CG Animator
Belfast, Northern Ireland, Co. Antrim, UK
Email: tyroneowens.animator@gmail.com
Web Address: www.tyroneowens.com
