Phil Gray

Experienced Animation professional

New Mills, England, United Kingdom

About

An experienced and accomplished Animation professional with 25 years in the industry, 7 in TV, and 18 in computer games. Skilled in Character Animation, Maya, Animation Direction, Animation, Team development and Leadership. A life long love of animation and storytelling has fed into a desire to lead and get the best from the teams he works with.

Experience

  • Lead Animator at Ubisoft
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

  • TT Games Ltd (18 yrs 2 mos)
    • Head of Cinematics
      Jan 2018 - Feb 2024 · 6 yrs 2 mos

      Games released as Head of Cinematics Lego Incredibles 2018. Lego Movie2 2019. Lego Starwars the skywalker saga - 2022

    • Animator, Story Team, Cutscene Director
      Jan 2006 - Dec 2017 · 12 yrs

      I've worked on the following games in my time at TT. Cutscene / Cinematic Animator Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy 2006 Transformers: The game 2007 Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga 2008 Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures 2008. Lego Batman: The Videogame 2008. Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues 2009. Cinematic Animator & Story Team Lego Rock Band (with TT Fusion) 2009. Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 2010. Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars 2011. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game 2011. Cutscene DIrector Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 2011. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes 2012. Lego The Lord of the Rings 2012 - (2nd Unit direction) Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2013 - (Cutscene assistant director) Lego Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey 2013. Lego The Hobbit 2014. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham - 2014. Lego Jurassic World - 2015. Lego Dimensions - 2015. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 2016. Lego DC SuperVillains - 2018

  • Co-writer, CG animation at Slow Joe
    Jan 2009 - Sep 2009 · 9 mos

    A short film I worked on with Steve Boot. Funded by several bodies and Four mations digital.

  • Animator at Cosgrove Hall Films
    Jan 1999 - Jan 2006 · 7 yrs 1 mo

    Worked as a stop-motion animator on several TV shows. Including Bill and Ben, Little Robots and Fifi and the flower tots.

  • Writer, animator at Penguins progress
    Jul 2005 - Dec 2005 · 6 mos

    A short film I worked on in a friends basement. We were very lucky to get Mark Benton and the late Sean Mckee to do the voices.