Rob Heppell (b. 1986, UK) Director / Animator. Lives & works London, UK.
I make animation and music videos. I work with live action, 3d animation and motion graphics both as a director and animator. Some of my recent clients include Crystal Fighters, Two Door Cinema Club, Sony UK, Latitude Festival, Urban Outfitters and Vanessa White and my work has been featured in Fact, Dazed and Nowness magazines and broadcast on Sky and MTV. I have been commissioned for exhibitions at the Government Art Collection and the Institute of Physics (UK).
Skills: After Effects, Cinema 4D, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, Direction, Production, DoP. Editing
Projects
- Two Door Cinema Club- Bad DecisionsDirectors Thunderlips commissioned 7 animators to make sequences based on Dante’s circles of hell. I chose Violence and Treachery. Produced by Good Egg productions for Warner Music UK Directed by Thunderlips Produced by Shabana Mansuri @ Good Egg Animators: Anna Ginsburg – http://www.annaginsburg.co.uk Frances Haszard – http://www.francies.work Chris Harrison – http://mrcaoh.com Joseph May – http://sublune.xyz Jack Sachs – http://www.jacksachs.co.uk Daniel Wyatt – www.danielwyatt.co.uk Rob He
- New Pharaohs – This Changes EverythingVideo for New Pharaohs- This Changes Everything Featured by Nowness; https://www.nowness.com/story/new-pharaohs-this-changes-everything-maya-marie Director / Post Production: Rob Heppell DOP: Liam Iandoli AD: Adam Butcher Makeup: Natalie Lawes Thanks to Sofia Russi
- Crystal Fighters - Love Alight (Music Video)Within a tight (5 week) timescale directed and produced video for Crystal Fighters to fit complex brief. Piece required extensive use of greenscreen with actors composited into animated backgrounds. Responsible for direction, compositing and animation of piece, managing two other animators. Video released on time, to client satisfaction. Delivered versions for upload and broadcast. Currently video has over 1.2m views online. Direction, Editing, AE, 3d Animation, Compositing: Rob Heppell Produced by Rob Heppell Video Office & Studio Howow DOP Liam Iandoli AD Malachy Orozco Choreography: Annie Deakin Foster Dancers: Sarah Golding and Tim Clark AE + Animation: Giada Strinati and Riccardo Teresi
Work history
Video Director, Animator and Producer
Freelance
Creative professional working with video, art and theatre. Variously required to perform the tasks of director, producer, editor, animator, compositor and cameraman. Created over 30 music videos as well as promotional and event videos for clients including Urban Outfitters and Crystal Fighters. I am a strong user of both Adobe CS, Cinema 4D and experienced at delivering broadcast quality work. Through my career I have become adept at managing and coordinating projects, controlling small budgets and teams of up to 40 people. I developed strong pitching and visual presentation skills.
Skills
- 3D Computer Animation
- 3D Computer VFX
- Film
- Visual Arts
- Art Direction
- Compositing
- Music Videos
- Editing
- Animation
- Camera Operation
- Motion Design
- After Effects
- Cinema 4D
- Excel
- Photoshop
Education
BA English and American Literature
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English and American Literature