Phil Dobree

CEO, Jellyfish Pictures

Phil Dobree

CEO, Jellyfish Pictures
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Phil is a multiple BAFTA, RTS and VES award winning, EMMY nominated VFX and animation supervisor. As the founder of Jellyfish Pictures, he has worked in all genres of content creation including film, commercials, animation, games and broadcast TV.  

Phil has a unique insight into the VFX industry after running a VFX company for more than 15 years. His talent for finding creative solutions and delivering award winning work has been proven over many years on a huge variety of projects. He has helped expand Jellyfish into one of the most respected independent VFX and Animation studios in the world with 200 employees, whilst assisting the company in pioneering cloud technology, resulting in seamless hybrid rendering solutions across several projects. He has helped bring in and overseen work from leading studios and broadcasters including Solo: A Star Wars Story, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Kingsman: The Secret Service in film to The Innocents, Outlander, Black Mirror, Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed, Bitz and Bob and Floogals for TV in just the last 2 years.

Phil is also a BAFTA, RTS and VES judge and a member of the VFX/digital effects and Animation chapter of BAFTA. He sits on the board of UK Screen Alliance, Animation UK and the council of the Creative Industries Federation. He was selected in the RTS Broadcast HOT 100 most influential people in Broadcast Media in 2012/13.

Sessions with Phil Dobree

VFX: Make me a digital Human

Dec 04 2018
15:00 - 16:00
Room C