Simon McGuire CONCEPT DESIGNER AND ART DIRECTOR
UK [email protected] Trained as an Architect. After Several years in practice in the UK and Japan, moved to Canada to work as 3D Artist on Television, Film and Video Game productions. 4 years later relocated to Germany and then Australia working in VFX as a Digital Artist/ Art Director. Currently working in UK Art Departments as a Concept Artist/Art Director.
FEATURE FILM CREDIT LIST
Concept Artist Leavesden Wonder Woman Warner Bros Production Designer: Aline Bonetto Set Design
Art Director Belfast GAME OF THRONES V Fire & Blood Productions Ltd Production Designer: Deb Riley Concept Design/ Set Design and Build
Concept Artist London WARCRAFT Legendary Pictures Director: Duncan Jones, Production Designer: Gavin Bocquet Set Design Concept Artist London EDGE OF TOMORROW Warner Brothers Director: Doug Liman, Costume Designer: Kate Hawley Character Design
Concept Artist London MALEFICENT (Early Development) Walt Disney Pictures Director: Robert Stromberg, Production Designer: Aline Bonetto Conceptual Design
Concept Artist London 47 RONIN Universal Pictures Director: Carl Rinsch, Production Designer: Jan Roelfs Set Design /Character Design /Action Props /VFX Art Direction
Concept Artist London WRATH OF THE TITANS Warner Brothers Director: Jonathan Liebesman, Production Designer: Charles Wood Set Design
Concept Artist London PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STANGER TIDES Walt Disney Pictures Director: Rob Marshall , Production Designer: John Myhre Set Design /Set Decoration /Action Vehicles /VFX Art Direction Concept Artist London BATTLE:LOS ANGELES Columbia Pictures Director: Jonathan Liebesman, Production Designer: Peter Wenham Set Design /VFX Art Direction
Concept Artist London CLASH OF THE TITANS Warner Brothers Director: Louis Leterrier, Costume Designer: Lindy Hemming Character Design /Costume Illustration
Concept Artist London KICKASS Marv Films Director: Matthew Vaughn, Set Decoration: Tina Jones Set Design /Set Decoration
Concept Artist London PRODIGY (In Development) Production Designer: Kevin Phipps Set Design
Concept Artist London ROBIN HOOD Universal Pictures Director: Ridley Scott, Production Designer: Arthur Max Set Design Concept Artist London THE WOLFMAN Universal Pictures Director: Joe Johnston, Production Designer: Rick Heinrichs Set Design
Concept Artist London SWEENEY TODD Warner Brothers Director: Tim Burton, Production Designer: Dante Ferretti Set Design /Action Props /VFX Art Direction
Concept Artist London THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM Universal Pictures Director: Paul Greengrass, Production Designer: Peter Wenham Set Design
Concept Artist London FRED CLAUS Warner Brothers Director: David Dobkin, Production Designer: Allan Cameron Set Design /Set Decoration /Action Vehicles
Concept Artist London RIPLEYS BELIEVE IT OR NOT (In Development) Warner Brothers Director: Tim Burton, Production Designer: Dante Ferretti Set Design Concept Artist London CHILDREN OF MEN Universal Pictures Director: Alfonso Cuarón , Production Designer: Jim Clay Set Design /Set Decoration /Props
Concept Artist Budapest ERAGON Fox 2000 Pictures Director: Stefen Fangmeier, Costume Designer: Kim Barrett Character Design /Action Props
Concept Artist Berlin MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3 (Early Development) Paramount Director: Joe Carnahan, Production Designer: Wolf Kruger Set Design /Action Props
Concept Artist London Watchmen (Unrealized) Fox 2000 Pictures Director: Paul Greengrass, Costume Designer: Kim Barrett Character Design
Concept Artist London BATMAN BEGINS Warner Brothers Director: Chris Nolan, Costume Designer: Lindy Hemming Character Design /Costume Illustration /Action Props Concept Artist London SAHARA Paramount Pictures Director: Breck Eisner, Production Designer: Allan Cameron Set Design /Action Vehicles /Action Props /Set Decoration
OTHER FILM CREDIT LIST
Visual Effects NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3 /UK /Concept Artist X-MEN 4 /UK /Concept Artist FRANKENSTEIN /UK /Concept Artist CINDERELLA /UK /Concept Artist MATRIX RELOADED /Australia /3D Artist MATRIX REVOLUTION /Australia /3D Artist MOULIN ROUGE /Australia /3D Artist TARZAN AND THE LOST CITY /Australia /Art Director VFX CUBE /Canada /3D Artist PALMETTO /Germany /3D Artist MAXIMUM RISK /Canada /Art Director VFX BLACK JACK /Canada /Art Director VFX SUDDEN DEATH /Canada /3D Artist CROW: CITY OF ANGELS /Art Director VFX KNIGHTS PAWN /Canada /Art Director VFX MIMIC /Canada /3D Artist JOHNNY MNENOMIC /Canada /3D Artist SCREAMERS /Canada /3D Artist LAWNMOWER MAN /UK /VR Design
Education
Architectural Training Graduate Studies: BA(Hons) Architecture Leeds School of Architecture Post Graduate Studies: Architectural Diploma (DipArch) Leeds School of Architecture TELEVISION CREDIT LIST:
Arthur Conan Doyles: Lost World Dir. Richard Franklin (VFX Art Director) Nero Wolfe: Golden Spiders Dir. Bill Duke (VFX Art Director) Cleopatra Dir. Franc Roddam (3D Artist) 10th Kingdom Dir. David Carson/Herbert Wise (3D Artist) Lexx: Darkzone Stories Dir. Paul Donovan (VFX Art Director) 20,000 Leagues Dir. Michael Anderson (3D Artist) Total Recall 2070 Dir. Mario Azzopardi (VFX Art Director) Hostile Waters Dir. David Drury (3D Artist) Stargate SG.1 Dir. Mario Azzopardi (3D Artist) Once A Thief Dir. John Woo (Design Illustrator) X-files Dir. Chris Carter (3D Artist) Robocop Dir. Mario Azzopardi (3D Artist)
Skills
Art Department Concept Design Illustration - Traditional and CGI Traditional Set Design Computer Specialist Set Design Digital Modeling for 3D printing Script breakdown Budgeting Project Management Microsoft Office
Set Design Traditional Draughting and Visualisation, CAD and 3D. Visual Effects Art Direction/ Concept Design Matte Painting 3d Modelling and Animation Shot Breakdown Budgeting
Software AutoCAD, Maya, Softimage, 3DSMax, ZBrush, Mudbox Painter, Artrage, Photoshop Unix
COMMERCIAL AND OTHER CREDITS:
Production Designer Theatre Oliver; Chess; Into The Woods; Finnigans Rainbow; Madame Butterfly; Importance Of Being Earnest; Romeo and Juliet; Arsenic and Old Lace; Dracula; Taming of the Shrew; Camelot; Jesus Christ Superstar;Aladdin.
Theme Park VR1 Virtual Reality Exhibit Tokyo Disneyland '93 (Japan); Nagano Olympics 3D Design '93 (Japan); Raiders Of The Lost Ark '91 (UK).
Commercials (Japan/Canada/Germany) K2; Dredsner Bank; Nintendo; Sapporo Beer; Kirrin Beer; Mitsubishi; Guinness; LloydsTSB; HSamuels; Microsoft; Saturn Simon McGuire [email protected]