Film & TV School alumni triumph at the BAFTAs and British Animation Awards

Graduates from the Film & TV School Wales at USW are celebrating after working on films that have won multiple BAFTAs and British Animation Awards.

Sci-fi adventure movie Dune was the biggest winner at the BAFTAs last night (Sunday 13 March), picking up awards for Special Visual Effects, Sound, Original Score, Production Design and Cinematography.

Rosie Walker and Ben Brown – two graduates from USW’s Visual Effects and Motion Graphics degree – worked on the film, which was nominated in 11 categories. Rosie also worked on The Matrix Resurrections, which was up for Special Visual Effects.

Affairs of the Art, a Welsh animated short film produced by USW graduates and former staff, was a triple winner at the British Animation Awards (BAAs), collecting the titles of Best Short Film, Best Voice Performance and the Writers Award.

A total of 41 USW Animation and Film alumni were part of the teams nominated for Oscars, BAFTAs and BAAs, including:

No Time to Die – nominated for Visual Effects, Academy Awards (the Oscars) and Special Visual Effects, BAFTAs

Dan Harrod, BA (Hons) Visual Effects & Motion Graphics

Daniel Kemeys, BA (Hons) Visual Effects & Motion Graphics

Affairs of the Art - nominated for Best Animated Short Film, Academy Awards

Mia Rose Goddard, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

James Nutting, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Eliot Cseh, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Bryony Evans, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Gemma Roberts, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Becky Peel, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Alex Thompson, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Yoana Georgieva, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Daniel Evans, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Lauren Orme, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

The Matrix Resurrections – nominated for Special Visual Effects, BAFTAs

John Dolman, BA (Hons) Visual Effects & Motion Graphics

Rosie Walker, BA (Hons) Visual Effects & Motion Graphics

Spider-Man: No Way Home – nominated for Best Visual Effects, Academy Awards

Jakub Kupcik, BA (Hons) Computer Animation

Amy Carpenter, BA (Hons) Visual Effects & Motion Graphics

The Adventures of Paddington – nominated for Best Children’s Pre-School Series, BAAs

Lynn Freund, BA (Hons) Computer Animation

Gareth Cavanagh, BA (Hons) Computer Animation

James Finaly, BA (Hons) Computer Animation

Owen Williams, BA (Hons) Animation

Pip and Posy – nominated for Best Children’s Pre-School Series, BAAs

Claire Hodges, BA (Hons) Computer Animation

Circle Square – nominated for Best Children’s Pre-School Series, BAAs

Tom Lucas, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Zoran Jankovic, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas – nominated for Best Longform, BAAs

Rhodri Lovett, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Jason Comley, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Sean Gregory, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Alison Evans, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Jody Meredith, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Phillip Davies, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

The Rubbish World of Dave Spud, nominated for the Writers Award, BAAs

Jon Rennie, BA (Hons) Film

Teifi Cadwallader, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Sam Grimwade, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Tad Davies, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Bryony Evans, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Leigh Way, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Zoran Jankovic, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Paul Thomas, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Agnete Purina, BA (Hons) Computer Animation

Jack Evans, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion

Gabi Balla, BA (Hons) Animation 2D and Stop-Motion