Movement Director, Performance Director for Games & VR and Director
Gareth is an innovative and highly experienced Director and Movement Director for Theatre, Motion & Performance Capture, TV and VO.
For twenty years he has worked on over sixty AAA video games and feature films and brings a wealth of experience to every shoot.
Gareth works as a Cinematics Director, VO Director, 1st AD and Movement/Creature specialist, collaborating with incredible teams including Netflix, Amazon Games, Supermassive Games, Blur Studios, Playground Games and Criterion. He is currently under NDA on three projects with Netflix, EA and Sony.
He is a Creative Associate for The Mocap Vaults, a training ground for directors, animators and performers, teaching a range of classes across the UK and Internationally.
Gareth also works as a performer and features in the upcoming Secret Levels for Blur Studios & Prime and Sabers’ Warhammer: Space Marines 2, as well as the hugely successful Until Dawn and Man of Medan for Supermassive Games, Diablo 2, Hitman 2 and the Battlefield, Wii Sports and F1 franchises. He’s played iconic characters including Voldemort, Dobby and House of the Dead’s Agent G, as well as creature development and performance on feature films including Pirates of the Caribbean and John Carter of Mars.
Having trained as an actor and director, Gareth has a unique approach that can support both new and familiar performers and animation teams in the volume and streamline shoots to get the best performances and data for your vision. He can align with current industry standards to make shoots a fun and safe experience.
As an experienced Theatre and Movement Director he has worked on large scale immersive projects like Dot. Dot. Dot’s The War of the World’s utilising VR, projection mapping and large-scale puppetry as well as shows for Soho Theatre and Southwark Playhouse. He is a Creative Associate for the multi award-winning international theatre company Curious Directive.
Gareth was also Head of Movement at ALRA and Rose Bruford SW, and currently teaches and directs at numerous Drama Schools in the UK and internationally. He specialises in the teaching of Lecoq, Laban and Michael Chekhov and digital performance. He has lectured at various symposiums and events about performing for the digital realm, as well as contributing to various books on the subject for Bloomsbury, Methuen and Red Globe Press.
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