Thomas Hicks

Thomas Hicks - Biography

I graduated from Kingston University in July 2004 with a degree in Illustration and Animation. During my degree I specialized in animation, working with drawn animation processes, 3D software and live action. After I graduated, I was a Runner at Framestore-CFC in Soho. I then worked as a junior digital lab operator in the company working on film projects such as ‘Fateless’, ‘The Constant Gardener’ and ‘Sahara’.

In February 2005 I won a commission to make a music video for Warp Records for one of their artists called Gravenhurst, for the track ‘I turn my face to the forest floor’. The video won best music video in the ‘Holland Animation Festival’ in 2006 and best experimental film at ‘The International Festival of Cinema and Technology’ in New York the same year. I completed a second music video for Gravenhurst for the single ‘The Velvet Cell.’ And designed the band’s album artwork for the album ‘Fires in Distant Buildings’ to go with the release of the video.

I work as a music video director, Illustrator, animator and create projections for theatre productions. I worked on projections for a play called ‘Outre’ directed by Darren Johnston, which ran in the Edinburgh festival in 2006 and later in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the Southbank. In July 2007 I was working in New York, creating animation projections for a play called ‘The error of their ways’. The animation and film elements ran on 3 separate giant gauze screens, to sync in with the performance on stage and in Lisbon in 2008, I created animation projections for an opening to an animation festival called Monstra. It is really exciting for me to create animation to work with live music and performance.

I have exhibited drawings and paintings in England, France and Italy. I am a prolific artist and produce work in many different mediums. I like to work with many processes and materials in the films and images I make. With each new project I want to try something new.

I love to travel with my work and enjoy going to film festivals to present films I have made. In 2008 I was on the jury for commissioned films at the Holland Animation Festival and this year I was in China on the pre-selection jury for the CICDAF Animation festival.

In December 2009 I completed a short film for a Channel 4/ Arts Council Scheme called Animate! with a film called ‘Unicycle Film’. Recently I have completed music videos and artwork for the band Animal Kingdom and the musician Joshua Radin on Warner Bros. Records and have just completed working on a series of animated concert projections for a show in Paris. I live and work in London.

Contact:

Email: tehicks_45@hotmail.com

Tel: +44 (0) 7816 839168

January 2011