Stephen Lawes is an animation and visual effects veteran who has worked on a wide array of high profile commercial and feature film projects. Before opening Cantina Creative, Lawes spent two years as Creative Director at Pixel Liberation Front where he supervised a team of artists on Academy Award-winning films.
The work on these films encompassed HUD design and animation as well assembles visual effects shots and set extension composites. Prior to PLF, Lawes worked in a variety of senior creative roles on such notable films as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Superman Returns, The Departed, Speed Racer and Shutter Island.
Lawes started as a commercial director at Duck Soup Productions in Santa Monica, where he utilized his animation skills for commercial clients like Hasbro, Disney and Coca-Cola. After which he joined The Picture Mill and segued into designing main titles for both feature films and television shows, including The Sixth Sense, Chicken Run, Judging Amy and Bones.
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