LONDON - Creative studio Rascal (www.rascalstudio.com), which has locations in London and Stockholm, has hired Andy Steele as its new head of CG and Mireille Antoine as head of production. The pair join the studio from The Mill, where Steele was CG/VFX supervisor and creative director, and Antoine was head of production.
At The Mill, they both had the opportunity to work on a number of major projects, collaborating closely with directing duo Dom&Nic on M&S Food’s Christmas campaigns, and helping to craft the popular Fairy and Percy mascots. Andy also won a Visual Effects Society award, alongside his peers, for John Lewis’ Christmas film, The Boy and the Piano, starring Elton John. Antoine's credits include the development of full-CG environments and humans for the cinematic game trailer for The Last of Us Part II, and Xbox’s Power Your Dreams campaign.
Steele's career has taken him across both China and the UK, having built Smoke & Mirrors Shanghai’s 3D department. Antoine, meanwhile, worked across several roles, including QC operator, VT operator, operations and VFX producer at companies that include Rushes, and The Machine Room and The Hive Animation within the VTR Group.