Welcome to Jonathan Biggins’ website.
I am a freelance compositor available for work in Bristol, London and the rest of the world.
I have over 5 years professional experience of working on everything from Hollywood feature films to TV broadcast, commercials and web animation.
I’m proficient in most major compositing software, including Nuke, Fusion and After Effects. I’m also skilled in Photoshop, Cinema 4D, PFTrack and Boujou.
Winner of the Best Short Animation BAFTA 2010 – Well done Emma!
Compositing on the short film Mother of Many. Combining Flash animation with printed and filmed textures.
Senior compositor for the Newsround special ‘Caught in the Web’. Creation of the intro sequence and over 100 visual effects shots involving screen replacements, animated 3D text, tracking, effects and transitions.
Creation of the title sequence and graphical inserts for the recent feature documentary The End of the Line.
Compositing and effects for the Irn Bru commercial ‘Sir Swigs a Lot’. I had to make it look like an animated character was drinking from a real glass of Irn Bru, apply turning pages to an already rendered CGI book and create a few effects.
Animation and compositing of a music promo for the band Red Velvet. Created by mimicking the effect of a real zoetrope within 3D after effects.
3D After Effects animation and compositing, integrated with Cinema 4D and live action greenscreen elements.
New title sequence for series 5 and 6 of BBC One’s Hustle series.
Compositing on the short film The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper’s Mother by Felix Massie.
The story of Francis Cooper and his mother; Emily Maddison and that man’s face; and Craig MacKay and his cat.
Compositing and transitions for a Fire Kills public service announcement.
3D After Effects animation, compositing and effects.
Directed by Sarah Cox this 10 second Christmas spot uses photograms of frozen ferns and leaves to create a soft wintery scene.
Compositing of over 100 shots combining CGI and live action.
Nathan’s job has nothing to do with dinosaurs. This makes Little Face sad.
2D & 3D After Effects compositing and effects.
A series of 12 animated episodes featuring a farting chipmunk and a slow witted but loyal hedgehog.
3D and 2D compositing of archive stills and film footage, including stabilising, keying and rotoscoping.
A short film produced and directed by Sarah Cox created entirely from found archive footage of Bristol. Funded by South West Screen RIFE Lottery Digital Archive Media fund
3D After effects compositing for a illustrative 50’s style animated trailer – for Property Ladder.
3D After Effects compositing for an animated music promo for the band Quasi.
In car green-screen keying and compositing for the feature film Big Nothing.
Senior compositor for the Hector road safety series campaign.
3D After Effects set construction, lighting, effects and compositing of flash animation for 5x 3 minute animations.
Three international TV Adverts for Chupa Chups new 3 in 1 lolly. Only one stick gets to be the lolly…
I composited the animated CGI elements, added some atmospheric and spark effects and then gave it all a good candy coloured grade.
Greenscreen keying, rig removal and compositing for the short film Don’t Let it All Unravel.
A film directed by Sarah Cox for the Live Earth concerts. The brief was Save our Selves and this film uses real knitted animation as a metaphor for how quickly global warming can unravel our delicate ecosystem.