
Paul Franklin Scholarship for Visual Effects
Paul Franklin, Co-Founder of DNEG (one of London's most prestigious post houses), is offering a full fee scholarship to a talented student in VFX.
Paul Franklin has worked on some of the most memorable and successful films of recent times, titles such as Interstellar, Inception, The Dark Knight, Batman Begins and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
His work on Inception (2010) won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects and he won a second Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Interstellar (2014).

Eamonn Butler Scholarship for Computer Animation
Eamonn Butler, Head of Animation at Cinesite is offering a full fee scholarship to a talented student in Animation.
Eamonn started his career at Walt Disney Animation Studios as a 2D Animator. He spent 10 years at Disney, working on Fantasia 2000, Dinosaur and Chicken Little amongst other films. He trained under veteran Disney animator Dave Brain at Dublin’s Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design.
Eammon then transferred to the world of VFX animation and as Head of Animation at DNEG he worked on box offices hits such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Iron Man 2 and Edge of Tomorrow. Eammon has been Head of Animation at Cinesite since 2012 - an award-winning film and TV visual effects company based in London’s Soho.

Tara Saunders Scholarship for Game Art
Tara Saunders, Studio Head at PlayStation London Studio is offering a full fee scholarship to help a talented student realise their dreams of working in games. If you’re passionate about game art this scholarship will help fund your studies at Escape Studios and launch your creative career.
Tara studied art, design and animation before graduating with an MA in Computer Animation from the National Centre of Computer Animation in 2000. She started a 20+ year career at Sony Interactive Entertainment at the launch of PlayStation 2 and has worked on projects including The Getaway franchise, Singstar, EyePet, Wonderbook, and virtual reality gaming. Her career has seen her grow from a Junior Artist to her current leadership role, where she has a focus and interest in creative, people, environment and team culture. During her career Tara has been an active member of the BAFTA Games Committee and made a conscious effort to support game developers of tomorrow through academia and mentorship programmes.