Gabriel Teo

Gabriel Teo has more than 18 years of global industry experience working in major film and game studios. In 2001 he headed the cinematic department at a game development studio in Dubai Media City and worked as the visual effects supervisor with Disney Channel ME. He became the visual effects compositor for Weta Productions, New Zealand in 2005 before teaching at Auckland University of Technology, lecturing and heading the animation and moving image departments.

As head of Media Research and Development at Huhu Studios in Auckland, he supervised visual effects for Noah’s Ark, as well as developed collaborative cloud technologies for games’ cinematic production. Gabriel developed the Visual Effects department at SCAD Hong Kong, and led the design and animation faculty at New York Institute of Technology. In October 2014, he earned the Master of Animation accreditation through the recommendation of Huhu Studios, which now extends throughout Asia.

He returned back to New Zealand to lead and develop a design and animation programme at NMIT, Nelson, and founded a Visual Effects training facility at CGX STUDIO. He is a passionate advocate for creative learning through industry collaboration, and is actively conducting visual effects workshops in New Zealand and teaching design, film and 3D media classes online.

bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielteo

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