gareth taylor
head of uk operations - lead instructor
Gareth is an innovative and highly experienced Director and Movement Director for Theatre, Motion & Performance Capture and VO. For over 20 years he has worked on over 100 motion and performance capture projects and brings a wealth of experience to every class.
Working as a Cinematics Director, VO Director, 1st AD and Movement/Creature specialist, he has collaborated with incredible teams including Netflix, Amazon Games, Supermassive Games, Blur Studios, EA Games, Sony, Playground Games and Criterion. He has been a Movement Associate for The Mocap Vaults since it’s conception and has taught a range of classes across the UK and internationally in South Korea, Germany, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. He has lectured at various symposiums and events about performing for the digital realm, as well as contributing to various books on the subject for Bloomsbury, Methuen and Red Globe Press.
Having trained as an actor, and attending the renowned movement school Jacque Lecoq in Paris, he featured in over 50 AAA games and Films, including Secret Levels for Blur Studios & Amazon Prime and Sabers’ Warhammer: Space Marines 2. He worked on the hugely successful Until Dawn and Man of Medan for Supermassive Games, Diablo 2: Resurrected, Hitman 2 and the original Harry Potter games, as well as creature development and performance on feature films Pirates of the Caribbean, John Carter of Mars, Spectre and Total Recall.