Machine Hero

Housed at Animal’s studio is the boutique creative and technology company MachineHero. President and Creative Director, Barnaby Jackson, brings his vast film and visual effects experience to bear on a wide range of projects in the studio. Animal and MachineHero have collaborated on dozens of films and interactive projects for five years now.

Barnaby Jackson
President and Creative Director at Machine Hero
Producer, Director, Designer and Technology Innovator: Barnaby Jackson is known for his visual effects television commercials, his design and direction of computer generated animation, his experiential sound trailers, his wild motion simulation ride-films and his sci-fi action-adventure IMAX feature film. Jackson designs, develops and integrates new technologies to achieve ground breaking creative results. Jackson began his career with his mentor, and visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull (“2001,” “Close Encounters” & “Blade Runner.”) With Trumbull he helped develop the Showscan high speed film process and the Academy award winning Showscan camera system. He trained as fine arts still photographer, and has worked in many capacities in the film industry: from camera assistant to camera operator and as a visual effects supervisor, director and producer. Jackson designed and directed a series of 3D animated commercials for AT&T, including the award winning Newton. He designed and directed Accentureʼs Bacteria for the Superbowl. His visual effects talents have been showcased in a variety of television commercials including: Coke, Nissan, Commodore Cruises, Northwest Airlines, K F C Chicken, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Eagle Snacks, Nintendo, IBM, Mattel, Oldsmobile, Mazda, Universal Studios, Bran Chex, Chevrolet, Perrier and McDonalds.