About me

Welcome! I’m Noel Mahoney, a Character Animator based in London, UK.

My passion for animation began at a young age like many others. My journey started at the University of Derby, studying Computer Games Modelling & Animation and initially went to study animation, though I thoroughly enjoyed creating compelling CG environments at the time. I went on to work in games creating environments, before returning to study Digital Effects at Bournemouth University to develop my CG Generalist skills to work in film.

Over the years, my love of animation never disappeared. It grew exponentially when working at studios like Industrial Light & Magic and DNEG, as well as a number of other award-winning studios. I was lucky enough to work alongside talented Animators at these studios, watching them create amazing, captivating and exciting performances like the Genie from Aladdin, and Snoke from Star Wars. This ignited my absolute need to specialise in Animation.

After doing some Animation while as a CG Generalist, both personal and professional (such as as animating the police car chase for the Bourne Stuntacular), I decided to commit to taking my animation to the next level by taking some classes at both iAnimate and Animation Mentor. Jason Keane, Daniel Segarra, Keith Sintay and Jason Martinsen helped me grow to where I am now.

Since then, over the years I’ve worked at companies like META, Cinesite and Industrial Light & Magic.