VFX supervisor David Bowman and VFX producer Hannah Dakin join the company

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Freefolk has added VFX supervisor David Bowman and VFX producer Hannah Dakin to its film and episodic team. 

Bowman arrives after nine years in Canada working for MPC and ILM on shows including The Book of Boba Fett (Disney), The Mandalorian (Disney) and Alien: Covenant (Twentieth Century Fox).

Meanwhile, Dakin joins after a year at Lola, having previously gained client-side experience as a freelancer as well as with the likes of Film Soho and others prior to specialising in post VFX. Her credits include Bad Sisters (Apple TV+), Our Living World (Netflix) and The Rig (Amazon).

Freefolk Film & Episodic, which launched in May 2021, is led by VFX supervisor Steve Murgatroyd and VFX executive producer Meg Guidon. It recently completed 340 shots for Netflix fantasy series Fate: The Winx Saga, which you can read more about here. 

Murgatroyd said: “Our Film & Episodic department has had its best year yet. That, coupled with the imminent move to our impressive new studio, means it’s the right time to invest in the right senior talent to enable us to grow further.”

Bowman added: “After nine years in Canada working at bigger facilities the time is right for me to work with an independent company and creative team, who not only produce excellent work but are excellent people. Freefolk are just that.

“With Steve and Meg at the helm they really are an exceptionally talented team who are adept at finding creative solutions to the most complex of requirements and always without compromise. I can’t wait to get stuck into the exciting projects we have in the pipeline, grow the team further and increase the slate of award winning VFX.”

Freefolk is soon to open a bespoke new studio space in Spitalfields, with “considerable” investment in production servers and workstations with the aim to streamline workflow and increase capacity.

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