About Me...
I am Liam J. M. Wilson, I am a filmmaker, writer, director, CG generalist, animator and visual effects artist.
Currently I have released three short films, my graduation sci-fi film, 'The Utopia Trial', a fantasy-action film, 'Warlock', and most recently, 'Dancing on the Doorstep', a 1940's drama. 'Washed Up', my fourth short film, a CG stop-motion style animation, is available to watch now!
Telling stories has been something I have had a keen interest in from a very young age, whether this be through making films, writing scripts and/or novels or drawing up characters and scenes. I have been heavily influenced by many sci-fi and fantasy stories growing up, like Star Wars, Doctor Who and Harry Potter.
When I was very young, I would always be making art and films with whatever budget equipment I could get my hands on. I used to play around with very amateur visual effects within Windows Movie Maker before discovering the Adobe Creative Suite during school. I found myself making many 2D animations using Adobe Flash and really loved blending unreal elements in with live-action footage. That was something that always fascinated me and was challenging yet immensely satisfying.
Through my time studying animation at University, I found myself further drawn towards live action again over 2D drawn animation. Since then, I have been very focused on creating live action stories incorporating many different uses of visual effects and CGI, with my final year consisting of only live action projects. My graduation film, 'The Utopia Trial' featured entirely CGI characters interacting with live action actors.
I graduated from Leeds Arts University with a first class honours degree, and my skills in storytelling and visual effects have continued to advance with the creation of further short films, 'Warlock', a fantasy action film and 'Dancing on the Doorstep' a short set in WWII.
My latest short film, a micro short CGI animation called 'Washed Up' won Best 3D Animation at the British Animation Film Festival, runner up at the Leeds INDI's Film Fest, nominee for Best Animated Film at Worcester Film Festival, as well making the official selection to Cardiff Animation Festival, among others. The film is now online for all to see, you can check it out here.
I am currently working on a number of projects, having filmed my next short in June 2024, 'Mutiny', which is now finished and submitted to festivals so won't be public online until next year at the earliest. "Last Words", which is a new short film that we have begun rehearsals for and will be filming late 2025.