Roy Pace
Founder (1964-1980)
Animation Lecturer at the Royal Academy

Shelly Elbourne
Director
The man behind our creative title sequences.

Rex Neville
An original CFXer with Roy.

Malcolm Bubb [email]
Director

Now living in Norfolk after a few years in Spain.

Pat Conway
Director

Gary Pearlman
Director

Died October 1999 (Wilson's Disease)

Les Pace
Senior Cameraman, Artist, Animator, Animation Lecturer at the Royal Academy.

Now creates Film & TV VFX, storyboards and designs in Helsinki.

Bob Roach [web]
Supervising Aerial Image

Now at Deluxe Digital Entertainment.

Dave Smith [web] [email]
Senior Aerial Image

Now at Deluxe Digital Entertainment.

Damian Davison [email]
Motion Control Supervisor/ Studio Manager

George Hladky [email]
Motion Control

Now runs Go-Moco in LA. Married to Molly with two children, Orla and Kian.

Chris Lovegrove
[web] [email]
Senior Cameraman

Now runs Mobile Motion Control Services company, "Synchro Effects."

Peter Hughes [email]
Motion Control

Now a stills photographer.

Bobby Logan
Assistant Cameraman

May 2011: Working on a Tim Burton animation film at Three Mills Studio.

Tony Long
Charismatic cameraman in the early days before seting up Rank Post Productions. Tony sensationally returned in 1986 after being appointed the new MD by new owner Godfrey Pye, which rustled a few feathers back then.

Now a professional Muff Diver residing in relative luxury in St Leonards Sur Mer, Sussex Est.

Mike Uden
[email]
Rostrum & Aerial Image for 10 years then went in 1978 to join Tony at Rank Post, set up Mike Uden Opticals (now Deluxe Digital), Rushes Diirector of Production, Worked at Captain Scarlet (Gerry Anderson) and
a short tenure at Advertising Agency (AMVBBDO),

Now an English
teacher.

Geoff Axtell
[email]
Cameraman for six months in 1968 before setting up Axtell Hall & Associates with Alan Hall. Went on to set up Geoff Axtell & Associates, Camera Effects' rival optical house.

Sebastian Rich
Assistant

Paul Fordham
Assistant

Josh de Keyser
[web] [email]
Motion Control

Steve Wigzell [email]
Assistant

James Aspinall
Assistant

Janet Yale
Production Assistant

Now Head of Digital Studio
CIS Vancouver.

Costas Charitou
Artist working alongside John Barton between 1979-1987.

Now at Rushes since 1990 and now working part time due to illness.

Sharon Guiver
Receptionist and PA

Now works for a large PR agency.

Richard Clements
Model maker, engineer and artist

Marie Williams
Costings/Book Keeper

Bernard Fairman
Artist

George Dunster
Worked with John Field in the cutting room.

Heather
Accounts assistant with Pat.

Marcelle Gambin
Accounts assistant with Pat and Marie.

Doreen Wyatt
Accounts assistant with Pat.

Jill Carless
Artist working alongside John Barton between 1976-1978.

Jill was Roy and Les's niece, married and is now Jill Colman.

Sean Broughton
Runner

Now running Smoke and Mirrors, a bespoke digital effects house.

Mrs Williams
(Marie's mum)
CFX cleaning lady

John Speer
Runner and
teenage film maker

Godfrey Pye
The Rushes founder purchased Camera Effects in 1986, selling to Virgin in 1987.

Died in LA January 2012 after suffering stroke related complications. His wife, Suzanne, was by his side.

Mick Burns [email]
Artist

He was freelance up until '89 when he joined Richard Williams' Thief and Cobbler crew in Camden and stayed until its sad demise in 1992. (Thanks to his son Jonny Burns for the update)

Arthur Butten
Animator, Artist

Trevor Court [email]
Artist, animator and model maker

Whilst he is officially retired, he still gets jobs sent to him from NADA FILMS in Madrid. Keeping well and living in South London, spending as much time as he can in the family apartment in Tenerife. His two sons Matthew and Russell have inherited some of his skills.

John Gott
Gaffer

Now working as Lighting Camaraman/DOP
Tel: 01243 786 245
Mobile: 07860 297 566

Alan Hall
Artist

Julian Parry
VFX Technician

Now working as a succesful
VFX Producer and Art Director.
Email: jpvfx@mac.com
Web: www.julianparry.com

Ray Wright
Artist

Now an executive chauffer and also designing and making Art Deco mirrors.

41 The Forest, Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM22 7BT
Tel: 01279 718 415