Speakers

Gareth is an innovative and highly experienced director and movement director for Theatre, Motion & Performance Capture and VO.  
For the last 25 years he has worked on over 100 motion and performance capture projects, working as a Cinematics Director, VO Director, 1st AD and Movement/Creature specialist. He’s collaborated with incredible teams including Netflix, Amazon Games, Supermassive Games, Blur Studios, EA, Sony, Playground Games and Criterion. He is Co-Head of U.K Operations for The Mocap Vaults, a training ground for directors, animators, and performers teaching a range of classes across the UK and internationally in South Korea, Germany, Sweden, Norway and the Neverlands. 

Gareth also works as a performer and features in Secret Levels for Blur Studios & Amazon Prime and Sabers’ Warhammer: Space Marines 2. He worked on the hugely successful Until Dawn and Man of Medan for Supermassive Games, Diablo 2, Hitman 2 and the Battlefield, Wii Sports and F1 franchises. He’s played iconic characters including Voldemort, Dobby and House of the Dead’s Agent G, as well as creature development and performance on feature films Pirates of the Caribbean and John Carter of Mars.

For theatre he has worked on large scale immersive projects like Dot. Dot. Dot’s The War of the World’s utilising VR, projection mapping and large-scale puppetry as well as shows for RABBLE, Soho Theatre and Southwark Playhouse. He is a Creative Associate for the multi award-winning international theatre company curious directive. He was Head of Movement at ALRA and Rose Bruford SW and currently teaches and directs at numerous Drama Schools in the UK and internationally. 

He has lectured at various symposiums and events about performing for the digital realm, as well as contributing to various books on the subject for Bloomsbury, Methuen and Red Globe Press.