Presenter

Dennis has more than 20 years’
experience in feature film animation
and has worked on some of Wētā FX’s
most compelling characters.
He joined Weta Digital in 2003 as a
Creature Animator on The Lord of the
Rings: The Return of the King and has
worked on a slew of criticallyacclaimed titles including King Kong,
Avatar, The Adventures of Tintin, The
Jungle Book and the Planet of the Apes
series of films.
He was Animation Supervisor on
Mortal Engines, on Disney’s Lady and
the Tramp, The Green Knight and on
Matt Reeve’s The Batman.
Most recently Dennis was Wētā FX’s
Animation Supervisor on the HBO
series The Last of Us: Season 2.
Dennis is also an experienced Previs Artist, a skill he developed early on his career while
working on Discovery Channel’s Dinosaur Planet series. He has continued to hone this
skill alongside his animation career which has enhanced his creative understanding of
framing and composition, pacing and cutting of a scene, and how characters can drive a
story at a sequence level.
Dennis won an Emmy Award in 2023 for his work on The Last of Us: Season 1 and has
been recognised with three VES Awards for Outstanding Animated for The Bloater in
The Last of Us: Season 1, King Louie from The Jungle Book and Caesar from War for the
Planet of the Apes.