Dale Newton
Animation Supervisor, Wicked: For Good, Framestore
Dale Newton joined Framestore in 2004, bringing with him a background in fine arts and a passion for illustration that has elevated every project to bear his name. Most recently serving double duty on Jon M. Chu's two-part adaptation of Wicked, Dale has been responsible for breathing life into dozens of photoreal creatures - all of which bear a distinctly Oz-ian stamp. Prior to this he worked on Paul King's Wonka, crafting everything from a photoreal giraffe and forensically-detailed human digidoubles to the film's diminutive Oompa-Loompa. Beyond impeccably animated creatures and characters, Dale's interest in design and illustration has made him Framestore's go-to for stylish segues and 'picturebook' moments. He led the distinctive 'Tale of The Three Brothers' animation for Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1, as well as the charming pop-up book sequence for Paul King's much-loved Paddington 2 and the decidedly more ghoulish exchange of letters between Tom Hardy and Woody Harrelson for Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Other successes include work on Alfonso Cuarón's Oscar-winning Gravity, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Disney's blockbuster live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.