Bill McNamara
Director of Visual Effects

Bill started his career in his native Auckland in 1985 at the tender age of 15 when he joined Vidcom as a Cinetape Operator. Within only 3 years he had moved up the ranks to become Senior Editor, where he remained until he left with the Management to set up a new facility in Auckland, Digital Post. Here he headed up a department of 6 editors and was instrumental in ensuring the technical capabilities of the facility were second to none as well as gaining a great reputation for creative excellence with some of the country’s top agencies. During this time Bill won numerous awards for his promo work including winning Editor of the Year at the Australian Music Awards and the New Zealand Music Awards two years running.

In 1997 he decided to head for pastures new and left New Zealand for England where he joined Rushes as a Senior Flame Artist. Since then he has worked on a whole range of high-end commercials and promos from Coca-Cola, Alfa Romeo and Invensys (D&AD Finalist Special Effects) to Depeche Mode and the Super Furry Animals and has worked with leading directors such as Wim Wenders, Michael Haussman, Chris Hartwell, Jon Greenhalgh, Lee Tamahori, Sam Bayer, Anthea Benton, Fredrick Bond, Blue Source and Pedro Romhanyi.

In September 2001 Bill was promoted to Director of Visual Effects and is now responsible for a Visual Effects Department which encompasses Flame, Inferno and Fire, as well as continuing to work as an Inferno Artist and VFX Supervisor. Bill is involved with every stage of the production process from storyboard quotation, shoot supervision and leading a VFX team of ten Inferno/Fire/Flame Artists.