Wilson Leung’s career has been vast and impressive. Graduating in 1996, Wilson wasted no time and jumped in to work on one of the biggest toy franchise animation show, Transformers. In addition, Wilson also worked on Reboot, the world first 3D animated TV show. After completing a few more animation show such as War Planet and Weirdoh, Wilson moved on to pursue his video game career in the year 2000.

With the mentality of only working with the best, Wilson decided to join Electronic Arts, one of the largest video game studios on the planet. As a Lead Motion Capture Specialist, Animator and Manager, he has worked on many award-winning AAA titles. For example, Harry Potter, Lord of the Ring, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Need for Speed, Madden, NHL, FIFA, Dead Space, Dante’s Inferno, God Father, Medal of Honor, MMA UFC, Fight Night, FIFA Street, NBA Street, Army of Two, Def jam, Skate … the list goes on and on. He has also worked with many celebrities such as top professional golfer, Tiger Woods, Street basketball team And1, baseball super star Luis Gonzalez, NBA Star Stromile Swift … etc. Other than video games, he has also worked on Gillette commercial featuring Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, and Thierry Henry. While Wilson was busy managing many projects, he has also acquired a Bachelor of Technology Management at BCIT in part-time studies to further upgrade himself.

Wilson found success in both the animation and video game industries, but he chose to never keep the knowledge to himself. Starting in 2002, he started to share what he learned from his profession. After acquiring the professional Provincial Instructor Diploma, he has taught at many prestigious schools, such as BCIT, CDIS, Vancouver Film School, Think Tank, Langara College, and Centre for Arts and Technology. In 2003, Wilson was interviewed by BCIT. In his Article, “Electronic Arts Meets the BCIT Classroom”, he shared his vision on the relationship between gaming and education. In 2010, Wilson left EA to pursue his passion for education; he wanted to transform the classroom into a workplace-like learning environment. He decided to move to beautiful Kelowna and joined the best Art School in Okanagan area, Centre for Arts and Technology. He worked closely with Animation Department Head, Sean Ridgway, who was a Disney Animator, to revise the whole 3D animation curriculum. His vision? To transform the classroom into a professional studio environment.

In 2014, Wilson left Kelowna and returned to Vancouver for family reasons. He rejoined EA and worked on one of the largest video game franchises in the world; FIFA. In 2018, Langara college interviewed him for an article and video to talk about his more than 20-year career in animation and video games, with the goal to inspire young minds. At the same time, Chinese game giant NetEase invited Wilson to do a Game Talk sharing. At present, Wilson is the Animation Department Head at Centre for Arts and Technology’s Surrey Campus and also Lead Instructor at Langara Colleage. He is leading and managing the exciting, fun, and rewarding animation programs. His goal very simple: to make your passion into your profession.

Surfacing artist since 2004

Worked on project include: Need For Speed, Fifa20, Final Fantasy Kingsglaive, Magic: The Gathering

Experience with:  Maya, Zbrush, Mari, Substance Designer, Painter, Marvelous Designer

Sebastian is a 3D animation director and writer who started his career in Vancouver over 20 years ago on the first fully 3D animated television series REBOOT at Mainframe Entertainment. Since then, he has been the series director and writer for League of Super Evil, and has directed several animated TV series including: SLUGTERRA, THE DEEP, and SPIDER-MAN: THE NEW ANIMATED SERIES, to name a few. Originally from Uruguay, South America, Sebastian came to Vancouver in the 1990s just as the animation industry was just getting off the ground and was one of the first to graduate with a Degree in Digital Animation from the Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound. Sebastian joined BRON in 2017 and is currently Director of Photography and Head of Previs and Layout on THE WILLOUGHBYS.

I have worked on over 23 titles for Electronic Arts. Titles range from WCW, SSXs, Need for Speeds, FIFA/NBA Streets, Metal of Honor, Army of Two, Battlefield, and FIFA17-20’s highly acclaimed story modes.

I have about twenty-two years of character production experience in videogames and television production. I am experienced in all areas of characters, from conception to final in-game assets. Over the years, I have been very involved in streamlining the process of character production.

In the past eight and a half years at EA, I have become more involved in animation/cinematic implementation into Frostbite. This shift has allowed me to become more involved in many other areas of production such as Motion Capture, Lighting, Environments, Rendering, FX, Audio, QA and Marketing.

Previous experience: (Mainframe Entertainment)

I am First Nation/People of the Dakota (Sioux). My parents are also both Dakota, as are my grandparents, and so on. By Dakota/Lakota tradition, when introducing yourself, we are required to introduce the tribe we are from and our parents, etc..

My People are originally from the Minnesota area, but in 1862, the ‘Minnesota Uprising’ caused us to flee into both parts of the Dakotas and into Canada. So this is where I was born, in particularly, Manitoba. I have been a professional character artist for the past 20 years, working on both video game titles and television/direct-to-videos. I have had the privilege of working in studios such as Mainframe Entertainment, Snowblind Studios (which became WB Games), Signal Studios, Unity Technologies and finally, Turn 10 Studios (a Microsoft Studio).

I have shipped titles such as Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Ascend: Hand of Kul, and Forza Motorsport 7. And worked on tv series and direct-to-videos, such as: Action man, Reboot, Barbie and the Nutcracker, Spider-man MTV series, among others.

I am also a self-taught fine artist, exploring many genres such as illustrating, sculpting, carving, painting, etc..

I was honored, in 1995, to have won first place in a First Nations Art Contest, in Canada, for an acrylic painting. I have also worked for both screen printing and paper printing companies, as the artist, as well.

The personal work I create, is mainly with acrylic paints, with themes heavily based on the dreams and teachings I have learned and experienced within the Dakota/Lakota traditional beliefs and lore.

I have also been working on a self-made graphic novel called, “SpiritWolf: Birth of a Legend”. A comic book based on a Native American legend with a hero, I created, who is called upon to protect the Oyate (People). The hero walks both in Spirit and the Physical, and must learn what it is to feel, to touch …. to live as a human being. So his journey, becomes ours.

I have 20 years of experience working in the video game and television industry. I have worked on over a dozen video game titles and several television series and direct-to-video projects. I specialize in sculpting high/low resolution characters and creating photo-real and stylized textures for video games and tv/film.  My work has included everything from capturing the likeness of celebrities to interpreting stylized 2D designs to reviewing and collaborating with outsource partners. More recently, I have transitioned to a management role for all the character development outsourced by The Coalition.

Previous experience: (Electronic Arts, Propaganda Games, Mainframe Entertainment)

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