Framestore names joint heads of CG

Framestore has promoted Grant Walker and Ahmed Gharraph to joint heads of CG in London, where they will sit alongside Ross Burgess, head of animation, in the leadership of the creative studio’s advertising, television and immersive entertainment work. 

Gharraph returns to Framestore after a two-year stint at ILM, where he was lead FX artist on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, receiving a VES nomination. His advertising credits as CG supervisor include Sainsbury's Mog’s Christmas Calamity and Shell V-Power Shapeshifter.

Grant, meanwhile, joined Framestore in 2009 and has worked across film, advertising and television, building a portfolio as a CG artist with campaigns including the VES-nominated Freesat’s Sheldon. He was also instrumental in Framestore’s digital recreation of Audrey Hepburn in Galaxy’s 2013 campaign Chauffeur and most recently, was BAFTA-nominated for his creature work in Black Mirror episode, Playtest.

"It’s a pleasure to welcome Ahmed back to Framestore and to have such a strong joint leadership in place for our rapidly growing VFX team working across advertising, television and immersive entertainment," says Helen Stanley, MD, Integrated Advertising Worldwide. "The breadth and depth of projects we are currently working across is not only exciting, but continually pushes us to raise our creative game in brilliant ways. With Grant, Ahmed and Ross at the fore, I’m confident that the quality of our output will go from strength to strength."