Craig McPherson Creative-Production-Animation

Welcome, and thanks for visiting! I’ve spent the past 20+ years crafting stories through animation—collaborating with incredible artists across film, games, and immersive media. Whether it’s a cinematic cutscene, a VR world, or an interactive story, my passion lies in creating experiences that move people. Storytelling is my purpose, and I hope the work here reflects the same joy and imagination that’s fueled my career.

Lost Planet 3 (2013)

Below you will find a short sample of the 76 minutes of Cinematics that were made for the game. 

Lost Planet 3 Cinematic Reel

Included in the 76 minutes were these little gems. Confessionals and messages home were played during loading times of the game. Producing these with some of the amazing talent that wrote the dialog and delivered it as well was at time the highlight of being lead animator on the project. Thanks to all that helped me put such poignant moments on screen. 



 Digital Production Pipeline-
Using the newest technologies at the time I researched and developed these into a system to capture very high fidelity performances. On this project, I managed a group of twelve, assisted in building an internal motion capture facility, and have directed actors and their performances.

PipelineMethodologiesforLostPlanet3

As Lead Animator, I was responsible for all animation direction and consistent quality. Additionally, I was responsible for how we create animation (our pipelines), management of the animation team, and gameplay development.  It was an amazing experience to be involved in such a large scale production. It required an immense amount of creative problem solving, a new level of multitasking and even more dedication. As Lead animator, I had the pleasure to work along side a group of very talented people and share ideas about creative ways to tell a story. I will be forever grateful for all of the time that everyone has given to the project.