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Image Engine’s contribution to Game Of Thrones, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Carnival Row, Lost In Space, The Mandalorian and Mulan

Walsh joined Image Engine in 2005, he went on to become a partner and built-up an impressive roster of credits including The Incredible Hulk , District 9, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, White House Down and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . Prior to that, he spent several years abroad where he honed his skills as a senior lighting technical director and compositor. He is a member of the steering committee for the animation and visual effects alliance of British Columbia and a member of the Visual Effects Society.

The BFI has announced £9.6m of National Lottery funding over three years to support skills development and training across the UK. As the sector faces acute skills shortages, National Lottery funding responds directly to recommendations in the BFI Skills Review and two leading priorities revealed through extensive public and industry consultation: to make the sector more accessible and representative; and build a skilled workforce across the UK.

The funding focusses on establishing localised support for skills development and training, with a clear aim to create new opportunities for people from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue careers in the sector. It will complement the work of the industry-led response to the BFI Skills Review, through the recently announced Skills Task Force, as well as industry interventions, including from organisations such as ScreenSkills, which are crucial to addressing the skills shortage.

Previously announced, the BFI awarded £14 million National Lottery funding to two UK-wide partners to deliver three targeted education work streams for 5-18 year-olds: BFI National Lottery Teaching with Film, BFI National Lottery Young Creatives and BFI National Lottery Careers and Progression. Into Film, receiving £12.4m over three years, will work across all three programmes, and National Saturday Club will receive £1.5m for the same period to collaborate with Into Film to deliver Young Creatives. A further £5.5m is allocated for BFI Film Academy, details of which are to be announced shortly.