Dave Gibbons is an experienced Visual Effects Artist specialising in Digital Matte Painting and Concept Design for film, television, commercials and video games.
A freelance career spanning 20 years has seen Dave work with noted studios, large and small, across the globe. Dave’s matte paintings have been featured in titles including Game of Thrones, The Luminaries, Ripper Street, Harry Potter and Sweeney Todd.
Dave started his career in London with a degree in Fine Art, his first job being “My House in Umbria”, working under Angus Bickerton (The Senate) with a small team at Twickenham Film Studios. From there he moved to Soho to work on Ella Enchanted and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. With Soho as a stomping ground, he honed his craft at studios including MPC London, The Mill (London/NYC), Passion Pictures, Absolute Post, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Fluid Pictures, Cinesite, BaseBlack and Lip-sync Post.
Supervisory roles include Art Director/Matte Painting Supervisor at The Mill London and MPC Commercials Art Department Supervisor, where he led teams of varying experience on over 200 projects.
Now based in sunny New Zealand, Dave has fine-tuned the art of working remotely. Effective communication, experience working in different pipelines, the ability to utilise New Zealand’s time difference, an extensive resource library and of course consummate skill are all factors in making timely deliveries for happy clients. David has established long-standing relationships with industry professionals, based on trust and a valuable contribution to the projects he works on.
Having worked in-house and remotely for many companies, Dave is accustomed to adapting to the technical requirements of any particular project. His primary tool is the stalwart Adobe Photoshop. If projected matte paintings are required, this can also be accommodated.
| PROJECT | ROLE | YEAR | STUDIO |
| A Gentleman in Moscow | Senior Matte Painter | 2024 | RUMBLE |
| TEMPUR | Senior Matte Painter | 2024 | RASCAL |
| Trojena Cognitive MasterPlan | Senior Matte Painter | 2024 | Needafixer |
| True Detective | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | RUMBLE |
| Supacell | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | RUMBLE |
| The Crown Season 6 | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | RUMBLE |
| Jamisons | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | RASCAL |
| SKY | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | RASCAL |
| Vodafone FamilyValues | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | RASCAL |
| Waitrose Christmas | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | RASCAL |
| Thames Water "AI" | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | RASCAL |
| The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | LOLA Post |
| Alexander: The Making of a God | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | LOLA Post |
| Heineken Football | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | Gabha Studios |
| LEGO | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | Gabha Studios |
| NFLNBA | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | Future Deluxe |
| Our Flag Means Death | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | FATHOM VFX |
| Marriott | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | ARC |
| The Buccaneers | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | Absolute Post |
| Debutante | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | Absolute Post |
| William Hill | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | Coffee & TV |
| House Of Disney | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | Coffee & TV |
| Specsavers | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Tesco Mobile - Welcome To The Helpful Network | Senior Matte Painter | 2023 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| STAR BUCKS | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | No8 |
| ASDA | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | No8 |
| GOOGLE STUFFED | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | No8 |
| Dangerous Liaisons | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | LOLA Post |
| Guinness | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| JAG | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| QATAR | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| The GRAND TOUR | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | Coffee& TV |
| HOUSE OF DISNY | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | Coffee& TV |
| TACOBELL | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | ALT |
| NBA | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | ALT |
| James Squire | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | ALT |
| Lionsgate | Senior Matte Painter | 2022 | ABSOULTE POST |
| LINCON | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | HOTSPRINGS |
| Keaton | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | PASSIOPICTURES |
| Rainbow Riches Casino | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | UNIT |
| Cricket Holiday | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | PSYOP |
| Museum of the Future | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Framestore |
| The Baby | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Framestore |
| ESSITY_COLUMBUS | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Framestore |
| Landrover | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Tesco Christmas | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| SHEBA ANIMATIC | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| META | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Mooniverse | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| DUBAI | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| ARAMCO | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| AMAZON | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| MERCEDES - THE STAR IS REBON | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Coffee&TV |
| Midnight at the Pera Palace | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | CAUSE&FX |
| WILLAM HILL | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | BLACKKITE |
| TikTok | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | BLACKKITE |
| SONY | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | BLACKKITE |
| The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Alt VFX |
| Adobe | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Alt VFX |
| Fuji FIlm | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Alt VFX |
| TacoBell Quesalupa | Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | Alt VFX |
| Senior Matte Painter | 2021 | 1920 | |
| The Luminaries | Senior Matte Painter | 2020 | Assembly |
| Toyota Supra | Senior Matte Painter | 2020 | Alt VFX |
| Airwick | Senior Matte Painter | 2020 | Alt VFX |
| Xylem | Senior Matte Painter | 2020 | Coffee & TV |
| Sky / VIP | Senior Matte Painter | 2020 | Blackkite Studios |
| Erste Group / Hanna Bumblebee | Senior Matte Painter | 2019 | Passion Pictures |
| Compare the Market / Long Walk Home | Senior Matte Painter | 2019 | Passion Pictures |
| Taylor's of Harrogate / Why Didn't We Think of Them Before? | Senior Matte Painter | 2019 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Gatorade / Goat Camp | Concept Artist | 2019 | Jamm VFX |
| IMAX / Infinite Worlds | Senior Matte Painter | 2019 | Jamm VFX |
| Lottery / 25 | Senior Matte Painter | 2019 | Nineteen Twenty |
| AA / Red Dwarf | Senior Matte Painter | 2019 | Nineteen Twenty |
| Nectar | Concept Artist | 2019 | Nineteen Twenty |
| Foals / InDegrees | Senior Matte Painter | 2019 | Friends of London TV |
| Airwick | Senior Matte Painter | 2019 | Blockhead |
| Macallan | Senior Matte Painter | 2018 | Absolute Post |
| Pine Gap | Senior Matte Painter | 2018 | Kojo |
| Sunbites | Concept Artist | 2018 | Assembly |
| The Little Stranger | Senior Matte Painter | 2018 | Screen Scene |
| Yakut / A Little Bottle of Science | Senior Matte Painter | 2018 | Coffee & TV |
| Arctic Monkeys / Four Out of Five | Senior Matte Painter | 2018 | Friends of London TV |
| Mitsubishi / Triton Black | Senior Matte Painter | 2018 | Blockhead |
| Colette | Senior Matte Painter | 2018 | LipSync Post |
| The Hurricane Heist | Senior Matte Painter | 2018 | LipSync Post |
| On Chesil Beach | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | LipSync Post |
| Troy / The Fall of a City | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | Lola Post |
| Meridian | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | Toybox |
| Churchill | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | LipSync Post |
| Gatorade / Everything Changes | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | Alt VFX |
| Mazda CX-5 / Magic of Imagination | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | Alt VFX |
| Woman Walks Ahead | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | LipSync Post |
| Category 5 | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | LipSync Post |
| 6 Days | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | LipSync Post |
| Funny Cow | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | LipSync Post |
| We Have Always Lived in Castle | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | Screen Scene |
| The State / Crossing the Border | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | LipSync Post |
| Grand Tour 2 | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | Lola Post |
| Quacks | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | Lola Post |
| Fortitude Season 2 | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | Lola Post |
| xXx3 / The Return of Xander Cage | Senior Matte Painter | 2017 | Rising Sun Pictures |
| Citizen | Senior Matte Painter | 2016 | Blockhead |
| Shovel Buddies | Senior Matte Painter | 2016 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Darbo / Bees | Senior Matte Painter | 2016 | Blockhead |
| X-Men / Apocalypse | Senior Matte Painter | 2016 | Rising Sun Pictures |
| Game of Thrones Season 6 | Senior Matte Painter | 2016 | Rising Sun Pictures |
| Ripper Street Season 5 | Senior Matte Painter | 2016 | Lola Post |
| Lipton | Senior Matte Painter | 2016 | Blockhead |
| The Frankenstein Chronicles | Senior Matte Painter | 2015 | Screen Scene |
| Burberry / London in Los Angeles / Event | Senior Matte Painter | 2015 | Burberry |
| Whittakers | Senior Matte Painter | 2015 | Blockhead |
| Darbo | Senior Matte Painter | 2015 | Blockhead |
| O2 / Top Dog | Senior Matte Painter | 2015 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Freeview | Senior Matte Painter | 2015 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Glenfiddich / Magnificent Ten | Senior Matte Painter | 2015 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Royal London Insurance Idents | Senior Matte Painter | 2015 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Ripper Street Series Two | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | Screen Scene Post |
| Tower Insurance / Lighthouse Keeper | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | Blockhead |
| Respect Network | Concept Artist | 2014 | Cherry Cherry |
| The Passing Bells | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | LipSync Post |
| Second Origin | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | LipSync Post |
| Axe / Oasis of Calm | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| British Army / Normal Day | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| HSBC / Your Personal Economy | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Halfords / Keep on Rolling | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| McCain / Emmerdale Idents | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Burberry / London in Shanghai Event | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | Burberry London |
| Go Compare / Coach | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | Filament Post London |
| Go Compare / Love Coach | Senior Matte Painter | 2014 | Filament Post London |
| Burberry / Chinese New Year | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Burberry London |
| Burberry / Christmas | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Burberry London |
| Sky / Come with Us | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Ruskin |
| Playstation PS4 / This is for the Players | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| British Airways / One Year After | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| The Great Train Robbery | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Lipsync Post |
| Goodyear / Brand | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Peugeot / Wacky Races Victory | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Alton Towers / The Smiler | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Goodyear / Office Day | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Axe / Soulmates | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Murder on the Home Front | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | The Senate VFX |
| XBOX / Defiance Join the Fight | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Unit TV |
| Toyota / Auris | Senior Matte Painter | 2013 | Absolute Post London |
| BBC / Christmas Episode 1 | Senior Matte Painter | 2012 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Burberry / Christmas | Senior Matte Painter | 2012 | Burberry London |
| Spartacus / War of the Damned | Senior Matte Painter | 2012 | Digi Post New Zealand |
| Great Expectations | Senior Matte Painter | 2012 | LipSync Post |
| Glaxosmithkline / Ready | Senior Matte Painter | 2012 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| Cadburys / Vans | Senior Matte Painter | 2012 | Electric Theatre Collective |
| T Mobile / Traktor | Art Department Supervisor | 2012 | MPC London |
| Visa / Olympic Spot Bolt vs London | Art Department Supervisor | 2012 | MPC London |
| Sky TV / Get Under the Skin of Formula 1 | Art Department Supervisor | 2012 | MPC London |
| Chevy Volt / Hamtramck M | Art Department Supervisor | 2012 | MPC London |
| Frankenweenie | Art Department Supervisor | 2011 | NVIZ Studio London |
| Salmon Fishing in Yemen | Senior Matte Painter | 2011 | LipSync Post London |
| United | Senior Matte Painter | 2011 | LipSync Post London |
| Muller | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2011 | The Mill London |
| Converse / Desire | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2011 | The Mill London |
| Magners / Bees | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2011 | The Mill London |
| Audi / Release the Hounds | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2011 | The Mill London |
| Dior Homme / La Rencontre | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2011 | The Mill London |
| AT&T / Spring | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2011 | The Mill London |
| Axe Lynx / Even Angeles Will Fall | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2010 | The Mill London |
| Nintendo / Past is Prologue | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2010 | The Mill London |
| Honda / Impossible Dream | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2010 | The Mill London |
| Nike / Write the Future | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2010 | The Mill London |
| Adidas / Wars Mash-up | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2010 | The Mill London |
| Santander / lego Bridge | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2010 | The Mill London |
| Guinness / World to Life | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2010 | The Mill London |
| EA Games / FIFA Soccer 10 | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2009 | The Mill London |
| Guinness / To Arthur | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2009 | The Mill London |
| Old Spice / Different Scents | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2009 | The Mill London |
| Glastonbury | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2009 | The Mill London |
| Adidas | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2009 | The Mill London |
| Foneccta | Art Director | 2009 | The Mill London |
| Skellig Promo | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2009 | The Mill London |
| Opel / Insignia | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2009 | The Mill London |
| LG / Sleeping Beauty | Matte Painting Supervisor | 2009 | The Mill London |
| Johnnie Walker / Crossroads | Art Director | 2009 | The Mill London |
| V8 Leaf | Senior Matte Painter | 2009 | Absolute Post |
| Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince | Senior Matte Painter | 2009 | Rising Sun Pictures |
| Nutcracker The Untold Story | Senior Matte Painter | 2008 | Baseblack |
| The Secret of Moonacre | Senior Matte Painter | 2008 | Baseblack |
| Colour of Magic | Senior Matte Painter | 2007 | Fluid Pictures |
| Puma / Until Then | Senior Matte Painter | 2007 | The Mill London |
| The Other Boleyn Girl | Senior Matte Painter | 2007 | Moving Picture Company |
| Sweeney Todd | Senior Matte Painter | 2007 | Moving Picture Company |
| Killshot | Senior Matte Painter | 2007 | Baseblack |
| His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass | Matte Painter | 2007 | Cinesite |
| Stardust | Senior Matte Painter | 2007 | LipSync Post |
| Elizabeth. The Golden Age. | Senior Matte Painter | 2007 | Moving Picture Company |
| Westfield | Matte Painter | 2006 | The Mill |
| Citroen / Robot Iceskater | Matte Painter | 2006 | The Mill |
| Lynx / Girls | Matte Painter | 2006 | The Mill |
| Land Rover / Go Beyond | Matte Painter | 2006 | The Mill |
| Coca Cola / Blak Architect | Matte Painter | 2006 | The Mill |
| Whirlpool / Arctic | Matte Painter | 2006 | The Mill |
| MFI | Matte Painter | 2006 | Passion Pictures |
| Amazing Grace / Film | Matte Painter | 2006 | Moving Picture Company |
| The Da Vinci Code / Film | Matte Painter | 2006 | Moving Picture Company |
| Stormbreaker / Film | Matte Painter | 2005 | Moving Picture Company |
| First China Emperor / Documentary | Matte Painter | 2005 | 422 VFX |
| Honda Accord | Matte Painter | 2005 | Passion Pictures |
| Katie Melua / Beijing Promo | Matte Painter | 2005 | Moving Picture Company |
| Egypt / BBC Drama/Documentary | Matte Painter | 2005 | Moving Picture Company |
| Inside the Ultimate / Documentary | Matte Painter | 2005 | 422 VFX |
| Nike / Mutant Foot | Matte Painter | 2005 | The Mill |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Matte Painter | 2005 | Moving Picture Company |
| Stella Artois | Matte Painter | 2005 | Moving Picture Company |
| Audi / Letters 2 | Matte Painter | 2005 | Moving Picture Company |
| EA Games / The Need for Speed | Matte Painter | 2005 | The Mill New York |
| Tanqueray Tony Gin | Matte Painter | 2005 | The Mill New York |
| Batman Begins | Matte Painter | 2005 | The Senate VFX |
| Audi / Letters | Matte Painter | 2004 | Moving Picture Company |
| The River King / Film | Matte Painter | 2004 | Nexus VFX |
| Merchant of Venice / Film | Matte Painter | 2004 | Nexus VFX |
| Blessed | Matte Painter | 2004 | Nexus VFX |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Matte Painter | 2003 | Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Matte Painter | 2003 | Nexus VFX |
| Ella Enchanted | Matte Painter | 2003 | Enchanted VFX |
| My House in Umbria | Matte Painter | 2002 | Angus Bickerton VFX |
2004 / Jimi Hendrix at the Marquee
Six large paintings of Jimi Hendrix onto black fabric including design of artwork.
2004 / We Will Rock You
The Queen Musical (Las Vegas Theatre Production) - CGI Matte Painter
2000-2003 / Storyboard Artist
Self-employed
1998–2002 / Mural Artist
Self-employed
1999 / Portrait Artist
Selfridges, London
1998-1999 / Life-drawing Supervisor
2002 / BA (Hons.) Visual Arts Drawing
Camberwell College of Art, London
1999 / Higher National Certificate Public Art Management
Barnet College, London
1997 / Advanced GNVQ Art & Design
Barnet College, London
1995 / A-Level Art & Design
Leyton College, London