David Bawel
- Animation Department
- Visual Effects
- Additional Crew
David Bawel is a world-class pioneer and innovator in both the Entertainment and Technology Industries. Mr. Bawel's technological innovations and creative expertise has been utilized by Academy Award-winning producers and directors like Richard Taylor, Peter Jackson, James Cameron, and the Wachowskis; helped generate billions in revenue; and revolutionized the Entertainment Industry.
A partial list of Mr. Bawel's achievements includes: designing and building the new form facial motion capture system that created the iconic CG character, Gollum, in the Lord of the Rings films; creating a new animatronic control system for characters in The Hobbit films; working directly with James Cameron to build the pipeline for the Avatar films; designing and building both WETA Productions and WETA Digital with Academy Award-winning VFX pioneer, Richard Taylor; establishing technologies for the Industry's first multi-character animated action sequences in the Lord of The Rings films; and designing and executing the Industry's first 32-camera motion capture system utilized by the Wachowskis in the Matrix films.
In addition, Mr. Bawel developed code that undergirds current HTML5 technologies worldwide; created technological architecture for the popular Blue Man Group; developed plug-ins to automate the tracing process for Motion Analysis Motion Capture Systems; developed procedural software purchased and utilized by WETA and THQ; worked on such gaming successes as "Grand Theft Auto IV"; animated, modeled and textured on projects too numerous to list, and recently consulted on confidential projects with the Virtual Worlds Labs Division at Lockheed Martin and as Senior Level Front End Developer integrating WebGL in the development pipeline at Sony.
Mr. Bawel's most recent technological innovation is the development and build of 3rd Brain's Patented and Patent-Pending "theCO", a New Form Streaming Entertainment System set to uplevel the way the world experiences entertainment.
Mr. Bawel now brings his extensive experience, singular expertise, and unique sense of fun and adventure, to 3rd Brain.
Update, March, 2023: It is with tremendous sadness that we of 3rd Brain must announce the passing of our very dear friend and colleague, David Bawel. He was a monumental and innovative talent, whose generous heart, brilliant mind, and roguish sense of humor will be greatly missed by all of us privileged to know and work with this wonderful man. We will love you. Always.
A partial list of Mr. Bawel's achievements includes: designing and building the new form facial motion capture system that created the iconic CG character, Gollum, in the Lord of the Rings films; creating a new animatronic control system for characters in The Hobbit films; working directly with James Cameron to build the pipeline for the Avatar films; designing and building both WETA Productions and WETA Digital with Academy Award-winning VFX pioneer, Richard Taylor; establishing technologies for the Industry's first multi-character animated action sequences in the Lord of The Rings films; and designing and executing the Industry's first 32-camera motion capture system utilized by the Wachowskis in the Matrix films.
In addition, Mr. Bawel developed code that undergirds current HTML5 technologies worldwide; created technological architecture for the popular Blue Man Group; developed plug-ins to automate the tracing process for Motion Analysis Motion Capture Systems; developed procedural software purchased and utilized by WETA and THQ; worked on such gaming successes as "Grand Theft Auto IV"; animated, modeled and textured on projects too numerous to list, and recently consulted on confidential projects with the Virtual Worlds Labs Division at Lockheed Martin and as Senior Level Front End Developer integrating WebGL in the development pipeline at Sony.
Mr. Bawel's most recent technological innovation is the development and build of 3rd Brain's Patented and Patent-Pending "theCO", a New Form Streaming Entertainment System set to uplevel the way the world experiences entertainment.
Mr. Bawel now brings his extensive experience, singular expertise, and unique sense of fun and adventure, to 3rd Brain.
Update, March, 2023: It is with tremendous sadness that we of 3rd Brain must announce the passing of our very dear friend and colleague, David Bawel. He was a monumental and innovative talent, whose generous heart, brilliant mind, and roguish sense of humor will be greatly missed by all of us privileged to know and work with this wonderful man. We will love you. Always.
