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Bruce Whitford – Acting Academic Director
Ashley studied at Digitrain in 2003 and gained a Diploma in Graphic Design. The following year he attended South Seas Film and Television school and studied towards a Diploma in Traditional Animation. From there he went on to work as a freelance animator for various production companies, both locally and internationally as a pre-production designer specializing in storyboards and digital ink & paint as well as background painting. Some of his work can be seen on the third season of Brotown which screened on TV3 in November of 2006.
Leanne Miller – Programme Director - Photography Department
Leanne has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, with a major in Photography, from the School of Art in Dunedin. Since graduating she has worked in Milan Italy, and in New Zealand as a freelance photographer for International clients, specializing in Fashion and Advertising. She also has experience teaching and designing Degree Level Photographic Programs and continues to work as a Freelance Photographer.
Kwanwoo Hahn – Programme Director - Animation Department
Hahn is 3D Digital Animation Lecturer at Raffles College of Design & Commerce. He has an extensive working experience as a Graphic Designer and a 3D Animator. Hahn began his career as a Graphic Designer in the USA and Auckland, NZ. Following that he specialized 3D Animation.
Before Hahn started lecturing at Raffles College, he created advertisement for television commercials, short films and architectural visualizations. Moreover, He worked as a 3D animator at Animation Studio, Post Production and Visual Effects Company in Seoul and in Auckland. Hahn is doing Freelance Computer Graphic Design while lecturing at RCDC.
Hahn has an appreciation for many disciplines and his goal in life is to become a best 3D Computer Graphic Artist.
Hahn holds a Bachelor of Art and Design, majoring Graphic Design, a Graduate Diploma of Creative Technologies, a Diploma of 3D Computer Animation and a Maya training certificate.
Jay Mullan – Programme Director - Early Childhood Department
I have been involved in the education and training of students in Early Childhood Education in New Zealand and the UK tertiary sector since 1996. I studied at the University of Manchester (BA) before completing a Postgraduate qualification at the University of Bolton. I am a registered early childhood teacher and spend a few hours a week working in an early childhood centre. I have a wealth of experience in the field of early childhood education, which I would like to share with you.
Keith Crawford – Lecturer - Graphic Design
Keith has extensive experience in the design industry, both as a lecturer and a designer, specializing in design for print. This includes a publishing background where he worked with ‘BBC books’ and ‘History Today Magazine’. He has also worked for the Science Museum in London developing large format exhibitions. Keith’s interests include history and culture and he will be encouraging students to consider these areas when developing their designs conceptually. In ‘University College Kensington’ in London, he taught creative techniques as well as courses in corporate identity, copy writing and advertising.
Christopher Young – Digital Photography Lecturer
As the founder and director of one of London's leading digital photographic rental companies, Chris Young has worked with photographers in just about every genre, from architectural to fashion, still life to celebrity portraiture. Over the last ten years, he has been closely involved with the development, testing and selling of digital back technology, and is looking forward to sharing his knowledge with a new generation of New Zealand photographers. When Chris is not behind the lens, you'll find him wading the rivers of the Waikato, fly rod in hand, in search of the ever-elusive trout.
Ashley Chow – Lecturer - Animation
Ashley studied at Digitrain in 2003 and gained a Diploma in Graphic
Design. The following year he attended South Seas Film and Television
school and studied towards a Diploma in Traditional Animation. From
there he went on to work as a freelance animator for various production
companies, both locally and internationally as a pre-production designer
specializing in storyboards and digital ink & paint as well as
background painting. Some of his work can be seen on the third season of
Brotown which screened on TV3 in November of 2006.
Donald Smith – Animation Lecturer
Donald has been involved with teaching and program design in various 3D packages for over 10 years, 5 years of which he taught in Vancouver, Canada. His graduates are working around the world in the CG industry. He started working in Maya at version 1.0, and holds instructor certificates for Maya and Softimage. He mixes teaching with freelance projects, specializing in Dynamics and technical animation. Donald is teaching part-time into the Diploma 3D program at Raffles College.
