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'''David Wilkinson''' was the Cinematics Director on ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' at [[Ubisoft|Ubisoft Montreal]], and previously the Animation Director for ''Prince of Persia''.
'''David Wilkinson''' is the cinematics director on ''[[Assassin’s Creed III]]'' at [[Ubisoft]] Montreal.


==Role at Ubisoft==
During his time, alongside directing the cinematics and mo-cap aspects of cutscenes, Wilkinson broke up the scenes between pure cutscenes and in-game cinematics to ensure synchronization and to ensure the player still had some level of control. Additionally, he also worked closely with the storyboards and mo-cap actors to ensure the highest quality of accuracy with the game's cinematics.
To get the most out of the new game engine [[Anvil (game engine)|Anvil]], Ubisoft hired the Austrailan born director Wilkinson, who is best known for his work as the cinematics director ''for Mass Effect 2''. <ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/03/28/ac-iii-the-redesigned-anvil-engine.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 GameInformer] article on Ubisofts new game engine, Anvil.</ref>


Alongside directing the cinematics and mo-cap aspects of cutscene, Wilkinson, breaks up the scenes between pure cutscenes and in-game cinematics to ensure synchronization and to ensure the player still has some level of control. Additionally, he also works closely with the storyboards and mo-cap actors to ensure the highest quality of accuracy with the games cinematics.
==Games credited==
 
*''Hot Wheels: Velocity X'' (2002) - THQ
==Game Credits==
*''X2: Wolverine's Revenge'' (2003) - Activision
*''Assassin's Creed III ''(2012), Ubisoft
*''True Crime: Streets of LA'' (2003) - Activision
*''Mass Effect 2 ''(2011), Electronic Arts
*''Tony Hawk's Underground'' (2003) - Activision
*''APB: All Points Bulletin'' (2010), Realtime
*''Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix'' (2003) - Activision
*''Mass Effect 2'' (2010), Electronic Arts
*''Tony Hawk's Underground 2'' (2004) - Activision
*''Enemy Territory: Quake Wars'' (2008), Activision
*''Spider-Man 2'' (2004) - Activision
*''Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2'' (2008), Activision
*''Call of Duty: Finest Hour'' (2004) - Activision
*''Golf: Tee It Up!'' (2008), Activision
*''X-Men: Legends II - Rise of Apocalypse'' (2005) - Activision
*''Guitar Hero: Aerosmith'' (2008), Activision
*''True Crime: New York City'' (2005) - Activision
*''Kung Fu Panda'' (2008), Activision
*''Tony Hawk's American Wasteland'' (2005) - Activision
*''Prince of Persia'' (2008), Ubisoft
*''Madagascar'' (2005) - Activision
*''Bee Movie Game'' (2007), Activision
*''GUN'' (2005) - Activision
*''DOOM³: Resurrection of Evil'' (2005) - Activision
*''Call of Duty 2: Big Red One'' (2005) - Activision
*''Call of Duty 2'' (2005) - Activision
*''X-Men: The Official Game'' (2006) - Activision
*''Tony Hawk's Project 8'' (2006) - Activision
*''Over the Hedge'' (2006) - Activision
*''Marvel Ultimate Alliance'' (2006) - Activision
*''Call of Duty 3'' (2006) - Activision
*''Transformers: The Game'' (2007) - Activision
*''Tony Hawk's Proving Ground'' (2007) - Activision
*''Spider-Man 3'' (2007) - Activision
*''Shrek the Third'' (2007) - Activision
*''Shrek-N-Roll'' (2007) - Activision
*''Marvel Ultimate Alliance'' (Special Edition) (2007) - Activision
*''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock'' (2007) - Activision
*''Guitar Hero II'' (2007), Activision
*''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'' (2007), Activision
*''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'' (2007), Activision
*''Guitar Hero II'' (2007), Activision
*''Bee Movie Game'' (2007) - Activision
*''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock'' (2007), Activision
*''Prince of Persia'' (2008) - Ubisoft
*''Marvel Ultimate Alliance'' (Special Edition) (2007), Activision
*''Kung Fu Panda'' (2008) - Activision
*''Shrek-N-Roll'' (2007), Activision
*''Guitar Hero: Aerosmith'' (2008) - Activision
*''Shrek the Third'' (2007), Activision
*''Golf: Tee It Up!'' (2008) - Activision
*''Spider-Man 3 ''(2007), Activision
*''Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2'' (2008) - Activision
*''Tony Hawk's Proving Ground'' (2007), Activision
*''Enemy Territory: Quake Wars'' (2008) - Activision
*''Transformers: The Game ''(2007), Activision
*''Mass Effect 2'' (2010) - Electronic Arts
*''Call of Duty 3'' (2006), Activision
*''APB: All Points Bulletin'' (2010) - Realtime
*''Marvel Ultimate Alliance'' (2006), Activision
*''Mass Effect 2'' (2011) - Electronic Arts
*''Over the Hedge ''(2006), Activision
*''Assassin's Creed III'' (2012) - Ubisoft
*''Tony Hawk's Project 8'' (2006), Activision
*''X-Men: The Official Game ''(2006), Activision
*''Call of Duty 2'' (2005), Activision
*''Call of Duty 2: Big Red One'' (2005), Activision
*''DOOM³: Resurrection of Evil ''(2005), Activision
*''GUN'' (2005), Activision
*''Madagascar ''(2005), Activision
*''Tony Hawk's American Wasteland ''(2005), Activision
*''True Crime: New York City'' (2005), Activision
*''X-Men: Legends II - Rise of Apocalypse ''(2005), Activision
*''Call of Duty: Finest Hour ''(2004), Activision
*''Spider-Man 2'' (2004), Activision
*''Tony Hawk's Underground 2'' (2004), Activision
*''Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix ''(2003), Activision
*''Tony Hawk's Underground'' (2003), Activision
*''True Crime: Streets of LA'' (2003), Activision
*''X2: Wolverine's Revenge'' (2003), Activision
*''Hot Wheels: Velocity X'' (2002), THQ
 
==Trivia==
*''Assassin's Creed III'' isn't the first time Wilkinson has worked with Ubisoft as he previously work as the animation director on the 2008 game ''Prince of Persia''.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,110456/ David Wilkinson]s profile at MobyGames.
*[http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,110456/ David Wilkinson]'s profile at MobyGames
*[http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/dave-wilkinson/2/311/275 David Wilkinson]s professional profile at Linkedin.
*[http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/dave-wilkinson/2/311/275 David Wilkinson]'s professional profile at LinkedIn
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2843672/ David Wilkinson]s profile on the Internet Movie Database.
*{{Imdb|name/nm2843672|David Wilkinson}}
*[http://davidwilkinsoncganimation.wordpress.com/ David Wilkinson] on WordPress.
*[http://davidwilkinsoncganimation.wordpress.com/ David Wilkinson] on WordPress
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ8lCUkmmDU Road to E3] video featuring David Wilkinson.
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ8lCUkmmDU Road to E3] video featuring David Wilkinson


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:55, 18 May 2024

David Wilkinson

David Wilkinson was the Cinematics Director on Assassin's Creed III at Ubisoft Montreal, and previously the Animation Director for Prince of Persia.

During his time, alongside directing the cinematics and mo-cap aspects of cutscenes, Wilkinson broke up the scenes between pure cutscenes and in-game cinematics to ensure synchronization and to ensure the player still had some level of control. Additionally, he also worked closely with the storyboards and mo-cap actors to ensure the highest quality of accuracy with the game's cinematics.

Games credited[edit | edit source]

  • Hot Wheels: Velocity X (2002) - THQ
  • X2: Wolverine's Revenge (2003) - Activision
  • True Crime: Streets of LA (2003) - Activision
  • Tony Hawk's Underground (2003) - Activision
  • Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2003) - Activision
  • Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (2004) - Activision
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Activision
  • Call of Duty: Finest Hour (2004) - Activision
  • X-Men: Legends II - Rise of Apocalypse (2005) - Activision
  • True Crime: New York City (2005) - Activision
  • Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (2005) - Activision
  • Madagascar (2005) - Activision
  • GUN (2005) - Activision
  • DOOM³: Resurrection of Evil (2005) - Activision
  • Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (2005) - Activision
  • Call of Duty 2 (2005) - Activision
  • X-Men: The Official Game (2006) - Activision
  • Tony Hawk's Project 8 (2006) - Activision
  • Over the Hedge (2006) - Activision
  • Marvel Ultimate Alliance (2006) - Activision
  • Call of Duty 3 (2006) - Activision
  • Transformers: The Game (2007) - Activision
  • Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (2007) - Activision
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007) - Activision
  • Shrek the Third (2007) - Activision
  • Shrek-N-Roll (2007) - Activision
  • Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Special Edition) (2007) - Activision
  • Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007) - Activision
  • Guitar Hero II (2007), Activision
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), Activision
  • Bee Movie Game (2007) - Activision
  • Prince of Persia (2008) - Ubisoft
  • Kung Fu Panda (2008) - Activision
  • Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (2008) - Activision
  • Golf: Tee It Up! (2008) - Activision
  • Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (2008) - Activision
  • Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (2008) - Activision
  • Mass Effect 2 (2010) - Electronic Arts
  • APB: All Points Bulletin (2010) - Realtime
  • Mass Effect 2 (2011) - Electronic Arts
  • Assassin's Creed III (2012) - Ubisoft

External links[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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