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Mr

Simeon Taylor

Lecturer, Film and Tv

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts

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  • Lecturer, Film and Tv
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • +61 3 924 46830 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Simeon Taylor is an academic specialising in the areas of animation, design,
film, and interactivity. He has taught for 8 years in higher education. Prior
to this he spent 15 years working in the creative industries across film,
design, animation and games. He has worked as an animation and vfx artist in
films and commercials, including the Oscar winning film series Happy Feet. For
Foxtel as a motion graphics designer on their premiere channels. At Atari as a
games designer on Triple-A video game titles such as Transformers.

Simeon teaches in the Screen & Design group across Animation, Film and
Television, and Design.

Simeon's research centres around exploring new technologies for co-creation
and co-design. His research has been published in academic journals and
conferences. He has been involved as a key researcher in a number of
significant funded projects that have ranged from engineering and
construction, to historical culture preservation, to performance and dance.

Research Groups
Immersive Realities Research Group: Deakin Motion Lab
(https://motionlab.deakin.edu.au/)

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Lecturer, Film and Tv
    Deakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts

DEGREES

  • Bachelor of Engineering
    Univ. of Western Australia

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Screen and digital media
  • Computer vision and multimedia computation
  • Graphics, augmented reality and games
  • Human-centred computing

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Communication and Creative Arts