Ian Spendloff

Ian is an Emmy Award winning Director, Art Director and Designer, with a particular focus on character led projects. He has created concepts, narratives, characters & creatures for a host of thrilling projects, spanning advertising, episodic, film and immersive entertainment.

Ian created the attention grabbing visuals for the Disney+ show Ms Marvel, taking home an Emmy for Outstanding Motion Graphics in the process. Directing and designing a series of bespoke animated sequences seen throughout the show, Ian and his team gave the show a unique and well received look and animation style.  This included the fun opening sequence, with a mix of 3D and 2D hand drawn animation, and the main titles, featuring over a hundred unique logo designs.

Prior to that Ian directed the storybook sequences for Netflix’s Jingle Jangle, featuring intricately crafted CG characters in a beautifully emotional tale. Ian worked closely with the films director to get across the emotionally important storytelling needed in these sequences, from storyboarding and editing animatics, to art directing and designing all of the characters and intricate set pieces.