Angus Bickerton
Personal Info
Known for
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
Angus Bickerton
Biography
Angus Bickerton is a British visual effects supervisor whose career spans more than three decades, with roughly twenty years serving as a VFX supervisor. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to high‑profile films and TV series, including Lost in Space, Band of Brothers, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Total Recall and The Monuments Men, among many others.
Bickerton gained particular prominence as the visual effects supervisor on HBO’s House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones prequel. He was hired in 2020 during the height of the COVID‑19 pandemic, charged with assembling and managing a global visual effects team, and overseeing the design and creation of the series’ dragons. He led a staff of dozens and coordinated nearly four months of dragon asset design for each creature, with hundreds of VFX artists working across England, Germany, Canada and beyond.
His work on House of the Dragon earned him multiple major accolades. He received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2023 for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie, credited as visual effects supervisor alongside his team. At the 2023 British Academy Television Craft Awards, he, together with team members Nikeah Forde, Asa Shoul, Mike Dawson and the facilities MPC and Pixomondo, won the BAFTA Television Craft Award for Best Special, Visual & Graphic Effects for House of the Dragon.
In addition, Bickerton and his team garnered a Visual Effects Society nomination at the 21st VES Awards in the category Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode for their work on the episode “The Black Queen” from House of the Dragon, recognising the team including Nikeah Forde, Sven Martin, Michael Bell and Michael Dawson.
Known For
Crew
(2026)
Clayface
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2024)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2021)
Locked Down
Visual Effects Design Consultant
(2021)
Silent Night
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2021)
The King's Man
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2017)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2015)
Victor Frankenstein
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2014)
The Monuments Men
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2012)
Total Recall
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2012)
Dark Shadows
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2011)
Dimensions
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2010)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2009)
Angels & Demons
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2009)
My One and Only
Visual Effects Design Consultant
(2008)
Inkheart
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2006)
The Da Vinci Code
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2006)
Firewall
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2004)
Ella Enchanted
Visual Effects Designer
(2002)
The Gathering Storm
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1999)
Animal Farm
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1998)
Lost in Space
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1996)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1995)
Project Shadowchaser III
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1994)
Crackerjack
VFX Supervisor