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Paul Story has worked as an Animation Supervisor on a host of critically acclaimed shows including The Adventures of Tintin, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Infinity War, The Rings of Power series, and the Planet of the Apes trilogy. Most recently, Paul has wrapped on the new era of Apes; Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Paul has been a part of Wētā FX since Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners in 1996. Starting as a Rotoscope Artist, Paul was inspired to pursue a career in animation after watching The Frighteners’ ‘Reaper’ come to life.

After four years in Wētā’s Creatures department, where he helped develop skeleton and muscle designs for Gollum and the troll in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Paul moved into animation to help animate Gollum, fellbeasts, and trolls in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Paul went on to lead sequences in The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King, and King Kong, before progressing to Animation Supervisor on films including Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book.