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David Clayton

Visual Effects

Born January 1, 2000 · Brisbane

IMDb

Biography

David Clayton is an animation supervisor. Clayton and his fellow visual effects artists are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2013 film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. He was nominated one year earlier for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Clayton (visual effects), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2025 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2014 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2013 · nominated

Filmography6 titles

Better Man

2024Animation Supervisor

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013Animation Supervisor

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012Animation Supervisor

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014Animation Supervisor

The Adventures of Tintin

2011Senior Animator

Rampage

2018Animation Supervisor