Background
Hulin was born in Bristol, England and studied at Bristol Cathedral Choir School.
Hulin was born in Bristol, England and studied at Bristol Cathedral Choir School.
Choosing to pursue a career in the Arts he took a years Art Foundation at Department of Creative Industries, UWE, Bristol before making the decision to specialize in Animation at University for the Creative Arts which, at that time, was the only Bachelor(hons) degree in Animation available in Europe. After graduating Saint Martin"s School of Art, Hulin joined Framestore"s then small CG animation team Working amongst some of the world"s foremost visual effects artists, he gained experience and contributed to many award-winning commercial projects, television series such as Walking With Beasts, Dinotopia, Arabian Nights and Merlin, as well as film projects such as Harry Potter II and III. With a diverse experience in CG animation, Hulin seized the opportunity to move to New York to help set up Framestore"s United States operation and build its CG department.
lieutenant was shortly after, in 2005, that Hulin was called upon to redesign the Government Employees Insurance Company Gecko and has remained the animation director ever since.
Since handing over the role of "Head of the CG department" after 8 years to focus on his career as an Animation Director, Hulin has remained passionately involved in developing animated characters and brand icons. His creative leadership and client relationships have seen successes in numerous groundbreaking animated campaign.
Pepsi - chicken, two Fedex Super Bowl spots. Stick and Pigeon; iconic General Electric spots.
Crane, Ellie, Scarecrow, Tree and Mammoth (never aired), nearly 100 Government Employees Insurance Company Gecko commercials (along with online and reusable animation), Sour Patch Kids and most recently the well loved M&M"s characters.
Hulin has also had close involvement in the development of Framestore’s proprietary real-time animation system which is currently being used by major brands. After his directorial debut with a campaign of documentary-style commercials for the Government Employees Insurance Company Gecko in 2006, Hulin has also been involved in creative development of content for such clients as Coors, Samsung, Time Warner, Prudential, Charmin, Breath Right, EA, Corning and M&M"son
