Portrait of Shaun Minh Phuong
About

I’m a CG supervisor and associate creative director at Robot Playground Media in Singapore, with ten years in animation, VFX and 3D motion. I supervised CG on The Violinist, winner of the Cristal for Best Feature Film at Annecy 2026, and led VFX on documentary series recognised by the International Emmys and New York Festivals.

I trained in IT (Hanoi University) and animation (LASALLE), so I’m as comfortable building the pipeline as directing the frame, and I like finding where new tools fit. Away from the screen: a dog called Hazel and two cats, Pepper and Rusty.

Recognition

2026The Violinist

Winner, Cristal for Best Feature Film, Annecy · Best Animated Film, Asia Pacific Screen Awards · Nominee, Best Animated Feature, Golden Horse Awards · Best Feature Film (Singapore National Winner), Asian Academy Creative Awards

CG Supervisor

2024The Exiles

Nominee, Best Documentary, International Emmy Awards

Creative Director, Motion Design

2024Lift the Ice

Silver, New York Festivals · Nominee, Best Documentary Series, Asian Television Awards

Creative Director, Motion Design & VFX

2022Evolve

Gold, New York Festivals · Best Factual Programme, ContentAsia Awards · Nominee, Best Science Documentary, Grierson Awards

Creative Lead, Motion Design & VFX

2022Forgotten Heroes

Gold, Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards

Creative Lead, Motion Design

2021Spectrum

Grand Final Winner, Best Short Form Content, Asian Academy Creative Awards

CG Supervisor, Technical Director

2018Smart Cities 2.0

Gold and 2 Silvers, New York Festivals

Lead Designer, Motion Design

Clients & partners

IMDA / DEX · SkillsFuture · Bloomberg × ITOCHU · Braun Büffel · OSIM · Beach House Pictures · CuriosityStream · Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre · Hakuhodo · Senka · National Day Parade 2021

What I do

CG supervision · Creative & art direction · 3D, motion & VFX · Look development · Technical direction & pipelines · AI-assisted production

Tools

Cinema 4D, Maya, Blender, Unreal, X-Particles, LiquiGen, EmberGen, Octane, Redshift · After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator · Runway, Kling, Figma Weave, Claude Code