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James Tomkinson
Managing Director
Nexus and Nexus Interactive Arts

LONDON, UK // James Tomkinson is Managing Director of Nexus, the London based animation studio and production company, and also Nexus Interactive Arts the interactive and digital division of Nexus, incorporating the Nexus VR Studio.

James recently orchestrated the move to a new 150+ seat bespoke studio housing animators, VFX artists and coders, as well as their roster of directors and production department, all under one roof.  Since joining in 2012 Nexus has won the Cannes Grand Prix for Chipotle ‘Back to the Start’, which is the second time the company has achieved this accolade, and further success with Honda ‘Hands’.

Previous experience includes managing the London office of Cut+Run, the international editorial & VFX company.  Under his management James expanded the company into the Asian market, opening an office in Hong Kong.

Prior to this he was second in command at Partizan for 10 years. During this period Partizan was awarded the Cannes Grand Prix, the Cannes Palme d’Or, Campaign’s 'Production Company of the Year' on two occasions and the Gunn Report’s ‘Best Production Company in the World’.