Bill McGuire

Bill McGuire is a highly awarded motion designer, VFX all-rounder, and animator with 20+ years of freelance experience across advertising, broadcast, digital, and film. He’s worked with major players like Google, Volkswagen, Telstra, Taco Bell, Skoda, and Comedy Central, and collaborated with Stan Sport, Fox Sports, ABC TV, Discovery Networks, DDB, R/GA, and 72 & Sunny.

His screen credits include feature films like The Reef and John Farrow: Hollywood’s Man in the Shadows, and long-term broadcast work on Gruen, Catalyst, Foreign Correspondent, Exposed, and NRL 360. He’s created national TVCs, branded content, corporate videos, and award-winning short films.

Bill is fast, reliable, and creatively nimble, with deep skills in After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and nearly two decades of 3ds Max experience. He’s also fluent in Cinema 4D and keeps an eye out for the latest developments in AI.

He’s a two-time Australian Production Design Guild Award winner (Visual Effects) and an AACTA nominee. His directing work has screened internationally, including at interFilm Berlin, Sedona, and War on Screen (France), and he’s a proud member of the Australian Directors Guild.

Originally from Brisbane, he studied at QUT and the State University of New York, and has his own equipment and software.  He works with clients across Sydney, Melbourne, and beyond, bringing creative integrity, visual polish, and problem-solving firepower to every job.