A BAFTA winning visual effects artist from Basingstoke has helped create visual effects for movies such as Harry Potter, James Bond, Dark Knight Rises, Dune, Blade Runner 2049 and more. 

Tristan Myles is now currently working for the same company, Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), who inspired him to initially choose this career path after ILM brought dinosaurs to life in Jurassic Park. 

He said: "From an early age I think I always knew that I wanted to work in movies in some form or another. I think I started out wanting to be a stunt man, moving on to maybe becoming a director, and then Jurassic Park came out at the theatres which changed my life forever.

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"After watching that (multiple times) I knew that I wanted to help create the visual effects that really brought movie magic to life.

"I’m excited to see what new challenges await for me at ILM and where that takes me next!"

The 43-year-old initially studied Creative Visualisation at the University of Teesside and took his first steps into the film industry at his first job in 2001 working at a small TV animation studio in London. Later he moved on to work at the Jim Henson creature shop in Camden, London. 

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From there progressed to working at Double Negative (now DNEG) where he spent around 17 years helping make the visual effects for movies such as the Harry Potter series, James Bond, Dark knight rises and Interstellar at their London office. He then moved himself and his family to Vancouver Canada, where Tristan continued at Dneg to work on movies such as Blade Runner 2049 and then First Man and Dune, for which he won two Academy awards and a BAFTA.

Tristan's parents, Eileen and Michael Shacklady, both expressed how proud they are of their son for what he has achieved.