DEAN BURKE Online Portfolio
































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Dean Burke is a Director - Writer - Illustrator - Animator who has hustled his way on to a staggering buffet of projects resulting in international awards and countless pats on the back. He will work on just about anything if you ask him nice. He is the creator of the runaway triumph, Hector : Badge of Carnage.




The Right Stuff...

- Creative Direction & Guidance
- Art & Animation Direction
- Character & Story Development
- Style Design, Concept Art, & Visualisation
- Storyboarding & Animatics



Advocates...

- Renegade Animation
- VCCP
- BBC
- Telltale Games
- Team 17
- Flickerpix Animation
- Sesame Workshop
- Straandlooper
- Kavaleer
- Disney XD
- Random House
- Age of Learning



*Awards & acclaim...

FIVE FABLES

- Celtic Media Award
- Best Animated Short Nom: Irish Animation Awards 2015 
- Best Animation for App Nom: Irish Animation Awards 2015


HECTOR : Badge of Carnage

- IGN Editors' Choice Award
- TouchGen Runner-up: Best Adventure Game
- #36 in ArtOfTheiPhone's 150 Best iPhone Games of All Time
- Best App Ever Awards Nominee: Best Game Series
- Aggie Award Nominee: Best Writing, Best Adventure Game and Best Character
- IMGA Nominee: Best Casual Game 2011

#2 BEST GAME SERIES - 2011 Best App Ever Awards
#2 BEST CASUAL GAME - 2011 IMGA Nominee
#2 BEST ADVENTURE GAME - TouchGen Editor's Choice
#2 BEST WRITING Editors' & Readers' Choice - Aggies
#2 BEST CHARACTER Readers' Choice - Aggies
#2 BEST TRADITIONAL ADVENTURE - Aggies
#2 GAME OF THE YEAR 2011 Nominee - Noobfeed
#2 GAME OF THE YEAR 2011 Nominee - The Cross and the Controller


SCHRODINGER'S CAT
 
- Best Platformer: Sticktwiddlers & EGX London 2014
- Best Writing in a Video Game Nom: Writers' Guild GB 2014
- Best Game Script Nom: Writers' Guild of Ireland 2014


Horn Ok Please - Short Film

- Winner of over 16 International awards and screened at over 90 film festivals.. 
- IFTA Award for Best Animated Film