MsDeborah Cameron

Deborah Cameron is a professional film animator, artist and visual storyteller with a 25 yr career in the International Animation industry, fifteen of those spent working as a character animator for Walt Disney Studios, Australia. In addition, Deborah has worked with Australian and International Studios from Italy, France, Luxemburg, America and Canada, as both an animator and storyboard artist for Feature film, Children's Television and Commercials, bringing a vast understanding of Industry practice into her teaching and research.

At UTS, she works across all platforms of film making with a particular focus on visual storytelling.

Deborah'sutilises her vast industry experience as an educational, and research focus on WIL, Industry engagements and collaborations.

Deborah's creative practice research sits at the nexus of Animation and Performance studies, focusing on embodied cognition and the working processes required to create authentic and believable outcomes in Animated performance. She is presently undertaking a PhD , "The plausible Impossible -Unpacking the constituents of Embodied Animation Performance " exploring praxis and the tacit knowledge of the character animator.

Deborah's Enactive approach to practice supports interdisciplinary collaborations in the Design, Social Science and Education fields.