David Hulin (born 1975) is a British born Animation Director and VFX Director based in New York, best known for creating iconic animated characters such as the GEICO Gecko,[1] Post Office Ants (UK),[2] Nigel the Xyzal Owl, The Lactaid Cow, as well as creatively leading many other iconic campaigns for Fedex, GE, Pepsi, M&Ms, Speedy (Alka Seltzer).
David has gained a great reputation for his significant contribution to the Computer Graphics and Visual Effects industry over the last two decades.
During his degree Hulin split his time between animation and Film and after finishing a documentary project at Framestore during his graduate year was lucky enough to win a rare post grad scholarship opportunity at Saint Martin's School of Art designed to encourage more traditionally trained artists into a then computer programmer driven industry.
His creative leadership and Brand relationships have seen successes in numerous groundbreaking animated campaign; Pepsi - chicken, two FedEx Super Bowl spots; Stick and Pigeon; iconic GE spots; Crane, Ellie, Scarecrow, Tree and Mammoth (never aired), nearly 100 GEICO Gecko commercials,[3] Sour Patch Kids, the well loved M&M's characters and most recently Nigel the Owl for Xyzal.
After his directorial debut with a campaign of commercials for the GEICO Gecko in 2006, Hulin has also been involved in creative development of content for such clients as Coors,[4] Samsung, Time Warner, Prudential, Charmin, Breath Right, EA, Corning, M&M's.