WJ Carter

Edited 22/10/2020 Born in East London, WJ Carter is a Producer and Director of Films and Games, best known for his work as the Director of the feature film Knights of Newgate (2021). WJ left school at sixteen to work in the family roofing and property development business. A keen artist, sculptor and musician, in his early twenties he became a full time songwriter and musician, and after a few years on the road went to work at CAV Studios in 1994, where he worked as engineer and general manager. CAV studios branched out into 3D graphics and pop video production, where WJ created a CG production pipeline, his work featuring in magazines 'Total Film' and 'CG Artist'. After years of freelancing as a CG Generalist in the film & game industries, WJ went into business with his father Sidney Carter to make the feature Knights of Newgate (2021). The ambitious project was shot entirely on green-screen with a massive 1253 visual effects shots. Despite both WJ and his father throwing everything they had into the production, anything that could go wrong on the picture went wrong. After a disastrous computer problem left the production in chaos in 2012, the pair had to look for further funding to finish, starting over with a completely new visual effects pipeline in 2016, and eventually finishing the film in 2020.