Lewis Argall aka Drake Enkarso and Nik Malbasic are founding members of Doggus films, a company created to make animated content based on original scripts.
They are mostly self taught and are dedicated to joining forces with other independent animators to tell their own stories using everything they can lay their hands on. They are neurodivergent, we have a cocktail of extraordinary abilities with a few disabilities mixed in.
Meet the Creators
LEWIS ARGALL
Lewis is self taught and neurodiverse. He is non binary. Lewis has created story worlds for as long as he can remember using any medium that he can get his hands on.
​
His work includes writing, art and animation. Lewis has been working at Doggus films since its inception in 2016 with Nikola Malbasic and Lucinda Clutterbuck in a creative partnership forged over many years.
He has been animating since he was a child.
A career highlight was Forward/Story, a global artist’s lab led by Lance Weiler and Christy Dena and hosted in Costa Rica with the support of Columbia University Digital Story Lab.
NIK MALBASIC
Nik is a highly creative thinker and has a facility for learning and teaching computer programs such as Maya, Unity, Modo, TVPaint, Photoshop, After-Effects, Mudbox, Zbrush, Blender and more.
He and Lewis Argall have been collaborators since they graduated from AIE in 2014.
He is currently a creative partner at Piccolo Films, Sydney where he is a valued member of the company as his wide knowledge of humanity adds to his ability to help bridge the generation gap between the directors and today’s ever updating digital generation.
Lucinda Clutterbuck
Lucinda Clutterbuck is an old school 2D animator and film producer. She has worked in the 2D animation field since she was 21 and got her first job at "Hanna Barbera" in Crows Nest, NSW, working on the animated series "Laverne & Shirley."
From there she worked for Yoram Gross on the "Dot and the Kangaroo" animation series before directing music videos for Australian Indie bands such as "Machinations" and "Flotsam Jetsam."
She directed and coproduced the celebrated animation film "Tiga" about the fate of the Tasmanian tiger. Along with Sarah Watt, Fiona Eagger and Elisa Argenzio, she created a thirteen-part animated series called "The WEB" for ABC Television with Eco Productions. She has worked as an indie animation professional for four decades.
You can check her work at Piccolofilms.com.au
