Biography

Amber Naismith is a passionate and creative driven filmmaker with over twenty years of production and leadership experience. Amber has partnered with world-renowned directors and major studios on numerous award winning VFX and animated feature films from initial development and pre-production, through post and picture release.

Amber is currently producing The Bluey Movie with Ludo Studio, BBCS and Disney. Prior to that she was producing an unannounced feature animation with Warner. Bros Picture Animation and previously served as Animation Producer on The Magician's Elephant (2023) for Netflix Animation, as Co-Producer on The Lego Batman Movie (2017), and The Lego Movie (2014), Senior Production Manager on The Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010), and Happy Feet (2006) for the Warner Animation Group.

Amber has been nominated twice for Annie Award for Best Animated Feature for The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie. She has also won the AACTA award for Best Animated Feature and Best Short Animation for The Lego Movie and LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace. She has been nominated for the VES Award for Outstanding VFX in an Animated Feature for The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman movie. In 2006 Happy Feet won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and BAFTA Award for Best Animated Feature. In 2014 The Lego Movie won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Feature.

Prior to joining Ludo in 2024, and Warner Bros Picture Animation in 2023, Amber worked for Animal Logic (now Netflix Animation) in numerous positions, joining the company in 1999 and advancing to Animation Producer. Amber was also a production executive at Imagi Entertainment in Hong Kong and Los Angeles. Amber started her career at Media World Features in Melbourne Australia.

Amber graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Fine Arts from The University of Melbourne and a Master of Arts Administration (Art Curating) from the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America, Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, and Women in Animation.
- IMDb mini biography by: Amber Naismith