Sir William Sargent CBE

William co-founded Framestore in 1986 after studying Business and Law at Trinity College. He has been part of Framestore’s successful rise from an award winning commercials house to world renowned film VFX company based in London, New York, LA, Montreal, Chicago, Beijing and Pune.
During that time the company has worked on the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films, Blade Runner 2049, Beauty and The Beast, Guardians of the Galaxy, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity and Paul King’s Paddington to name just a few. William has also Partnered and Executive Produced The Tale of Despereaux, Harry Brown, Heartless, Me and Orson Welles and UTZ, as well as Spitting Image and The Florentine Intermedi.
Equally at home in Hollywood and government, he was Permanent Secretary, Regulatory Reform, at the Cabinet Office, Board Director of HM Treasury and a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. He was knighted by the Queen in 2008.