Wanderson.xyz – 123 Reg customer – (United Kingdom)
The .xyz community includes skilled creatives who use .xyz domains to build distinctive online portfolios. Independent product designer Allan Buntoengsuk uses GreatPen.xyz to share product, UX, and software design work. Microsoft Creative Director Alexis Copeland uses NoodleFactory.xyz to showcase her design projects. Graphic artist Shelby Osbourn uses SheCreative.xyz to share her portfolio across branding, print, and type design. In this week’s #WebsiteWednesday, we’ll introduce you to a BAFTA-winning filmmaker and animator who shares his independent films, commissions, and creative collaborations: Wanderson.xyz.
Wanderson.xyz is the online home of Wanderson Studio, the creative practice of BAFTA-winning filmmaker and animator Will Anderson. As shared on the About page, Will is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he creates character-led, dialogue-driven animated work for film, TV, theatre, and online, often shaped by a process-focused approach and an interest in existential themes. The Wanderson.xyz domain name reflects Will’s studio identity, a portmanteau of his first initial and surname: W. Anderson. Alongside his own films, the About page notes that Will also creates work for clients and collaborators including BBC, MTV, and Warner Bros. Discovery, among them a 2025 music video co-directed with rock band OK Go.1
A Cat Called Dom, image via Wanderson.xyz
The Films page presents Will’s filmography, which spans from his 2011 graduation short to his most recent work in 2025. His debut short, The Making of Longbird (2011), co-written with animator Ainslie Henderson, centers on an animator struggling with a fictional character he is attempting to recreate. The film played at over 50 festivals, and Will estimated the BAFTA for best animation was its 20th prize.2 As stated on Wanderson.xyz, the film is inspired by a fictional 1911 Russian animation credited to Vladislav Aleksandrovich Feltov, playing on the blurred line of fact and fiction separating animator and animation. Will’s 2022 feature documentary A Cat Called Dom, co-directed with Ainslie Henderson, follows Will’s attempt to make a film for his mother after her cancer diagnosis, with an animated cat named Dom serving as a presence on his desktop throughout the process. Deadline reviewed the film at its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August 2022, describing it as “a heartfelt, relatable ending for this frank film with a suitably Scottish flavor.”3
The Making of Longbird, image via Wanderson.xyz
Will’s body of work has been recognized at major animation festivals and award ceremonies over more than a decade. Awards include the British Academy Award (BAFTA) 2013 for Short Animation for The Making of Longbird4; the British Academy Scotland Award (BAFTA Scotland) 2012 for Animation for The Making of Longbird5; BAFTA Scotland 2014 for Animation for Monkey Love Experiments6; BAFTA Scotland 2020 for Short Film & Animation for Betty7; the Powell & Pressburger Award for Best Feature Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022 for A Cat Called Dom8; and the Cristal for a Commissioned Film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024 for the Pictoplasma “Opener 2023”.9
Highlighted on the Commissions page, Will’s client and collaborator work spans BBC, BFI, MTV, Adult Swim, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Among the projects featured is the music video for “Impulse Purchase” by Grammy Award-winning rock band OK Go, co-directed by Will and Italian designer Lucas Zanotto. As reported by It’s Nice That in September 2025, Will’s contributions centered on building the project’s procedural system in Blender using a tool called Geometry Nodes, and developing a bespoke add-on to integrate live facial motion capture, which allowed OK Go frontman Damian Kulash to control the main animated character in real time. Will is quoted on the philosophy behind the approach: “It’s not about making the most perfect, polished animation. It’s about pushing limits, being surprised, amused, and involved in the process.”10
From his BAFTA-winning graduation short, to a Cristal at Annecy and a co-directing credit on an OK Go music video, Will Anderson has built a body of work that spans formats, platforms, and decades. Will upgraded his domain from wanderson.co.uk to the generic and globally friendly Wanderson.xyz. The .xyz domain carries no geographic or industry-specific meaning, making it a natural fit for a filmmaker whose work and collaborators stretch beyond any single country or creative scene. You can learn more by following Will on Vimeo, X/Twitter, and Instagram, and by visiting Wanderson.xyz.
1. https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/ok-go-will-anderson-digital-film-project-150925
2. https://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/interviews/will-anderson-on-the-making-of-longbird
3. https://deadline.com/2022/08/a-cat-called-dom-review-edinburgh-1235093164/
4. https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/short-animated-film/
5. https://www.bafta.org/awards/scotland/animation-scotland/
6. https://www.bafta.org/awards/scotland/animation-scotland/
7. https://www.bafta.org/awards/scotland/short-film-animation/
8. https://deadline.com/2022/08/edinburgh-film-festival-winners-a-cat-called-dom-takes-powell-and-pressburger-award-1235098872/
9. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-annecy-film-festival-winners-1235923643/
10. https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/ok-go-will-anderson-digital-film-project-150925
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