Curriculum Vitae

Work History

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March 2020 - September 2020

> Various Feature Films: VFX, Character Animation, Creature Animation

- Wellington, New Zealand

Animation Director

August 2018 - December 2019

> TV Show: “Book Hungry Bears", Pukeko Pictures/Breakthrough Entertainment/Hengxin Shambala Kids

Season 1: Animation Director

- Wellington, New Zealand

Layout Artist / Animator

November 2016 - July 2017

> Feature Film: Maya the Bee 2: The Honey Games, Studio100/Flying Bark Productions

Previs/Layout and Keyframe Character Animation

- Sydney, NSW, Australia

3d Story Artist

February 2014 - February 2018

> TV Show: "Thunderbirds Are Go!", ITV/Pukeko Pictures

Season 1-2: Postvis, Camera and Vehicle Animation

Season 3: Previs work, scene setup

2018 Viral Video: Character Animation

>TV Show: Cleverman

Previs work

- Wellington, New Zealand

Freelance Animator

January 2014 - February 2014

> TV Commercial: Superfarmers 60 sec.

Character Animation

- Auckland, New Zealand

Character Animator

November 2010 - December 2013

> Emmy Awarded TV Show: "Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness", Dreamworks/Nickelodeon

> Emmy Awarded TV Show: "The Penguins Of Madagascar", Dreamworks/Nickelodeon

> TV Show: "Monsters vs Aliens", Dreamworks/Nickelodeon

> Other Projects

Character Animation, Keyframe Animation, Layout.

- Auckland, New Zealand

Lead Animator

November 2008 - November 2010

> Video Game: "AAA: Heroes Of The Ring", Xbox360, Immersion Games/Konami, 2009

> Other Projects

Character Animation, Keyframe Animation, Mocap.

- Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Animation Supervisor

March 2010 - June 2010

> 18 Short Animated Clips for TV: FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 Televisa Deportes presenta Los Sokerklones, Televisa

Animation Supervisor of a team of 6.

Character Animation

- Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

Animation Professor

May 2008 - October 2010

> Teaching/Lecturing: Fundamentals Of Animation, Body Mechanics, Character Animation

CG Animation and digital production professor for the Bachelor’s degree, 16 hours per week

- Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Education

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Certificate in Advanced Studies in Character Animation

December 2006 - July 2008

Animation Diploma approved by the Bureau for Private Post-secondary Education

Traditional animation, principles of animation, layout, blocking, polishing, body mechanics, character animation, acting, staging, cinematography, lip sync, short film creation, demo reel creation.

San Francisco, CA (Online)

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Graphic Design

February 2000 - February 2005

Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design, Multimedia and Digital Animation at Centro Internacional de Estudios Avanzados A.C. (incorporated to the University of Guadalajara)

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Unreal Engine 4 Training

December 2017

10 hours - Unreal Engine 4: The Complete Beginner's Course online course

Taught by: David Nixon

February 2018

15.5 hours - Unreal Engine 4 - Learn to Make a Game Prototype in UE4 online course

Taught by: Rob Brooks

Online

Publications

Konitsar

Publication date Dec 1, 1999, Conexión Gráfica
Sci-Fi Novel which won the first price on a young writer's contest by Conexión Gráfica, published at the International Book Fair in Guadalajara, Mexico, 1999

Skills

CG Keyframe Animation, Character Animation, Facial Animation
Animation and visual skills in:
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk 3d Studio Max
Autodesk MotionBuilder
Autodesk Softimage
Adobe AfterEffects
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Photoshop
Blender 3d
Export/Import skills in Unreal Engine 4
Skinning/Rigging in Autodesk Maya
3d Printing
Poly Modeling/Sculpting/Texturing/Rigging/Composition in Blender 3d