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Abstract:
Visual effects animation director and contractor, specializing in procedural and large dataset animation, 20+ years experience working in international production environments.
System Experience
3D:
Maya, Mental Ray, Renderman,
Massive, Realflow, Deep Paint, Boujou, ZBrush, TAV, Explore, Dynamation,
Kinemation, Softimage, Symbolics, Bosch.
System Experience
2D:
After Effects, Premiere,
Photoshop, Shake, Composer, Studio Paint, Matador/Illusion, Flame, Mojo,
Barco Creator
Employment history:
Freelance Animation
Contractor , Los Angeles Area
Clients: Digital Domain, Ntropic, Moving Pixels, Superfad, Eight VFX, Chemical FX, Prologue, Zoic Studios, Gentleman Scholar, Method, Duck Studios, Solid
Recent TVCs: Capital One, Taster’s Choice, LaZBoy, Chevy Volt, Spyro, Franklin Templeton, Trade Up, Lincoln, GMC, Mazda, Avon |
2008-present |
Staff animator at
Radium in Santa Monica CA,
TVCs: GMC, Gatorade,
Honda Race Engineering, Lugz, Renault Megane, Kia, Wendy’s, Chevrolet
Monte Carlo |
2002 - 2008 |
Animation Contractor:
Los Angeles,
Feature effects animation:
‘Blade’,‘Osmosis Jones’, ‘Live from Baghdad’, ‘Me Myself
and Irene’,
Episodic TV effects
animation: ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’
Trailer Graphics: ‘The
Rat Pack’, ‘The Wizard of Oz Special Edition’ |
1997 – 2001 |
Staff Animator and
Director: Vertex Films, Taipei Taiwan
Duties: Design, direction
and production of effects commercials integrating live action, CGI and
motion control. |
1993 - 1997 |
Animation contractor/trainer:
Duties: production
and training on TDI animation software for American and Asian software
resellers. |
1990 - 1993 |
Art Director: Digital
Light, Minneapolis MN
Duties: Creative direction,
production management, internship direction, training programs |
1988 - 1989 |
Exhibition Coordinator:
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis
Duties: curating, design
and administration of exhibition program, administration of Jerome and
McKnight artist fellowship programs, administration of visiting artist
program, creative project management for visiting and exhibiting artists,
teaching interdisciplinary courses on curating and issues of presentation
of contemporary artists. |
1981-1987 |
Freelance consultant
Consultant to fine
artists in areas of engineering, project management, architectural realization
and museum design, Client artists: Siah Armajani, Vito Acconci,
Scott Burton, Richard Posner |
1981
- 1989 |
| Exhibition technician:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN
Duties: exhibition preparation for
local and touring exhibitions |
1979 - 1981 |
Teaching:
Minneapolis College
of Art and Design
Interdisciplinary courses on curating, exhibition
design and issues of presentation in modern art, |
1984-1985 |
| Workshops for elementary
and secondary educators on computers and art education, |
1990-1991 |
| Minneapolis Community
College, 2d Computer animation |
1989-1990 |
| Avigra Design, Jakarta
Indonesia, Training and integration of TDI systems into commercial video
production, |
1990, 1992 |
| Columbia College, Chicago,
Visiting artist in animation program |
1991-1992 |
| Micrographics, Chicago,
Trainer and demo Artist |
1991-1992 |
| TDI America, Trainer
and demo Artist |
1991-1992 |
Art Exhibitions:
Gallery13,
Minneapolis MN, Ultimate Landscape, December 2008
Los
Angeles Center for Digital Art, “DigitalArt.LA”, August 2008
Gallery13,
Minneapolis MN, July 2008
2005 Siggraph Traveling Art Exhibition
Hong Kong Cyberport
– The Arcade, Ocean View Court
City University of
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Institute
of Vocational Education, Tsing Yi
Hong Kong Polytechnic
University
Hong Kong Convention
and Exhibition Centre - HK Game Fair 2007
Art of Digital Show,
Lyceum Theater, San Diego
Art From The Ends of
the Digital Spectrum, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University
New Math at the Los
Angeles Center for Digital Art,
Pamplemousse Press,
Pace Editions, New York, NY
Threading Time : 2005
Siggraph Fine Art Exhibition in Los Angeles,
Education:
Bachelor
of Arts, College of St Thomas, St Paul MN (Painting) 1979
Member, Visual Effects Society, 2009- present
Please Contact Bob Coleman
13323 Washington Boulevard, Suite 304, Los Angeles, CA 90066
310-788-3918 M. 310-293-8718 F. 310-788-3415 http://www.d-a-a.com
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