WORK EXPERIENCE

Pixar Animation Studios
April 2009- Present
-- Character Animator: Toy Story 3

Framestore
May 2008- March 2009
— Character Animator: Where The Wild Things Are
--- Character Animator: The Tale of Despereaux

Moving Picture Company
February 2007 - April 2008
Character Animator on various projects:
— The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
— 10,000 BC
— Fred Claus

STARZ Animation Toronto
December 2004 - February 2007
— Character Animator: Everyone's Hero

Guru Animation Studio
July - October 2004
—Character Animator/ Storyboard Artist: Warner Brothers Kids Promos
—Animator/ Modeler: Teletoon Detour Promo

CBC Radio-Canada
September 2004
—Created 45 second Flash animation for Television series, Nerve

Peter Lepeniotis
June 2004
—Character Animator(volunteer): Surly Squirrel

Chuck Gammage Animation Studio
May - June 2004
—FX Animator: Frosted Flakes Commercial

Calibre Digital Pictures
September 2003 - May 2004
—Character Animator: Television series Shoebox Zoo

Guru Animation Studio
June - September 2003
—Freelance Animator: Storyboard, Models, Animation, Lighting and Rendering for Teletoon Monkey Promo
—FX Animator: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Commercial

EDUCATION

Sheridan College, Computer Animation, Oakville, ON 2003
Post-Graduate Certificate Sheridan Scholar

McMaster University, Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Hamilton, ON 2002
Majored in Fine Art and Multimedia

TECHNICAL SKILLS
—Maya             
—Adobe After Effects
—Adobe Photoshop
—Adobe Premiere
—Macromedia Flash
—Sound Forge
—Macromedia Dreamweaver

HONOURS AND AWARDS
—Finding Chia broadcast as part of CBC Television series Nerve, April 2005

Finding Chia Official Selection at:
—The U of T Film and Video Festival 2005
—Endless Films Student Film Festival, 2004
—Sprockets International Film Festival for Children, 2004
—Calgary International Film Festival, 2003
—Toronto Female Eye Festival, 2003
—FRAME Festival received Honourable Mention, 2003
—Teletoon Scholarship for Most Promising Student Honourable Mention 2003

PUBLICATIONS

Gray, Daniel. Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop. San Francisco: Sybex, 2004

Armen Svadjian, Ache Magazine. Toronto: Great Worm Express, 2001