Tuesday, March 18, 2008

RESUME + ANIMATION SHOWCASE

BRUNO AMEZCUA
Digital Animation & Broadcast Designer
Toronto, ON, Canada




CAREER OBJECTIVE ___________________________________________

A To perform character animation successfully, exceeding the expectations of the creative and storytelling leaders, bringing up my creative skills, technical ability, visual arts background, communications and media experience in order to be a valuable part of the team in charge of producing high-end character and performing animation. iable Character Animator where my creative skills, technical ability, visual arts background, communications and media experience allow me to be a valuable part of the team in charge of producing high-end Animation.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS________________________________

  • Solid understanding of character acting, weight , balance, and action performance
  • Skilled hand drawing to complete the process of storyboarding and animation staging
  • Experience working within a tight pipeline developing animation for both TV series and video games.
  • Well rounded training in the process of the technical tools for Animation, production and post-production
  • Strong knowledge in visual arts and cinematography conceptualization
  • Ready to work under pressure with the optimal direction, work flow and team responsibilities
  • Trained and experienced on the professional use of common artistic and multimedia production software



RELEVANT EXPERIENCE________________________________________

Digital Animator / Digital Artists 2007 -2010

· IMAX, Toronto, ON

Animation and modeling for stereoscopic 3D interpretation.

· Alien Concepts Inc, Toronto, ON
Lead Artist. On-line based Video games: Animation for 2D &3D assets and multimedia development

· Dream Engine Inc, Torrance, California

Character animation, mobile comic book for The Spirit

· Elliott Animation Studios, Toronto, ON
TV animated series Rollbots Season 1, Amberwood-YTV. Character animation, rendering and compositing.

· Elliott Animation Studios, Toronto, ON
TV animated show Dunce Bucket. Leading character animation and designer.

· Pseudo Interactive, Toronto, ON
Character animation for video game.

· Chuck Gammage Animation Inc, Toronto, ON

Character design and construction of facial expressions and blendshapes.

· Story City, Toronto, ON
Web animated series Konstruction Zone.
Character animation


Tutoring 3D development on Autodesk Maya
Instructor at Centennial College - The Bell Centre for Creative Communications, Toronto ON

Broadcast Designer
• VF Wrangler-Lee, Greensboro, North Carolina + Mexico City, Mexico (2000-2007)
• Johnson Controls, Milwaukee, Wisconsin + Mexico City, Mexico (1997-2001)
• Ciateq Advanced Tech Centre & Robotics, Queretaro, Mexico (1999-2007)
• TÜV Rehinland International, Mexico City, Mexico (1998-2003)
• Centennial College, Toronto, Ontario (2007)

• Created Animation for corporate identity assets, multimedia, Internet and TV applications: machinery and technical modeling and illustrative functioning Animation
• Produced storyboarding, design and production for audiovisual communication tools.
• Administrated, designed and improvement of Corporate Identity

Audiovisual Designer [Overseas Headquarters]

• Produced high-end Photoshop and graphic design applications for advertising art distribution
• Firms included: Toronto District School Board | Pfizer | 3M | Pharmacia & Upjohn | Continental | Ericsson |Goodyear Tire | Kellogg’s | New York Life |


EDUCATION____________________________________________________

Digital Animation
Centennial College, Toronto Ontario (Dec 2006-Jan 2008)
Relevant Courses
• Acting
• Character Animation
• Modeling, Rigging and Texturing in Maya
• Story Development
• Visual Effects
• Broadcasting Design

BA, Fine Arts
Royal City Museum, Ciudad Real, Spain (1993-1995)
• Classic Arts
•Human Figure Staging

BA, Communications
Metropolitan University, Mexico City, Mexico (1992-1998)
Relevant Courses
• Liberal Arts
• Cinematography
• 2D Animation



Certified Macromedia Graphic Designer
Macromedia Licensing, Mexico City, Mexico (2000)



SOFTWARE SKILLS_______________________________________________

Autodesk Maya | Character Studio | Flash | Photoshop | Combustion | Director | Premiere |FinalCut Pro | Illustrator | After Effects | MudBox
DVD Reel Available Upon Request

+Animation Showcase: click here to display...


+Some Life Drawing & Story Boarding