ANAT DAYAG
Character Animator
Anat Dayag
Character Animator
anatfish@gmail.com +972 52 3623535
Languages: Hebrew (fluent)
English (fluent)
Hello!
I am Anat, a senior animator with years of experience in film, TV and video games. In recent years I have been animating remotely on feature films very successfully (such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Monkey King, Scrooge and The Twits), taking the quality of my work to that next level. It is my goal to continue to grow within a team and create high quality animation.
I also have experience in leading animation teams and supervising 3D projects; I was responsible for a department of over 20 animators on projects for Disney Junior and Mattel, and I was also a lead animator on AAA games like Crash Bandicoot (Activision-Blizzard/Toys for Bob).
Bringing characters to life is my passion. It is my goal to make my characters feel believable and relatable, and that’s a challenge I’m always happy to learn from and grow towards.
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Work Experience:
Senior Animator at ReelFX/Agora
(July 2024- December 2024)
Producing high quality animation for “SpongeBob The Search for Squarepants” feature film.
(April 2022- January 2023)
Producing high quality animation for “The Monkey King” feature film.
(March 2021- June 2021)
Producing high quality animation for “Back to the Outback” feature film.
Senior Animator at Jellyfish Feature Animation
(March 2023- July 2024)
Producing high quality animation for “The Twits” feature film.
Feature Animator at Axis
(June 2021- February 2022)
Producing high quality animation for “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” feature film.
Lead Animator on Activision-Blizzard/Toys for Bob’s “Spyro Reignited Trilogy” and “Crash Bandicoot 4” (Funkeyz Studio)
(July 2018- September 2020)
Achievements and responsibilities:
● Creating high quality cartoony animation for both in-game and cut-scenes animations.
● Workingwith the animation supervisor in breaking down tasks, both creatively as well as organizationally.
● Assigning tasks to the animation team and providing feedback and technical assistance.
● Communicatingwith other departments as well as with the client when needed.
Co-creator and Co-director of “Anat & Talia Animation”
(2018-current)
Achievements and responsibilities:
● Writing, directing, producing and creating the short film “Sock Superhero” with my partner Talia Tsur. The film was created for the children visiting Asaf Harofe Hospital’s Allergy clinic.
● Projects development in various stages.
Animation Instructor
(January 2019- March 2020)
Ateacher and instructor in Siur-Mohot college- teaching advanced character animation for college students.
Animation and CG supervisor on Sheryl Holms at Hive studios
(October 2018- March 2019)
Achievements and responsibilities:
● Supervising the CG production: working closely with the director and all 3D pipeline departments creatively as well as organizationally.
● Supervising and managing the animation team: casting shots, organizing schedules, providing feedback and technical assistance as well as animating shots.
Head of Animation, Snowball VFX Muppet Babies- Disney Junior Barbie Dreamtopia season 2- Mattel
(November 2016- June 2018)
Achievements and responsibilities:
● Managingateamofover20animators.
● Training junior animators and interns.
● Definingworkflowsandorganizing the show’s quota and style alongside the animation supervisor and the director.
● Providing training and additional classes within the department.
● Workingclosely with the director and animation supervisor as well as the production team.
● Managingtimetables and schedules as well as writing protocols and in-department documents.
● Workingwith the rigging department, the layout team and the LRC department for a smooth workflow.
● Workingandcommunicating with the client.
Lead Animator, Snowball VFX
(November 2015- November 2016)
Achievements and responsibilities:
● Managingateamof6animators.
● Providing feedback and technical assistance.
● Workingclosely with my Head of department and animation supervisor.
● Castingshots and managing the team’s quota.
● Producing high quality animation.
Lead Animator, Freelance
(2014- current)
As afreelance character animator, I worked on various projects over the years, including films, TV shows, computer games and commercials. I supervised teams, meeting the client’s expectations. I managed timetables, assigned shots and communicated with the directors and clients.
Texture Artist and 3D Generalist
(2005– 2015)
● Web design, digital and traditional artwork and illustrations for various clients.
● 3D Content Creator for Poser and Daz Studio. As one of the leading vendors in the Poser community, I have been selling textures, poses, animations and models for usage in the Poser program (or Daz Studio) in top stores, such as Daz3D, RuntimeDNA and Renderosity
Education:
Animation Mentor (2012-2014)
Animation mentor classic program graduate.
Bar Illan University (2011-2016)
BAin Linguistics. The studies took place in English, and were mostly English-centered.
Israeli Animation College (IAC) (2007-2009)
Diploma studies in 3D, animation and VFX. Final project was a 3 minutes long animated short, created completely by myself from start to finish.
Technical Skills:
● Character animation
● Basic rigging and shading skills
● Fine Art Skills
● Digital painting
● Programs:Maya3D, Blender, 3DS Max, Zbrush, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro