Profile:

I am a character animator and creator with years of experience in 3D, producing high quality animation and leading animation teams. I was responsible for a department of over 20 animators on projects for Disney Junior and Mattel. As a lead animator I worked on AAA games like Crash Bandicoot (Activision-Blizzard/Toys for Bob). Most recently I worked on feature films, producing high quality animation performances.

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:

 

                             2022-Current Feature animator

                             Feature Animator at ReelFX/Agora on “The Monkey King”.

                             2021-2022 Feature animator

                             Feature Animator at Axis on “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” feature film.

                             2021 Feature animator

                             Feature Animator at ReelFX/Agora on “Back to the Outback”.

                             2020 Lead animator

                             Funkeyz for Activision-Blizzard and Toys for Bob.

                             2019 Director

                             Sock Superhero (co-directed and created with Talia Tsur).

                             2019 Animator

                             Commercials, computer games and short film.

                             2019 Animation Instructor

                             Siur Mohot college.

                             2018-2019 Animation and CG supervisor

                             Animation and CG supervisor at Hive studios.

                             2018 Remote Freelancer

                             Video game animator for Activision-Blizzard.

                             2017-2018 Head of Animation

                             Head of Animation at Snowball VFX: 

                             Disney's Muppet Babies series

                             Mattel's Barbie Dreamtopia series season 2.

                             2016 Lead animator

                             Lead animator at Snowball VFX: 

                             Disney’s Star Darlings series.

                             Mattel Barbie Dreamtopia series and TV movie.

                             2015 Snowball Studios

                             Character animator in Disney’s Star Darlings series.

                             Character animator for various commercials.

                             2011-2014 Animator

                             2014 Toonimo Character animator for website solutions.

                             2014 “Bli Neder” Character animator in the production of the short film “Bli Neder”.                                                      2012 “Rage Mouse” Character animator in the short film produced  by Crew 972 and IAC and                                         directed by Alex Orrelle.

                             2011 Computer Games by David Ruana Pre-production development manager, animator, producer                               and post-production manager of animations made for a children’s computer game.

                             2003-2015 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.

                             2005-2016 Various graphic solutions

                             Web design, digital and traditional artwork and illustrations for various clients.

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Education:

                        2012-2014 Animation Mentor

                        Animation mentor classic program graduate.                                                 

                        2011-2016 Bar Illan University

                        BA in Linguistics. The studies took place in English, and are mostly English-centered.

                        2007-2009 Israeli Animation College (IAC)

                        Diploma studies in 3D, animation and VFX. Final project was a 3 minutes long animated short,                                       created completely by myself from start to finish.

                        1992-2000 The Reali School in Haifa

                        High school graduate – majoring in Biology, Middle East Studies and English.

 

Technical Skills:

                        Character animation

                        Fine Art Skills

                        Digital painting

                        Programs: Maya 3D, 3DS Max, Zbrush, Poser, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere