Assistant Director
Resume:
Dawn Hiu Chan
Motion Graphics Compositor *D Generalist
Demo Reel
www.isdawn.com
Contact
acqh7s@r.postjobfree.com
Software
Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere
Autodesk Maya Adobe Illustrator
Autodesk Mudbox Adobe Photoshop
Cinema 4D Final Cut Pro
Work Experience
Director Of Animation – Tasting the Moon/ Producer: Tereza Beniakova
Kabul, Afghanistan 2013 - 2015
Animation Director of Animated Documentary ‘Tasting the Moon’. Green Screen Production, Compositing, 3D Modelling, 3D Animation and Motion Graphics. Produced by Tereza Beniakova, long term Kabul Resident with a background in security and governance researcher (specializing in Central Asia).
Freelance Compositor – Duck Studios
LA, USA Summer 2014
Compositing Animation for Disneyland’s “Dirty Dawson” (101 Dalmation’s DVD)
1st Assistant Director – RYAT/ Director: Barna Nemethi
LA, USA Spring 2014
Music Video Production for recording artist RYAT (Under Flying Lotus’s music label Brainfeeder). Director: Barna Nemethi (Creative Director of Griffon & Swans).
Cinematographer – RYAT/ Choreographer: Kate Wallace
LA, USA Winter 2013
Camera Operation for music video collaboration between recording artist RYAT and award-winning choreographer Kate Watson-Wallace.
Videographer/ Compositor – RYAT/ Brainfeeder
LA, USA 2012- 2013
Art Direction, Visual Effects and Compositing for recording artist RYAT under Flying Lotus’s music label Brainfeeder.
Graphics Animation Assistant – Bjork/ Director: Andrew Thomas Huang
LA, USA Summer 2012
Compositing for Bjork’s music video ‘Mutual Core’, under award winning director Andrew Thomas Huang.
Graphics Animation Assistant – We Are The Masses/ Director: Alexandra Pelly
LA, USA Summer 2012
Compositing and 3D generalist for music videos under production company We Are The Masses (The Masses). Recording artists include Adventure Time (Daedalus & DJ Frosty), ESP and Data Debt.
Animation Assistant – XYZ studios (Melbourne Branch)
Melbourne, Australia Winter 2011
Assistant to Art Direction and Animation for Australian NGO Playground Ideas, under award winning Australian animation studio XYZ studios.
Motion Graphic Designer – Sydney Biennale/ Artist: Christian Jankowski
Sydney, Australia Spring 2010
Freelance Project Based Designer, creative concept and layout for all motion graphics for German Artist Christian Jankowski’s Tableux Vivant TV (Sydney Biennale 2010)
Related Experience
Associate Art Director – M&C Saatchi (Hong Kong branch)
Hong Kong SAR, China Spring 2010
Initiating ideas & assisting in art direction. Responsibilities include below-the-line graphic design for Disneyland (Hong Kong), City of Dreams (Macau), and Mandarin Oriental.
Project-based Designer – EverGreat Creative
Hong Kong SAR, China Winter 2009
Branding for EverGreat Creative’s mobile phone app. Creative concept and layout for UI design, logo, stickers and tote bags.
Regional Designer – British Tourist Authority (Hong Kong branch)
Hong Kong SAR, China Winter 2009
Creative Concept and layout design for Japanese ad campaign ‘Visit Britain’. Other responsibilities include revision of content/ layout for the local Visit Britain guidebooks in Japan, China, Hong Kong and Africa.
Producer – 4Sight Productions
London, UK 2008-2009
Producer for documentary short ‘Red’ regarding Tibet-China relations during the 2008 Olympics. Other miscellaneous responsibilities include camera work, editing and post.
Internship – McCann Erikson (Hong Kong branch)
Hong Kong SAR, China Autumn 2003
Drafting ideas for advertising campaigns and logos.
Festivals
The Kokology Game (2012)
Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival (2013)
AAIFF Asian American International Film Festival (2012)
Skillset
Graphics Animation Branding
Motion Graphic Design Graphic Design (Digital & Print)
3D generalist Illustration
Compositing Traditional Chinese/ Cantonese/ Mandarin
Film Editing Muay Thai
Post-production
Green screen production
Education
California Institute of the Arts - MFA Experimental Animation
Central St. Martin's - BA (hons) Graphic Design
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