International Design

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Leah E-mail: abqk41@r.postjobfree.com

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GOAL A Creative Production Position Areas of expertise: Direction, Concept, Animation, Film, Fine-Art

EDUCATION Rhode Island School of Design: Providence, RI

BFA 2009 - Animation and Film - deans list

Brown University: Providence, RI

Psychology Courses, 2006 - 2008

EXPERIENCE Independent Filmmaker: self produces, animates, creates, writes, edits own films that go on to film festivals world

wide. Current film in the festival circuit is OLD MAN, an experimental film that is narrated by never before heard,

recent audio of Charles Manson. Past films have shown internationally.

Freelancer: hired for numerous things including creative consultant, producing commercials, music videos, docu-

mentaries, art/concept art, fabrication, art direction, live action and animated films from Ke$ha music videos to Boost

Mobile, Google, VICE media, Reddit, Dominos, GenArt, and Amnesty International commercials...

NYC Summer 2009-Present

VICE/Warner Bros:

Hired to concept, produce and animate 2 minute viral teasers of Big Sean and Kreayshawn for a feature called Proj-

ect X. Hired to animate Snoop Dogg and many more celebraties for VICE. Reddit segments on going...

NYC 2012

Cartoon Network:

Wrote, Concepted, Illustrated a prospective pitch/tv series. On going...

2012 NY/LA

Charlex: Animator/compositor for commercials

NYC 2011

100 Down Writer: reviewing independent films in a humerous manner.

NYC 2010 -Present

Curious Pictures: Freelancer, Art Director, model/set/puppet maker, animator

NYC fall 2008-Present

Currently working on an Amnesty commercial: animator/set/prop/puppet maker

World Leaders Entertainment: Intern imbetweening and character creation for a pilot show for Cartoon Network.

NYC, Summer 2008

MTV Motion Graphics: Intern hands on experience with animation from concept to production. Conceived designs

at the VMAs 07 and designed animation concepts for Times Square, NYC. Helped with the production of Dr. Ruth s

opening sequence. NYC, Summer of 2007

SKILLS COMPUTER SKILLS: PC and Mac OS proficient, Adobe Creative Suite, Avid, Final Cut Pro, Pro Tools, Compres-

sor, Dragon, Frame Theif, Toki Line Test, Arduino programming, Basic C, CAD/CAM, Microsoft Office Suite, Basic

Programming skills- HTML/CSS/Actionscript, ability to budget and produce animations/live action pieces. Creative

writing experience from script writing to film reviews.

2D: Traditional Animation, stop-motion and film making/editing, Pixilation, refined rendering in any medium, cleanup

3D: Realistic sculpting in any medium, puppet armature, set design, costuming, makeup (for theater or film), jewelry,

metalsmithing, Cad-Cam, and various carpentry equipment

EQUIPMENT: Experienced in using the Arri 435, Canon and Nikon still cameras, knowledge of most video cameras,

Bolex H16 RX4 and RX5, flash card sound recorders, lavalier/cardioid/shotgun microphones, lighting equipment.

AWARDS Ottawa International Animation Film Festival 2012

Spike and Mikes Sick and Twisted Film Festival 2012

GenArt Film Festival - opening night film 2012

Chicago International Film Festival 2012

Starz Denver International Film Festival 2012

Animation Block Party 2012

Brooklyn Film Festival Audience Award: Best Animation 2012

ASIFA East Awards Third Place Best Experimental 2012

Ottawa International Animation Film Festival Signal Film Illustrator 2011

Finalist at Ovation TV Next Revolutionary Film Directors Contest 2010

First Place Best Student Reel OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2009

First Place Best Animation at UFVA NextFrame Touring Festival of International student film and video 2009

Filmmaker of Excellence Award at Canada International Film Festival 2010

Finalist at U.S.A Film Festival 2010

Official Selection SUNDANCE 2010

Official Selection SXSW 2010 and 2011

Official Selection SLAMDANCE 2010

Official Selection RAINDANCE 2009

Official Selection at the London International Animation Festival 2009 + 2010

RISD Chironna Memorial Scholarship 2008-2009

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