Supervisor Assistant

John Dillon

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

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I am a creative professional with 20 years of experience telling engaging

Burbank, CA 91501

animation and live action stories for the biggest Entertainment brands. I

thrive working in collaborative environments from concept to execution. My

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expertise encompasses directing, storyboarding, animatic/pre-viz, animation,

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compositing, editing, illustration, character design, BG design and painting.

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EDUCATION

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Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

whatnotentertainment.com

BA, Fine Arts, Minor Art History

COMPUTER SKILLS

Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Whatnot Entertainment, Jan 2010 – Present

Partner, Director, Compositor, Animator, Storyboard Artist, Designer, Editor,

BG Artist, Character Designer

Kuma Games Driver – created 8 motion comics running over 35 minutes in

6 different languages in a year and a half. These videos are on YouTube and

have a cummulative of over 6 million hits.

Message – a feature film by Russian directors. I created over 50 minutes of

cartoon style animation treatment for the film in 2 months.

Pipo Pipo, an aparel company for babies – animated a minute spot with 5

characters, done in 6 weeks.

Kappa, various compositing work – gun shots, bullets and impact, smoke and

sparks, bluring out logos and faces, motion tracking objects, roto brush work.

Cartoon Network Studios, Aug 2009 – Dec 2009

Animatic Editor, Firebreather

Imagi, Sep 2007 – Jun 2009

Animatic After Effects Artist, Astro Boy, Gatchaman

Starz Animation, Jan 2006 – Apr 2007

FX Supervisor, El Superbeasto

Animatics Artist, Sheepish

Also helped develop projects for Scott Greenberg and Jay Fakuto, the

presidents of the studio.

Toonacious, Feb 2005 – Jun 2005

Compositor and FX animator, Stitch Got a Glitch

Paramount, Apr 2004 – Jul 2004

Color Compositing, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Mike Young Productions, Aug 2004

Storyboard Artist, He-Man

Image Movers, Oct 2003 – Nov 2003

Animatics, Monster House

Sony Pictures, Aug 2002 – Nov 2002

Animatic Artis, Spiderman II

Cartoon Network, Apr 2001 –Dec 2001

FX Supervisor, Powerpuff Girls Movie

Warner Brother Feature Animation, 1996 – 1999 & 2000

FX Animator, Iron Giant, Quest for Camelot, Osmosis Jones, Space Jam

Buena Vista Studios, May – Jul 1999

Computer Graphics Artist, The Beast

Walter Disney Television Animation, Oct – Dec 1999

FX Animator, The Tiger Movie

Hyperion Animation, 1994 – 1996

FX Supervisor, Life with Louie, Little Wizards, Hyperman, Brave Little Toaster

Goes to School, Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

Rich Animation, 1993 – 1994

FX Animator, Swan Princess

Sullivan Bluth, 1990 – 1993

Character Assistant Animator, A Troll in Central Park, Thumbelina

FREELANCE

Activision, A Band Apart, Bear Animation, Corner Stone Animation, Creative

Capers, Duck Soup Studio, Imaginary Forces, Phil Roman, Seventh Level,

Stardust, Stillwater Production, Warner Bros. Classics

STORYBOARDING

Imaginary Forces: DC Collectables,TLC, Locomotion, Rogue, BVS Bank. Broken

Lizzard,: Slamin Salmon (Feature Film), No Place Like Home (Feature Film).

Mike Young Productions: He-Man (Animated TV Series). A Band Apart: Daniel

Bedingfield, James Dean Music Video, Danone (TV Commercial), AT&T Pain and

Amusement Park (TV Commercials)

TEACHING

Animation at Loyola Marymount University, 2000-2005

Associates in Arts, 1998-2000

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