JEREMY BOLAN – CHARACTER ANIMATOR
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WORK EXPERIENCE
ImageMovers Digital October 2007 – Present
Senior Animator – Mars Needs Moms
Provided Motion Capture clean up, additive and keyframe animation to all lead characters.
Senior Animator – Disney’s A Christmas Carol
Provided Motion Capture clean up, additive and keyframe animation to the leads characters of Scrooge, Marley, Ghost of Christmas Future and Ghost horse.
Motion Capture Performance – Disney’s A Christmas Carol
Performed actions and character study to test movements for Jacob Marley
Industrial Light & Magic July 2006 – April 2007
Character Animator – Transformers
Animated Giant Robots in a variety of heavy physical actions displaying mass weight shifting, as well as character moments with facial animation.
Motion Capture Performance – Transformers, Ironman, Lions for Lambs
Performed stunts, actions and character study for giant robots, super heroes, and a variety of military personnel.
Rhythm & Hues January – May 2006
Character Animator – Garfield 2 “A Tale of Two Kittens”
Animated Garfield the Cat in various cat and human characteristics as well as facial and dialog animation.
Weta Digital Ltd. January – November 2005
Character Animator – King Kong
Animated key emotional and physical shots of Kong on Empire State Building, as well as the Kong fight with T-Rex. Worked closely with Director, Peter Jackson and VFX Supervisor, Joe Letteri to discuss shots.
Esc Entertainment March – August 2004
Lead Animator – Constantine
Animated all angel wings, along with Vermin Man development. Worked closely with VFX Supervisors, Michael Fink and George Murphy.
Tippett Studio February 2003 – March 2004
Character Animator – Constantine
Pre-vis and Final shots for winged demons and exorcism demon.
Character Animator – Stepford Wives
Animated robotic dog and robotic body parts.
Character Animator – Starship Troopers 2
Animated large-scale warrior bugs to small parasite bugs. Worked closely with Director, Phil Tippett.
EDUCATION
Ex’pression College 2002
B.S., Digital Visual Media with Emphasis in 3D Animation Class Salutatorian School Mentorship with Dan Mason, animator for Pixar Studios