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CV:
- TBA, Production Coordinator. Feature animated film, Singing Frog Studio. Nov 2017-present.
- Faon/Fawn, Creator and Designer, video game. present.
- Ville Neuve, Assistant Director. Feature animated film written and directed by Félix Dufour-Laperriere. Unité Centrale, producer Galilé Marion-Gauvin, July 2016 to Nov 2017.
- Jason, Animator and Illustrator, short directed by Elise Simard. Sept 2017.
- Inside These Walls, Animation Direction. Animated sequences for feature documentary, directed by Lorraine Price and Juliet Lammers. Prospector Films producers John Christou and Aisling Chin-Yee, 2016.
- Beautiful Like Elsewhere, Environment Art/Illustration. Written and Directed by Elise Simard, 2016.
- Mystery of the Secret Room, Art Director/Animation Supervisor/Animator. Written and Directed by Wanda Nolan, produced by Annette Clarke, NFB. 2016.
- Monster Fish, Illustration/environment art. Written by the National Geographic Museum and directed by Daniel Gies and Alan Parente and produced by Emily Paige, E.D. Films 2015.
- The End of Pinky, Director, Art Director, Screenwriter, Animator. Animated adaptation of short fiction by
Heather O’Neill, Producer: Michael Fukushima, NFB 2013. TIFF 2013 (world premiere), TIFF Top Ten 2014, VIFF 2013 (VIFF top ten), FNC 2013, Sommets de l’animation 2013, Rendez-Vous Cinema Quebecois 2013, Aspen Film Festival 2014, Fantasia 2014, Canadian Screen Award
Nominee 2014, Jutra Award Nominee 2014, Women in 3D WIF stereosopic film event, 2015.
- Shy Asylum, Writer/Designer. Finalist in Sodec’s 2012 Cours écrire ton court scriptwriting competition with consultant
Co Hoedeman. Over the course of the workshops, I created a final draft of the script and production artwork.
- The Interview, director, designer, animator. Animated short for NFB/HRSDC Work For All series, produced
by Kat Baulu. Original concept by Jean-Hervé Désiré, script by Jean-Hervé Désiré and Tetchena Bellange.
Original release June 2010; stereoscopic version released in March 2011.
- Quarantaine, animator. Directed and Produced by Marlene Millar and Philip Szporer, 2010.
- The Wobble Incident, co-directed with Sam Vipond, also animator and art director. National Film Board of
Canada/ POP Montreal, “Making Music 3” program. Produced by Maral Mohammadian and Kat Baulu.
Ottawa Animation Festival (part of NFB stereoscopic installation) 2009; Melbourne International Animation
Festival 2010; London International Animation Festival 2010.
- Trash and No Star!, co-directed with Karl Lemieux. Independent, 2008. Les Rendez-Vous Cinema Quebecois 2008; 25 Fps Festival 2008;
Ottawa Animation Festival 2009; Melbourne International Animation Festival 2010; London International
Animation Festival 2010, Marcel Jean retrospective “From Norman McLaren to Steven Woloshen”, 2012
Sommets de l’animation.
- NFB 70 Years/ONF 70 ans, animator. Directed by Jean-Francois Pouliot, Produced by Rene Chenier, 2009.
-Facing Champlain: A Work in 3 Dimensions, animator. Co-design and animation of a 2 minute scene of this
live-action/animated stereoscopic film. Director: Jean-François Pouliot, Animation Director: Munro Ferguson.
Produced by Marc Bertrand, René Chenier, and David Verrall. 2008.
Honors, Associations, Conferences, and Teaching:
- presenter and moderator, Scene and Heard event, St. John's Women's Film Festival, 2016.
- DCG Awards Jury member, 2015 and 2016.
- Selected International Jury Member, Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2014.
- Canadian Screen Award Nominee, 2014.
- Justra Award Nominee, 2014.
- Tiff Top Ten, 2014.
- Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, Voting member, 2014.
- Panelist, Emily Carr University, Stereoscopic Conference, October 2013.
- Instructor, Toronto Animated Image Society, Stereoscopic Workshop, August 2013.
- Instructor, Stereoscopic media workshop at Studio XX, spring 2012.
- Director’s Guild of Canada, member in good standing since 2010.
- Panelist, Stereoscopic Media: A Medium in the Making, with Munro Ferguson and Theodore Ushev, moderated by
Maral Mohammadian. Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2009.
- Instructor, Animation Basics course, Concordia School of Extended Learning, fall 2008.
Education:
- BFA, Major Film Animation, Concordia University, with great distinction, 2007.
- BFA, Major Studio Art, Concordia University, with distinction, 2005.
- BA, Major Philosophy, St-Thomas and Concordia Universities, with distinction, 2002.
Academic Awards:
- Norman McLaren Award (overall achievement)- May 2007.
- Transfilm Scholarship (achievement in second year animation)- May 2006.
- ARRI Canada Scholarship (achievement in first year animation)- May 2005.
- TBA, Production Coordinator. Feature animated film, Singing Frog Studio. Nov 2017-present.
- Faon/Fawn, Creator and Designer, video game. present.
- Ville Neuve, Assistant Director. Feature animated film written and directed by Félix Dufour-Laperriere. Unité Centrale, producer Galilé Marion-Gauvin, July 2016 to Nov 2017.
- Jason, Animator and Illustrator, short directed by Elise Simard. Sept 2017.
- Inside These Walls, Animation Direction. Animated sequences for feature documentary, directed by Lorraine Price and Juliet Lammers. Prospector Films producers John Christou and Aisling Chin-Yee, 2016.
- Beautiful Like Elsewhere, Environment Art/Illustration. Written and Directed by Elise Simard, 2016.
- Mystery of the Secret Room, Art Director/Animation Supervisor/Animator. Written and Directed by Wanda Nolan, produced by Annette Clarke, NFB. 2016.
- Monster Fish, Illustration/environment art. Written by the National Geographic Museum and directed by Daniel Gies and Alan Parente and produced by Emily Paige, E.D. Films 2015.
- The End of Pinky, Director, Art Director, Screenwriter, Animator. Animated adaptation of short fiction by
Heather O’Neill, Producer: Michael Fukushima, NFB 2013. TIFF 2013 (world premiere), TIFF Top Ten 2014, VIFF 2013 (VIFF top ten), FNC 2013, Sommets de l’animation 2013, Rendez-Vous Cinema Quebecois 2013, Aspen Film Festival 2014, Fantasia 2014, Canadian Screen Award
Nominee 2014, Jutra Award Nominee 2014, Women in 3D WIF stereosopic film event, 2015.
- Shy Asylum, Writer/Designer. Finalist in Sodec’s 2012 Cours écrire ton court scriptwriting competition with consultant
Co Hoedeman. Over the course of the workshops, I created a final draft of the script and production artwork.
- The Interview, director, designer, animator. Animated short for NFB/HRSDC Work For All series, produced
by Kat Baulu. Original concept by Jean-Hervé Désiré, script by Jean-Hervé Désiré and Tetchena Bellange.
Original release June 2010; stereoscopic version released in March 2011.
- Quarantaine, animator. Directed and Produced by Marlene Millar and Philip Szporer, 2010.
- The Wobble Incident, co-directed with Sam Vipond, also animator and art director. National Film Board of
Canada/ POP Montreal, “Making Music 3” program. Produced by Maral Mohammadian and Kat Baulu.
Ottawa Animation Festival (part of NFB stereoscopic installation) 2009; Melbourne International Animation
Festival 2010; London International Animation Festival 2010.
- Trash and No Star!, co-directed with Karl Lemieux. Independent, 2008. Les Rendez-Vous Cinema Quebecois 2008; 25 Fps Festival 2008;
Ottawa Animation Festival 2009; Melbourne International Animation Festival 2010; London International
Animation Festival 2010, Marcel Jean retrospective “From Norman McLaren to Steven Woloshen”, 2012
Sommets de l’animation.
- NFB 70 Years/ONF 70 ans, animator. Directed by Jean-Francois Pouliot, Produced by Rene Chenier, 2009.
-Facing Champlain: A Work in 3 Dimensions, animator. Co-design and animation of a 2 minute scene of this
live-action/animated stereoscopic film. Director: Jean-François Pouliot, Animation Director: Munro Ferguson.
Produced by Marc Bertrand, René Chenier, and David Verrall. 2008.
Honors, Associations, Conferences, and Teaching:
- presenter and moderator, Scene and Heard event, St. John's Women's Film Festival, 2016.
- DCG Awards Jury member, 2015 and 2016.
- Selected International Jury Member, Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2014.
- Canadian Screen Award Nominee, 2014.
- Justra Award Nominee, 2014.
- Tiff Top Ten, 2014.
- Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, Voting member, 2014.
- Panelist, Emily Carr University, Stereoscopic Conference, October 2013.
- Instructor, Toronto Animated Image Society, Stereoscopic Workshop, August 2013.
- Instructor, Stereoscopic media workshop at Studio XX, spring 2012.
- Director’s Guild of Canada, member in good standing since 2010.
- Panelist, Stereoscopic Media: A Medium in the Making, with Munro Ferguson and Theodore Ushev, moderated by
Maral Mohammadian. Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2009.
- Instructor, Animation Basics course, Concordia School of Extended Learning, fall 2008.
Education:
- BFA, Major Film Animation, Concordia University, with great distinction, 2007.
- BFA, Major Studio Art, Concordia University, with distinction, 2005.
- BA, Major Philosophy, St-Thomas and Concordia Universities, with distinction, 2002.
Academic Awards:
- Norman McLaren Award (overall achievement)- May 2007.
- Transfilm Scholarship (achievement in second year animation)- May 2006.
- ARRI Canada Scholarship (achievement in first year animation)- May 2005.