| Thomas Grummt | Burbank, CA 91506 |
| Character Animator | www.thomasgrummt.de animation(at)thomasgrummt.de |
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| Objective |
| My goal is to continue working as a character animator for CG animated features and short films.
I want to grow as an artist and entertain audiences through believable and emotive characters. I’m equally interested in creating animation for visual effects, games or commercials. I’m a team player, used to working in professional production pipelines, and I love to learn from artists around me. |
| Work Experience |
| since 11/10 | Character Animator at DreamWorks Animation Glendale ‘Kung Fu Panda 2′, ‘Puss in Boots’, currently working on ‘The Croods’ |
| 03/09 | PreViz Animator at ARRI Film & TV Services GmbH VFX staircase sequence for feature film ‘Jerry Cotton’ |
| 06/08 – 11/08 | Animator at Hofmann & Voges Entertainment GmbH animation of CG-warplanes for vfx feature film ‘John Rabe’ Software: XSI |
| 11/07 – 04/08 | Character Animator at Claussen & Wöbke & Putz Filmproduktion realistic animal creature animation for vfx feature film Krabat’ Software: XSI |
| 10/07 | Animator at CA Scanline Production GmbH previz and animation for vfx feature film “U-900” Software: Maya |
| 07/07 – 08/07 | Character Animator at animoto GmbH animated clips for “BMW-World” Munich and commercials Software: XSI |
| 12/05 – 07/07 | Character Animator at CA Scanline Production GmbH 3D-animated feature ‘Lissi und der wilde Kaiser’ primarily animation of the main character Lissi Software: Maya |
| 10/05 – 11/05 | 2D/3D-Artist at Studio Filmbilder creating realistic animal skin textures for the short ‘No Room for Gerold’ |
| 04/04 – 12/04 | repeatedly worked as 2D/3D-Artist for Studio achtundachtzig e.g. parts of 2D-animatic for animated feature ‘Little King Macius’ |
| 02/03 – 02/04 | internship at 2D animation studio Studio achtundachtzig training & applying traditional animation techniques, 2D-assistant e.g. animated short ‘Die Allertollsten’ for ‘Sendung mit der Maus’ |
| Teaching |
| 03/09 – 07/10 | Freelance Lecturer at macromedia University for Media and Communication Munich teaching courses on Maya and animation history |
| 10/07 – 10/10 | Freelance Lecturer at Stuttgart Media University teaching 2-3 day workshops about basics of Maya and animation |
| Education |
| 01/09 – 06/10 | Animation Mentor – Advanced Studies in Character Animation mentored by: James Chiang, Dana Boadway, Marek Kochout, George Schermer, Josh Book, Mario Pochat |
| 05/09 | Ed Hooks – Acting for Animators Masterclass |
| Since 2008 | Jason Ryan – Online Animation Master Classes and Webinars |
| 03/01 – 12/05 | Stuttgart Media University (HdM) program: Audiovisual Media (degree: graduate engineer) diploma thesis about integration of CGI in traditional animation |
| Skills |
| Autodesk Maya (8 years), Softimage XSI (1 year), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects (basic compositing skills), Digicel Flipbook, experience in traditional animation, inbetweening and clean-up |
| References |
| available upon request |
| Achievements |
| Animation Mentor Award – Best Acting Shot, July 2010 Animation Mentor Showcase 2010 – ‘Cocktail’ Shot Diploma from Stuttgart Media University with honors Filmschau Baden-Württemberg 2003: ‘Meeresrausch’, 1st place (category animated film) (rewarded ‘Förderpreis der baden-württembergischen Filmindustrie’ – film industry sponsorship) Animago Award 2003: ‘Meeresrausch’, 3rd place (category: animated short, student) |
| Personal Interests |
| drawing, film history, playing guitar, home cinema, fantasy and artbooks, cooking, computer games, sports |
| Short Films |
| I worked on these shorts as part of my studies at Stuttgart Media University |
| ‘realTVty’ (2004/05) 9-minute short, mixed live-action and VFX ‘Der Hochstapler’ (2004) 7,5-minute 3D-animated short, keyframe animation ‘Meeresrausch’ (2003) 6-minute 3D-animated short, Motion Capturing |