Senior Animator at Technicolor Interactive Services
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Senior Animator at Technicolor Interactive Services
- Adjunct professor at Woodbury University
- Past
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- CG Character Animator at Tigar Hare Studios
- Animator at Electronic Arts Los Angeles
- Animator/3-D Modeler at NeoPets Inc.
- Art Director/Animator at Museum Without Walls
- Production Assistant at Marina Motion
- Animatic Artist at Women in Film
- Staff Research Associate at UCLA, Film and TV Department
- Education
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- University of California, Los Angeles
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- University of Liverpool
- Connections
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- Industry
- Animation
- Websites
Alina Chau’s Summary
- Creatively manage projects and teams of artists;
- Provide animation/technical support to other disciplines;
- Act as a liaison or point of contact for clients
- Train junior artists;
- Determine animation styles that will dictate styles for all associated objects being animated by other animators;
- Create animations for cinematics, utilizing object, environmental, and character models, in game characters and objects and web assets;
- Apply animation techniques using 2D illustrations, digital compositing and modeling/texturing
- Independent film directing and production experience
- Illustration and arts book publishing
- Mentor students, and guest speak at Arts institutes and universities
Alina Chau’s Specialties:
- Complete layout principles and visual design concepts;
- Complete the integration of Mocap and animation into game engines; generate key frame animations in a timely manner and be responsible for establishing animation styles for character and object environments;
- Mac and PC hardware and softwares proficient: Maya, 3D Studio Max, Motion Builder, Photoshop, Flash, Premiere, AfterEffect etc..
- Fluent in spoken and written English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)
Alina Chau’s Experience
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Senior Animator
Technicolor Interactive Services
(Public Company; Animation industry)
2005 — Present (3 years)
CG Animation:
- The Incredible Hulk (Sega/2008)
- Lead Animator/Co-Art Director - Line Rider Pre-render Cinematic (InXile/2007)
- Lead CG Animator/Storyboard Artist - Spyro Eternal Darkness Cinematic (Sierra/2007)
- Pre-Visualization CG Animator - Saint Row Cinematic (THQ/2007)
- Spyro 2006 & 2007 TV commerical
- God of War In-Game Cinematic (Sony/2006)
- CG Animator/Storyboard Artist - Spyro Beginning (2006)
- Silent Hill Cinematic (Konami/2006)
- The Con Cinematic (Sony/2005)
2D Animation/Concept Arts:
- Narnia Feature Film DVD (Disney/2007)
- Toy Story III Feature Film DVD (Disney/2007)
- Concept Artist - Afro Samurai Game (2006)
- Bible animated TV show (2005)
- Concept/Storyboard Artist - Technicolor Commercial (2005)
- 2D Animator/Background Painter - Land Before Time 13 Animated Feature DVD (2007) -
Adjunct professor
Woodbury University
(Educational Institution; Animation industry)
2005 — Present (3 years)
Teaching undergraduate Maya II and Maya III classes.
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CG Character Animator
Tigar Hare Studios
(Animation industry)
January 2005 — March 2005 (3 months)
Medal of Honor European Assault cinematic animation
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Animator
Electronic Arts Los Angeles
(Public Company; Animation industry)
June 2002 — January 2005 (2 years 8 months)
- Project involved: Medal of Honor Rising Sun and Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
- Create animation assets in Maya
- Provided technical support and assistance for the animation team
- Coordinated with the game designers and engineers in the animation and integration aspect of the development
- Integrated animation and sound assets in game
- Assisted in preproduction animation development for Medal of Honor Rising Sun
- Organized animation assets documentation
- Contributed in preproduction research for Medal of Honor Rising Sun -
Animator/3-D Modeler
NeoPets Inc.
(Animation industry)
April 2002 — September 2002 (6 months)
- Developed interactive on-line projects for Neopets and other studios’ productions, such as Digimon, Disney's Snowy Dog, Lilo and Stitch, DreamWorks’ Spirit etc.
- Designed characters, posters, props, background, merchandise, trading card, comic strip and collectable items for the company
- 3-D model character for merchandise development
- Created animation in Flash -
Art Director/Animator
Museum Without Walls
(Animation industry)
December 2001 — March 2002 (4 months)
- Develop educational interactive CD-ROM for the Gallery of London
- Established artistic style and direction for the entire project, including both visual and audio design
- Created the character animations in Flash
- Involved in the game play engineering
- Acted as an art history and children arts education advisor on the project -
Production Assistant
Marina Motion
(Animation industry)
June 2001 — December 2001 (7 months)
- Project involved: Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Night Feature Animation and Jimmy Neutron Feature Animation
- Designed logo, letter head, business card and presentation material for the company
- Developed preproduction story boards and character design for Marina Motion’s film projects
- Involved in pencil test and scene checking on the Adam Sandler’s film
- Provided technical support on render farm set up for Jimmy Neutron Feature
- Organized production schedule and task assignments
- Assisted in communication between various studios and production crews -
Animatic Artist
Women in Film
(Animation industry)
May 2001 — June 2001 (2 months)
- Developed storyboard for an anti drug public service announcement
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Staff Research Associate
UCLA, Film and TV Department
(Animation industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years)
Additional Information
Alina Chau’s Websites:
Alina Chau’s Groups:
ASIFA, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, Siggraph
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Network of International Entertainment Professionals member -
UCLA Animation Workshop Alumni member -
EA Alumni Group member -
Lulu Publisher's Group member
Alina Chau’s Honors:
Artistic recognition from numerous national and international organizations, including The Global Art Exhibition Awarded honored by United Nations (UNESCO) and the International Museum of Children’s Art, Norway, Oslo. Over 45 awards honor the achievement in Fine Arts and Graphic Design.
“Kite” (1999) and “Frieden – the Tree of Peace” (1998) have entered numerous national and international film festivals, including International Film Festival for Children and Youth – ZLIN, Brnenska Sestnactka (BRNO), International Trickfilm - Festival Stuttgart, Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, Telluride IndieFest and many more. “E=mc2” (2001) received a college Emmys Award and screen at the Directors Guild of America.
Alina Chau’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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