Anthony Rizzo

Past

Character Animator at LOGAN
Animator at Ring of Fire Studios
Animator at The Famous Group

Senior Animator at Image Metrics
Lead Animator at IBC Digital
Internship at Click 3X

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Education

State University of New York at Buffalo

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Industry

Animation

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Anthony Rizzo’s Summary

I'm an animator and I draw cartoons. For the past 8 years I've been working professionally as an Animator, Lead Animator and Senior Animator(Supervisor) on various films, video games, television series and commercials.

Anthony Rizzo’s Specialties:

Making stuff move.

Anthony Rizzo’s Experience

Character Animator

LOGAN

(Animation industry)

February 2009 — October 2009 (9 months)

Role:
-character animator

Projects:
-Spike Jonze short film
-Dante's Inferno
-Top Secret In-House project
Animator

Ring of Fire Studios

(Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

July 2008 — August 2008 (2 months)

Role:
-character animator

Project:
-music video for Madonna.
Animator

The Famous Group

(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)

Role:
-character animator

Project:
-Shopstyle beast character
Senior Animator

Image Metrics

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

March 2006 — March 2008 (2 years 1 month)

Roles:
-Senior Animator (Supervisor)
-Character Development

Projects:
-Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons (Brad Pitt)
-The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Jet Li)
-Meet Dave (Eddie Murphy)
-Discovery Channel (Abraham Lincoln)
-Jeff Wayne's musical of War of the Worlds (Richard Burton)
-Foodfight
-Rockband (trailer)
-Midnight Club 4 (cinematics)
-Grand Theft Auto 4 (cinematics)
-Unreal Tournament 3 (cinematics)
-Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (trailer)
-Colon Cancer commercial
-Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (cinematics)
-Lair (cinematics)
-Metal Gear Solid 4:Guns of the Patriots (cinematics)
-Devil May Cry 4 (cinematics)
-Socom: U.S. Navy Seals (cinematics)
-Battlestations Midway (cinematics)
Lead Animator

IBC Digital

(Animation industry)

February 2002 — March 2006 (4 years 2 months)

Roles:
-Lead Animator
-Character Development
-3D artist (animation, rigging, lighting, modeling, etc)

Projects:
-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
-MTV 2: Video Mods - Season 2 (tv series)
-Kid Cuisine ( 7 commercial spots)
-Disney Channel: Choo Choo Soul (music videos)
-Seseame Street (music video)
-Spike TV - Ride with Funkmaster Flex (intro)
-Reese's Puffs Cereal ( 4 commercial spots)
-Sunny Delight (commercial)
-Crest (commercial)
-Fisher Price (commercial)
-HSBC (animation for times square)
-AOL (commercial)
-Buffalo News (commercial)
-VH1 (pilot)
Internship

Click 3X

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)

June 2000 — August 2000 (3 months)

I spent the summer of my junior year at college as an Animation Intern here. Did a little bit of everything in this NY-based commercial effects house; from organizing clip libraries, stock footage searches, to data-wrangling.