Giorgio Bertolone

I work in the VFX industry as Character TD, and more specifically and less esoterically, I get paid to transform three-dimensional rigid models of characters and creatures in animatable setups to be used in movies and shows. I love my job and the daily challenges that come with it are the best part.

Giorgio Bertolone’s Specialties:

Maya, MEL, Softimage XSI, Endorphin, 3D Studio Max, Rhinoceros 3D, Photoshop, After Effects, Combustion, Apple Shake, Adobe Premiere, Flash MX, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Illustrator, Mac OSX, Linux.

Giorgio Bertolone’s Experience

Supervisor / Technical Director

The Odyssey Visual Effects

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year )
Creature TD

Rainmaker Entertainment

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; MFE; Animation industry)

May 2008 — October 2008 (6 months)

- Escape from Planet Earth
- 50 Cent - Blood on the Sand
- Ghostbusters
Character TD

Anthem VFX

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WLP; Insurance industry)

November 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 7 months)

- Vipers
- Tin Man
- Sanctuary
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
Maya Beta Tester

Autodesk

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

January 2007 — August 2007 (8 months)

Beta Tester for Maya 2008
Maya Instructor

Immaginazione & Lavoro

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

March 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 5 months)
3D Generalist

Lumiq Studios

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

August 2004 — October 2004 (3 months)

- Jacob
- Dogo & Katty
3D Modeler

Alenia Aeronautica

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

February 2004 — June 2004 (5 months)

Giorgio Bertolone’s Education

Vancouver Film School

Diploma , 3D Animation & Visual Effects , 2005 — 2006

Activities and Societies:

Character Design, Traditional Animation, Composition, Life Drawing, Sculpture, 3D Animation, Modeling, Texturing, Film Theory, Photoshop, Lighting, Video Editing, Concept Development, Maya, XSI, Digital Compositing, Storyboarding, Acting for Animation
Digital Production Workshop with Pepe Valencia - Sony Imageworks

3D Character Animation 2004 — 2004
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)

Band Score 7 - Very Good User , Academic IELTS , 2004 — 2004

Activities and Societies:

IELTS Academig Exam
Virtual Reality & Multimedia Park (VRMMP)

Diploma, 106/110 , 3D Graphics, Animation, Virtual Reality , 2004 — 2004

Activities and Societies:

3D Basics, Maya Basics, Real-Time Applications, Production Training, Character Animation, Storyboarding, VR Applications, Mocap Training.
Politecnico di Torino

Graphic & Virtual Design, Bachelor Degree Course, Faculty of Architecture 2001 — 2004

Activities and Societies:

Technological Design, History of Contemporary Architecture, Drawing Techniques, Theory & History of Communication, Industrial Design, Theory of Languages, Sociology of Communication, Multimedia Marketing, Economical Evalutation, Innovation & Project Management, Multimedia Quality Check, Science & Technology of Materials, Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer for Engineers, Environmental Requirements of Products, Applied Ergonomics, Processes & Methods of Graphic Manufacturing, Computer Science
Classical Lyceum "Principessa Clotilde di Savoia" in Turin

Diploma , Classical Studies , 1997 — 2001

Activities and Societies:

Italian Humanistic Studies, Ancient Greek, Ancient Latin
The Johns Hopkins University

English Language 2000 — 2000

Activities and Societies:

English Summer Program