Character/Creature/Effects Animator
Toronto, Canada Area
- Current
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- Lead Faculty: Digital Animation at Picasso Animation
- Past
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- Character Animator at Pseudo Interactive
- Senior Character Animator at Rising Sun Pictures
- Digital Artist at IMAX
- Animation Supervisor at Styles and Stories
- Animation Supervisor at Trixter
- Animation Supervisor at Trixter Film GmbH
- Senior Animator at FrameFx
- Industry Consultant and 3D Digital Modeler at CA Scanline Production GmbH
- Animator at Electronic Arts/Blackbox
- Animator at Electronic Arts
- Pre-viz Artist at Photon
- 3D Department Head at GVFX
- CG Supervisor at Sextant
- Animator at c.o.r.e. digital pictures
- Character/Creature/Effects CG Animator at Industrial Light + Magic, (ILM) Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Character/Creature/Effects CG Animator at Industrial Light and Magic
- CG Animator at Lucas Digital / Industrial Light and Magic
- Education
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- Sheridan College
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Philip Edward Alexy’s Summary
I have over 13 years of experience in both major film and television post-production projects, including "Charlotte's Web", "Star Wars, Episode One", "Casper", "Flubber", "Angela Anaconda" and "Stargate SG-1". I have worked in both large and small studio facilities and have seen all aspects of CG animation, from bidding, pre-production, team building, production crunches, and post-production PR.
Philip Edward Alexy’s Specialties:
Advanced experience in Maya[animation, modeling], Softimage 3|D[animation, modeling], XSI 4.2[animation, modeling].
Intermediate experience in Lightwave[animation, modeling], 3DStudio Max & Character Studio[animation], Houdini[animation], Photoshop, Adobe Premiere. Boujou[tracking]
Philip Edward Alexy’s Experience
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Lead Faculty: Digital Animation
Picasso Animation
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Instruction of animation with focus as computer animation as an art, not a technology.
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Character Animator
Pseudo Interactive
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
April 2007 — May 2007 (2 months)
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Senior Character Animator
Rising Sun Pictures
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)
May 2006 — July 2006 (3 months)
Character Animation in XSI 4.2 with additional tracking experience with Boujou3.1.1.
Charlotte's Web [2006] -
Digital Artist
IMAX
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; IMAX; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
February 2006 — March 2006 (2 months)
Part of DMR Team for "V for Vendetta" [2006].
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Animation Supervisor
Styles and Stories
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)
June 2005 — January 2006 (8 months)
Story and character development, crew hiring and organisation, pipeline creation and management, animation supervision for "Plimmy and Pykko" pilot. Over four minutes of all CG animation completed in less than four months.
Advanced experience in Maya6.5 [animation, modeling]
Extensive use of Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
Daily intensive use of PC Workstations, WindowsXP.. -
Animation Supervisor
Trixter
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
June 2004 — February 2005 (9 months)
features: Das Gaspenst von Canterville [2005]
Pre-production and on-set experience in role of Animation Supervisor, advising on camera shot set-up, animation theory of main character to director and DOP while shooting, and set measurements.
As character animator, animating appox. 10 to 15 seconds of full CG/plate character integration weekly.
Advanced experience in Maya6.01 [animation]
Daily intensive use of PC Workstations, WindowsXP. -
Animation Supervisor
Trixter Film GmbH
(Animation industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year)
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Senior Animator
FrameFx
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
February 2004 — July 2004 (6 months)
Modigliani [2004]
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Industry Consultant and 3D Digital Modeler
CA Scanline Production GmbH
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
October 2003 — January 2004 (4 months)
Hai-Alarm auf Mallorca [2004] (TV)
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Animator
Electronic Arts/Blackbox
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)
2003 — 2003 (less than a year)
Need for Speed: Underground
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Animator
Electronic Arts
(Public Company; Animation industry)
2003 — 2003 (less than a year)
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Pre-viz Artist
Photon
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 2002 — November 2002 (4 months)
Peter Pan [2003]
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3D Department Head
GVFX
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
February 2002 — June 2002 (5 months)
After School Special [2003]
The Santa Clause 2 [2002]
"Stargate SG-1" [2002] TV Series -
CG Supervisor
Sextant
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
October 2001 — February 2002 (5 months)
Snow Queen [2002] (TV)
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Animator
c.o.r.e. digital pictures
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 5 months)
Primary animation tool: Houdini
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps [2000]
"Angela Anaconda" [2000-2001] TV Series -
Character/Creature/Effects CG Animator
Industrial Light + Magic, (ILM) Lucasfilm Ltd.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Animation industry)
January 1994 — August 1999 (5 years 8 months)
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Character/Creature/Effects CG Animator
Industrial Light and Magic
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 1994 — August 1999 (5 years 8 months)
Character/Creature/Effects CG Animator.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace [1999]
Jack Frost [1998]
Deep Impact [1998]
Mercury Rising [1998]
Flubber [1997] (lead technical animator)
101 Dalmatians [1996]
Eraser [1996]
Jumanji [1995]
Casper [1995] -
CG Animator
Lucas Digital / Industrial Light and Magic
(Animation industry)
1994 — 1999 (5 years)
Philip Edward Alexy’s Education
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Sheridan College
Diploma, Classical Animation, 1990 — 1993
Additional Information
Philip Edward Alexy’s Websites:
Philip Edward Alexy’s Honors:
Das Gaspenst von Canterville [2005]: Best Film in the Younger Category at the Leeds Young Peoples Film Festival 2006
follow link to presentation PDF: http://www.sevenoneinternational.com/fiction/eventsunlimited/content/00460/index_en.php?download=download_25_p01s09m01_1
