Jonathan Dorfman

Current

• Director at Gingerbreed Productions

Past

• 3D artist at Brand New School
• 3D artist at Spontaneous
• 3D artist at suspect

• 3D artist at pandapanther
• 3D modeling at Framestore CFC
• 3D modeller/texturer/designer at Thornberg & Forester
• 3D Modeler at Brand New School
• 3D modeler/character artist at PandaPanther
• 3D modeller/texturer at SUSPECT Visual FX
• 3D modeller texturer at Smoke & Mirrors
• 3D modeling TD at Spontaneous
• 3D modeler/texturer at Psyop
• 3D modeler/texturer at Framestore NYC
• 3D modeler/texturer/animator at the Ebeling Group
• 3D modeler/texturer/animator at Mixtape Club
• 3D character modeler at Vitamin Pictures
• 3D modeler/texturer/shader development at Trollback
• 3D modeler/ texturer at charlex
• 3D artist at Rockstar Games
• 3D Generalist at Eyebeam

see less...

17 more...

Education

• Pratt Institute

Recommended

1 person has recommended Jonathan

Connections

77 connections

Industry

Animation

Jonathan Dorfman’s Experience

• Director

  Gingerbreed Productions

  (Entertainment industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  co-writing/producing/directing/vfx-supervising an independent feature film.
  
  www.gingerbreed.com

• 3D artist

  Brand New School

  (Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

  June 2009 — July 2009 (2 months)

  Worked on various spots for Brand New School, doing 3D modeling.

• 3D artist

  Spontaneous

  (Privately Held; Animation industry)

  June 2009 — June 2009 (1 month)

  Modeling photoreal cellphone models with very tight deadlines.

• 3D artist

  suspect

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  June 2009 — June 2009 (1 month)

  creating various product models under tight deadlines.

• 3D artist

  pandapanther

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  May 2009 — May 2009 (1 month)

  Worked on various characters and props, modeling, texturing, cloth simulation, for a series of Pop Tarts spots.

• 3D modeling

  Framestore CFC

  (Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  December 2008 — December 2008 (1 month)

  modeled digital set extensions and tracking geometry for superbowl spot.

• 3D modeller/texturer/designer

  Thornberg & Forester

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2008 — January 2008 (1 month)

  modelling, texturing, designing various objects

• 3D Modeler

  Brand New School

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• 3D modeler/character artist

  PandaPanther

  (Animation industry)

  November 2008 — November 2008 (1 month)

  Designed and modeled characters.

• 3D modeller/texturer

  SUSPECT Visual FX

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

  December 2007 — December 2007 (1 month)

• 3D modeller texturer

  Smoke & Mirrors

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

  September 2007 — October 2007 (2 months)

• 3D modeling TD

  Spontaneous

  (Animation industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  Created and organized photoreal 3D car components for complex VW spot in both Maya and XSI.
  
  http://www.spon.com

• 3D modeler/texturer

  Psyop

  (Animation industry)

  May 2007 — July 2007 (3 months)

  Responsible for Modeling and Texturing Hi rez geometry for commercial/ short film "Happiness Factory 2" using mainly Z-brush an Maya.
  
  Watch it here:
  
  http://www.coca-cola.com/HF/index.jsp

• 3D modeler/texturer

  Framestore NYC

  (Animation industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  Modeled and textured assets for a Coke spot, including vehicles and environments from different time periods.
  
  http://www.framestore.com/#/Commercials%20New%20York/Coca-Cola,TheGreatestGift
  
  Modeled and textured a photoreal truck based on set photos for an AXE spot.
  
  http://www.framestore.com/#/Commercials%20New%20York/Axe,Rolling

• 3D modeler/texturer/animator

  the Ebeling Group

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  created various 3D toonshaded assets based on vector art for a series of HP spots.
  
  modeled ABC logo for ABC spot.
  
  created photoreal model of the Xbox 360 console for Xbox spot.

• 3D modeler/texturer/animator

  Mixtape Club

  (Animation industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  created 3D toonshaded assets based on vector art for a J Dilla music video for adult swim.
  
  http://www.mixtapeclub.com/projects/jdilla/small/

• 3D character modeler

  Vitamin Pictures

  (Animation industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  Developed, modeled and textured toon-shaded 10 characters based on vector art for a Microsoft Zune spot on a tight schedule.

• 3D modeler/texturer/shader development

  Trollback

  (Animation industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  Created photoreal 3D tomato and basil leaves for Wheat Thins spot in an extremely tight schedule.

• 3D modeler/ texturer

  charlex

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

  2003 — February 2006 (3 years )

  Responsible for modeling all types of 3D assets, with a concentration on photoreal hard-surface modeling as well as characters and environments. Extremely tight schedules.

• 3D artist

  Rockstar Games

  (Public Company; TTWO; Computer Games industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

  Created 3D assets for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Worked on cover designs for Midnight Club 3, and shot cover photo for Outlaw Golf 2.

• 3D Generalist

  Eyebeam

  (Animation industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

Jonathan Dorfman’s Education

• Pratt Institute

  1998 — 2002