Animator/Director for Howcast.com
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Animator/Director at Howcast
- Past
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- Animator at Howcast Media
- rotoscoper at BigStarNYC
- Animator at Jennifer Wiessbach
- AfterEffects Animator at Mechanism
- AE Character Animator at Transistor Studios
- Flash Animator at Transistor Studios
- Flash Colorist for Rob Kohr's personal film "Automatic Doors" at .
- Character Animator for "Wonder Pets" SE 2 at LIttle Airplane Productions
- perma-lance Animator at Viacom
- AE Compositor at Animagic/ Creative Group Inc.
- AfterEffects Animator at Nickelodeon (chickie poo pilot)
- Freelance Animator at MaGik Studio's "Classical Baby"
- Animator at Little Airplane "Wonder Pets" Season 1
- Camera/Digital Compositor at Drew Carey's Green Screen Show
- Camera/Digital Compositor at Oscar nominated short "Guard Dog"
- Art Director at Bill Plympton Studio for feature film "Hair High"
- Junior Animator at Nick. Jr.'s "Little Bill"
- Freelance Animator at 181 Productions
- Education
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- School of Visual Arts
- Perpich Center for the Arts Highschool
- Connections
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- Industry
- Animation
- Websites
Lori Samsel’s Summary
My goal is to keep learning new approaches to animation for professional and personal projects.
Lori Samsel’s Specialties:
I can hand-draw animation, puppet and create special effects/repair footage for broadcast. I can rebuild a vintage motorcycle motor. I have a special interest in deep sea creatures.
Lori Samsel’s Experience
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Animator/Director
Howcast
(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
Creating and animating visuals for pre-written script.
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Animator
Howcast Media
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
I designed and animated and instructional video about How to survive a planecrash..
http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/04/how_to_survive_1.html -
rotoscoper
BigStarNYC
(Animation industry)
June 2009 — June 2009 (1 month)
Rotoscoped some animals for Discovery Channel spot
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Animator
Jennifer Wiessbach
(Animation industry)
October 2008 — 2009 (1 year )
I'm animating her drawings for her short Independent film.
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AfterEffects Animator
Mechanism
(Animation industry)
March 2008 — March 2008 (1 month)
Generating motion graphics for the Discovery Channel about "Base Jumping"
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AE Character Animator
Transistor Studios
(Animation industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
Having fun animating a stork and a rooster!
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Flash Animator
Transistor Studios
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
October 2008 — October 2008 (1 month)
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Flash Colorist for Rob Kohr's personal film "Automatic Doors"
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(Animation industry)
April 2008 — July 2008 (4 months)
I'm simply coloring and animating the shading for his personal film.
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Character Animator for "Wonder Pets" SE 2
LIttle Airplane Productions
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
January 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 2 months)
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perma-lance Animator
Viacom
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VIA; Entertainment industry)
2001 — 2008 (7 years )
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AE Compositor
Animagic/ Creative Group Inc.
(Animation industry)
April 2007 — June 2007 (3 months)
Taking all flash animation and compositing in AfterEffects. Adding lighting, camera moves, and polishing all the scenes ready for edit
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AfterEffects Animator
Nickelodeon (chickie poo pilot)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VIA; Entertainment industry)
December 2006 — December 2006 (1 month)
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Freelance Animator
MaGik Studio's "Classical Baby"
(Animation industry)
January 2006 — March 2006 (3 months)
Animated the initial pencil tests for 2 segments to be aired on HBO
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Animator
Little Airplane "Wonder Pets" Season 1
(Animation industry)
February 2005 — March 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Animated shots in Aftereffects for children's TV series Season one,
Also animated a few "Piper" spots -
Camera/Digital Compositor
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show
(Animation industry)
August 2005 — January 2006 (6 months)
Combined Bill Plympton's artwork with live-action footage. Involved rotoscoping, tracking and animating in Aftereffects.
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Camera/Digital Compositor
Oscar nominated short "Guard Dog"
(Animation industry)
December 2004 — April 2005 (5 months)
Scanned, prepped in Photoshop and composited original artwork in AfterEffects to create the film.
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Art Director
Bill Plympton Studio for feature film "Hair High"
(Animation industry)
May 2002 — April 2004 (2 years )
Supervised staff of painters. Responsible for making all artwork camera ready.
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Junior Animator
Nick. Jr.'s "Little Bill"
(Animation industry)
August 2001 — January 2002 (6 months)
Learned AfterEffects in a week, animated shots for broadcast. Best training ever.
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Freelance Animator
181 Productions
(Animation industry)
March 1998 — February 1999 (1 year )
Designed, created and animated replacement sculpture telephones, morphing through styles of the times. This was created for a business meeting of the verging of MCI-Worldcom & Sprint.
Lori Samsel’s Education
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School of Visual Arts
1997 — 2001
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Perpich Center for the Arts Highschool
highschool Diploma , Media Arts , 1995 — 1997
Great state-run tuition-free school (if you get accepted)
- Activities and Societies:
- Regular classes in the morning, intense study of animation, film, and photography till 6pm.
Additional Information
Lori Samsel’s Websites:
Lori Samsel’s Interests:
Animation, Editing, Motorcycle mechanics, playing music, drawing
Lori Samsel’s Groups:
Sunflower Motorcycle Club
Lori Samsel’s Honors:
"Fan" will be airing on NYC's PBS station Thirteen along with an on-camera interview of yours truly:)
"Fan" was featured on youtube's homepage.
my short animated film "HIGH TIDE" was featured at the IFC Theater before the feature "Four-Eyed Monster"
Best Animation Award for "FAN" from MediaWorks Film Festival
My short film "FAN" had a nice festival run:
http://www.fanlovestory.com/aboutFAN.html
Lori Samsel’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
