Will Christiansen

Current

• Contract Animator at Bungie

Past

• Animator at Multiverse
• Animator at Factor 5
• Web Designer at GoGorilla LLC

• Webmaster at Cirexx International

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Education

• Animation Mentor
• Cogswell Polytechnical College

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Connections

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Industry

Animation

Websites

• Demo Reel
• My Site
• Animation Mentor Progress

Will Christiansen’s Summary

I am currently an Animator at Bungie in Kirkland, WA, before that I was an Animator at Multiverse in Mountain View, CA, working on in-game animations (cycles, idles, player actions, etc).

Before that I worked at Factor 5 LLC in San Rafael, CA where I animated dragons and knights for Lair's Downloadable Content; I also provided animation for some un-announced projects on the PS3 and Wii consoles.

My demo reel is viewable at: www.willchristiansen.com/animation/demoreel.mov

Will Christiansen’s Specialties:

Character Animation/Creature Animation/Lighting & Rendering/VFX & Particle Systems

Will Christiansen’s Experience

• Contract Animator

  Bungie

  (Public Company; Computer Games industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  As an Animator at Bungie it is my job to create highly entertaining, realistic and expressive animations for in-game, character-based performances.
  
  I am currently working on Halo: Reach

• Animator

  Multiverse

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  March 2008 — September 2008 (7 months)

  As the Animator for Multiverse I Animated characters and props for our game (Multiverse Places), helped to develop a working animation pipeline and assisted during the character setup process. I also skinned our characters in 3ds Max and used various shell scripts in Unix to combine animations to our master skeleton file.

• Animator

  Factor 5

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  August 2007 — January 2008 (6 months)

  Shipped: Lair (Downloadable Content)
  
  Brought characters and creatures to life for fun and engaging high quality, high end, video game titles including Lair's Downloadable Content, and other exciting un-announced games.

• Web Designer

  GoGorilla LLC

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2006 — July 2007 (10 months)

  I designed mini-web-sites, graphics for print and created advertising mock-ups for clients like, Capcom, Papa John's Pizza, Adobe, etc.

• Webmaster

  Cirexx International

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  July 2005 — January 2006 (7 months)

  As Webmaster I was in charge of the company's website and other online web/graphics related projects. Trained other web/graphic designer.

Will Christiansen’s Education

• Animation Mentor

  Advanced Character Animation 2008 — 2010 (expected)

  Studies in advanced character animation and acting.

• Cogswell Polytechnical College

  Bachelor of Arts , Digital Art and Animation , 2002 — 2006

  Outstanding Animation Award - Class of 2006 Recipient

  Activities and Societies:

  Associated Student Body - President, Certified Student Leader - Class of 2006

Additional Information

Will Christiansen’s Websites:

• Demo Reel
• My Site
• Animation Mentor Progress

Will Christiansen’s Interests:

Animation, Games, Film

Will Christiansen’s Groups:

Student Government President, Cogswell
Fusion Committee, Cogswell

•    CGCHAR - 3D CG Character Animation
•    Game Developers
•    Cogswell Polytechnical College Computer and Video Imaging Alumni
•    VideoGame Professionals
•    Animation Mentor Students

Will Christiansen’s Honors:

Outstanding Animation Award: Cogswell College - Graduating Class 2006

Will Christiansen’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch