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Jonah Austin
3781 Greenwood Ave
Los Angeles, Ca 90066
310 699 1370

I am an experienced animator and rigging artist who has been in production 10 years on high end feature films and commercials.  I have the talent, leadership, and connections to make any project a success.

Employment

Founder/ Creative Director Ctrl-Z Animation Team   2013-current

                High End CG Rigging and Animation

The Mill    Los Angeles Ca.   November 2014 – April 2015
                Senior Rigger
                Senior Animator

iAnimate.net   Online  Dec 2012 - current
                Developed 4 class rigging curriculum 

Bad Robot Productions   Santa Monica, Ca   June 2014-Aug 2014
                Senior Animator / Rigger

Gnomon School of Visual Effects Hollywood, Ca.  June 2007- June 2014
                Head of Rigging Department

The Mill    Los Angeles Ca.   February 2014 – June 2014
                Lead Rigger
                Senior Animator

Mirada     Marina Del Rey, Ca.   August 2013 – November 2013
                Senior Animator

Psyop     Venice, Ca.      May 2013 -   August   2013
                Senior Animator / Rigger

Gnomon School of Visual Effects Hollywood, Ca.   December 2012- May 2013
                Artist- In –Residence   Developed Rigging Curriculum

MPC     Santa Monica, Ca.     August 2011 – December 2012
                Lead Animator and Lead Rigger

Method     Santa Monica, Ca.     April 2011 – August 2011
                Senior Animator

Digital Domain     Venice, Ca.     January 2007 – April 2011
                Lead Rigger   Senior Character Animator 
               

Sony Pictures Imageworks     Culver City, Ca.    June 2005 – January 2007
                Character Rigger  

Education
Gnomon School of Visual Effects     Hollywood, Ca.  2004-2005   Post Grad
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago    Chicago, Il.     Bachelors of Fine Art 2001
                Presidential Scholar Award

Skills
All aspects of character animation and rigging in Maya 
Facial animation and rigging
Creature animation and rigging
Motion Capture
Character technology and simulation
Cinematography
Fluent in MEL and Python scripting
Animation Pipeline
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Team leading and building
Fast, efficient, and self -motivated
Strong communicator