Amnon Schwarz

Amnon Schwarz

Emmy Nominated Animation Director, Animator.

Senior 3D Animator / Mid-level Animation Director / 17 yrs

Auckland

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Senior Animator

The Legend of Vox Machina (2022)

Animation Director

Ada Twist, Scientist (2021)

Animation Director

Ada Twist, Scientist (2021)

3D Animator

His Dark Materials (2019)

Lead Animator

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League (2024)

Animator

cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

Animation Supervisor

Two by Two: Overboard! (2020)

Animation Director

DIE HEINZELS - RÜCKKEHR DER HEINZELMÄNNCHEN (2021)

Lead Animator

Angela's Christmas (2018)

Animator

Askeladden - I Dovregubbens hall (2017)

3D Animator

AshLad

Lead Animator

Air New Zealand

3D Animator

Richard the Stork (2017)

3D Animator

Mullewapp - Eine schöne Schweinerei (2016)

3D Animator

Two by Two

3D Animator

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011)

Animator

Monsters vs Aliens (2013)

Animator

The Penguins of Madagascar (2008)

Animator

The WotWots (2010)

3D Animator

Buzzy Bee and Friends

The Legend of Vox Machina - Season 3
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - Trailer
Cyberpunk 2077 Promotional Trailer - "The Diner"
Ada Twist, Scientist
Two by Two
Emmy-Nominated Animation Director, having worked on the Emmy Award Winning show "Ada Twist Scientist" with executive producers Michelle and Barack Obama.
I have sixteen years of experience working as an animator, animation supervisor and director for TV, film and commercials.
Work History

  • Senior Animator

    Floating Rock Studio

    August 2023 - October 2024

  • Animation Director

    Brown bag films

    October 2020 - November 2022
    Auckland, New Zealand

    Received an Emmy Nomination alongside my co-directors for our work on the show made at Brown Bag Films - "Ada Twist, Scientist". The show itself won the Emmy Award for "Outsanding Preschool Animated Series".

  • Animator

    Framestore

    July 2020 - August 2020
    London, England, United Kingdom

  • Lead Animator

    Goodbye Kansas

    January 2020 - June 2020
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Worked on promotional media for:
    "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"
    "Cyberpunk 2077"

    Work included:
    - Previs and animation through to final polishing.
    - Cleaning up and editing mocap data in Maya.
    - Supervising alongside the Head of Keyframe Animation on the mocap set floor.
    - Helping the mocap performers with props and other solutions to get the most accurate data possible and avoiding any moves or scenarios that could result in too much cleanup work later in animation.
    - Setting up cameras on the mocap set floor.
    - I put on a suit and did some mocap acting as well, mostly for the purpose of testing/calibrating.
    - Communicating between different depts (eg: rigging, mocap, modelling) and the director.
    - Exporting data from Maya to be used in Unreal

  • Animation Director

    Akkord Film Produktion GmbH

    November 2018 - December 2018
    Hamburg, Germany

  • Animation Director

    Studio Rakete GmbH

    February 2018 - October 2018
    Hamburg Area, Germany

  • Lead Animator

    Brown bag films

    April 2017 - December 2017
    Dublin, Ireland

  • 3D Animator

    Weta Workshop

    2010 - 2010
    Wellington, New Zealand

    CG Character animator for "The Wotwots", Season 2.
    Annie Award nomination 2012 - Best Animated Television Production - Preschool

  • 3D Animator

    Flux Media Animation Studios

    2008 - 2009
    Auckland, New Zealand

    CG Character animator for "Buzzy Bee and Friends", among other projects.

  • 3D Generalist and Compositor

    Digipost

    2009 - 2009
    Auckland, New Zealand

    Produced television advertising involving real footage and CGI for New World. This was a solo project, planned and executed from start to finish by myself with guidance from a director at Digipost.

  • Senior Animator

    Flux Animation

    February 2023 - August 2023

  • Animation Supervisor

    Moetion Films

    February 2019 - July 2019
    Galway, Connacht, Ireland

  • 3D Animator

    Windmill Lane

    November 2016 - April 2017
    Dublin, Ireland

    Animator for upcoming VFX feature film, "Ashlad", a coproduction between Ireland and Norway.

  • Lead Animator

    Blockhead VFX

    March 2016 - July 2016
    Auckland, New Zealand

    CG commercial work for Air New Zealand as Client

  • Blockhead VFX

    March 2016 - September 2016

  • 3D Animator

    Weta Workshop

    2010 - 2010

    CG Character animator for "The Wotwots", Season 2.
    Annie Award nomination 2012 - Best Animated Television Production - Preschool

  • 3D Animator

    Studio Rakete

    September 2014 - December 2015
    Hamburg, Germany

    Animation production for an upcoming feature film.

    www.studiorakete.de
    www.studiorakete.de/en/home (English)

  • 3D Animator

    Moetion Films

    February 2014 - June 2014
    Galway, Ireland

    Animator for the feature film - "Two by Two"
    (previously named "Ooops! Noah is Gone...")

  • 3D Animator

    Oktobor

    2010 - August 2013
    Auckland, New Zealand

    CG Character Animator for:

    - Penguins of Madagascar (Dreamworks Nickelodeon)
    *2011 Emmy Award Won for Outstanding Children's Animated Program
    *2012 Emmy Award Won for Outstanding Children's Animated Program

    - Kung Fu Panda, Legends of Awesomeness (Dreamworks Nickelodeon)
    *2013 Emmy Award Won for Outstanding Children's Animated Program

    - Monsters vs. Aliens (Dreamworks Nickelodeon)

    - Monster and Robot (Nickelodeon)

  • 3D Animator

    Weta Productions

    May 2010 - October 2010

    Animator for "The Wotwots" - Season 2.

  • 3D Generalist and Compositor

    Digipost

    November 2008 - November 2008

    Produced television advertising involving real footage and CGI for client: "New World", one of New Zealand's largest supermarket companies.

  • 3D Animator

    Flux Animation

    August 2008 - April 2010

    CG Character animator for "Buzzy Bee and Friends", among other projects.

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Education

  • Postgrad Diploma (PG Dip) in Biosecurity and Conservation

    University of Auckland

    January 2021 - October 2024

  • Bachelor of Science (BSc) Double Major

    University of Auckland

    January 2002 - December 2006

  • Dip. 3D Animation

    Media Design School

    2007 - 2008