Martin Esnaola

Work History

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  Animation Supervisor

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  December 2014 - Present

  - (Show in progress)
  - Over the Moon
  - Emoji
  - Storks
  - Smurfs: The lost village (preproduction only)
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  Senior Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2012 - Present

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  - The Sea Beast
  - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  - Smallfoot
  - Hotel Transylvania 2
  - The Amazing Spiderman 2
  - Smurfs 2
  - Hotel Transylvania
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  Instructor

  AnimSchool

  April 2021 - September 2021
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  CEO and Founder

  CG Heroes

  August 2014 - September 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Creation and management of the site cgheroes.org, a personal video tutoring market for digital artists.
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  Director of the 3D Animation Department

  CICE, La Escuela Profesional de Nuevas Tecnologías

  September 2014 - April 2017

  Act as counselor for the Animation Department.
  Coordinate the exclusive partnership between CICE and CG Heroes.
  Organize online master classes and courses with professionals from top studios around the world.
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  Senior animator

  Mac Guff

  January 2011 - October 2011

  On feature film "The Lorax".
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  Senior Character Animator

  EuropaCorp

  January 2010 - October 2010

  Working at feature film "A monster in Paris", Directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron.

• Animator

  Animartin - Freelance

  August 2009 - January 2010

  Freelance jobs. For diverse companies and projects, including TV and videogames.
  
  Animation, rigs, modeling, design.
  
  Clients: Sony Europe, Google, LG, DeepSilver, Disney...
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  Senior animator

  Ilion Animation Studios

  December 2007 - April 2009

  Animating on feature movie "Planet 51", releasing on 2009.
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  Lead Animator

  RealtimeUK

  October 2006 - October 2007

  Main animator aswell as blockouts and rigs creator.

• Character Animator

  Revistronic

  2005 - 2006

  Cutscenes creator, from storyboard to final animation in the game "Fenimore Fillmore´s Revenge".
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  CG Artist

  Real Madrid TV

  2004 - 2004

  Responsible for the creation of the graphic designs and imagery within the shows headers, backgrounds, publicity, etc. Also designing print art for DVD´s, flyers, posters, etc.