Ignacio Peña

Work History

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  Senior Animator

  Wētā FX

  July 2020 - Present

  Wellington, New Zealand
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  Senior Animator

  MPC

  November 2018 - May 2020

  London, United Kingdom
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  Animator

  Double Negative

  April 2018 - October 2018

  London, United Kingdom

  Project:
  
  Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
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  Senior Animator

  Wētā FX

  July 2010 - April 2018

  Senior Animator for films in production.
  
  Projects:
  Alita: Battle Angel
  Mortal Engines
  Animal World
  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  The BFG
  The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies
  Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  The Adventures of Tintin

  

  

  

  

  
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  Senior Animator

  Wētā FX

  September 2016 - April 2018

  Previs and final animation for films in production.
  
  Projects:
  Alita: Battle Angel (2019) (senior animator / previs )
  Animal World (2018) (previs animator)
  Mortal Engines (2018) (previs animator)
  Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2 (animator)
  
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  Pre-viz Artist

  Halon Entertainment

  September 2007 - July 2010

  Projects:
  Halo: Reach (commercial)
  Life of Pi
  Gatchaman
  Avatar
  G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
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  Lead Virtual Production Artist/ Realtime Stage Operator

  Lightstorm Entertainment

  November 2007 - November 2009

  I worked as a realtime Motionbuilder stage operator on James Cameron's sci-fi production of "Avatar," where I operated fully realized cg scenes in realtime while the director shot his virtual cameras. I also was a lead artist in the virtual lab, handling responsibilities in the completion of prepping fully realized cg scenes for stage, and as a lead in creating cg temp composites for final fx vendors.



• Motion Edit

  Xtrackrz

  June 2007 - September 2007

  Fixed motion capture animation and created new character animation for the 3d animated feature film "Foodfight."

• Storyboard artist/ Character artist

  Alumini Designs

  December 2006 - June 2007

  I was the sole storyboard artist for the final animatic of animated feature in development, "Ferretina: The Promise." After completing the storyboards for the entire film, I created final character sheets of all key characters in the production.
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  Animator

  Epoca Inc.

  September 2006 - October 2006

  Created an online animated commercial for Primula's "tea flower" product.
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  Pre-visual Animator

  Halon Entertainment

  July 2006 - September 2006

  Worked on Evan Almighty as part of the post-visualization crew.

  

  
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  Rotoscope artist

  Kaia Inc.

  March 2006 - May 2006

  Rotoscoped footage for the Sci-fi channel production of "Mammoth" and an episode of "Lost."

• Art Intern

  Extra Large Technology

  July 2005 - August 2005

  Created models for blocking purposes, retargeted animation for updated rigs, organized MEL button rig icons, scanned and prepped storyboard panels for final animatic.
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  Rotoscope artist

  Kaia Inc.

  April 2005 - April 2005

  Rotoscoped footage for an episode of the t.v. show "Alias".