James Lopez

Work History

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  Storyboard Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  June 2013 - Present

  Working in the Short-film division that supports the 'Tinkerbell' and 'Planes' movie franchises.

  

  

  

  
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  Freelance Illustrator

  Walt Disney Imagineering

  June 2013 - Present

  Providing artwork for the newly developed theme park in Shanghai.
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  Instructor

  CalArts

  September 2011 - Present

  I am teaching 3rd year traditional character animation.
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  Animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  2008 - Present

  I was a Supervising/Lead animator for several years. I am currently working in the Creative R & D dept. developing the concept, looks and tone of proposed hand-drawn (2D) animated feature films.
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  Freelance Illustrator

  Procter & Gamble

  April 2013 - April 2013

  Created artwork to accompany presentation for a new product line.

• President

  R.D. White Foundation

  2008 - 2010

• Production Designer and Head of Layout

  Picnic Pictures

  March 2005 - June 2009

  I did the Production Design, Art Direction, workbook and all Layouts (Rough and Clean-up) an painted half of the backgrounds for a short 15 minute 2D film currently titled 'Pups of Liberty'.

• Storyboard Artist

  Renegade Animation Co.

  August 2007 - October 2007

  Storyboarded television episodes of 'Mr. Men'. Also animated in Flash for the series.
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  Animator

  DreamWorks Animation

  October 2005 - August 2007

  Animator on 'Flushed Away' and 'The Bee Movie'.

  

  
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  Storyboard Artist

  Renegade Animation

  June 2005 - October 2005

  Storyboard Artist and Director of 4 episodes of the Cartoon Network series 'Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi'. Performed both Traditional and Digital storyboarding.
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  Storyboard Artist

  Warner Bros. Television

  April 2005 - June 2005

  Storyboard Artist on the television series 'Tom and Jerry Tales'.

• Storyboard Artist

  Toonacious Family Entertainment/DisneyToon Studios

  August 2004 - April 2005

  Storyboard Artist for a sequence in the 'Tinkerbell Movie". Performed both rough and clean-up storyboards as well as Layout and scene planning for the animatic.

• Animator and Production Design

  Warner Bros./Fox Films

  March 2004 - August 2004

  Served as a Supervising Animator and contributed both Production and Character Design for the animated sequences in 'Fat Albert: The Movie'.
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  Supervising Animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  October 1993 - March 2004

  Credits include Animator on "Timon" in 'The Lion King' and "Wiggins" in 'Pocahontas' (also did considerable amount of animation on the characters "Percy" and "Ratcliffe" as well as on the character "Pacha" in 'The Emporer's New Groove') .
  
  Supervising Animator on the characters "Prince Manco" in 'Kingdom of the Sun' (unreleased), "Tipo" in 'The Emporer's New Groove' and the "Farm Animals" in 'Home on the Range'.

• Development Artist

  MGM/The Zanuck Co.

  June 1993 - September 1993

  Development on a proposed "Betty Boop" Feature.

• Animator

  Hyperion Animation

  August 1990 - June 1993

  Served as an animator on the production 'Rover Dangerfield' for Warner Bros. and on 'Bebe's Kids' for Paramount Pictures. Also performed development on several projects.
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  Storyboard Artist (Trainee)

  Sullivan Bluth Studios

  May 1990 - July 1990

  Participant in the Storyboard Trainee program on the production 'A Troll in Central Park'.

• Inbetweener

  West Olive, Inc. (Sullivan/Bluth Studios)

  May 1989 - September 1989

  Rough and Clean-up inbetweener on the production 'Rock-A-Doodle'.