Jim Hatibarua

Jim Hatibarua

Senior Animator / 25 yrs

Vancouver, Canada

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Animator

Blue Beetle (2023)

Key Animator

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Key Animator

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

Key Animator

Dora the Explorer (2019)

Animator

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

3D Story

Thunderbirds Are Go! (2016)

Animator

Strange Magic (2015)

Visual Effects

Game of Thrones (2011)

Animator

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

Animator

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Senior Animator

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (2010)

Animator

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

The Great Wall (2017)

Animator

The BFG (2016)

Animator

Pete's Dragon (2016)

Animator

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

Furious 7 (2015)

Animator

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Senior Animator

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

Work History
  • Animator

    DD

    June 2021 - August 2023
    Vancouver, Canada
  • Animator

    Double Negative

    December 2019 - December 2020
    Montréal, Canada
  • Senior Animator

    MPC

    March 2019 - October 2019
    London, United Kingdom
  • Animator

    Wētā FX

    September 2014 - March 2019

    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
    Furious Seven.
    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2.
    Pete's Dragon.
    The BFG ( current )

  • Wētā FX

    ? - Present
  • Animator

    Wētā FX

    June 2016 - March 2019
  • Industrial Light & Magic

    ? - April 2016
  • Animator

    Wētā FX

    September 2014 - January 2016

    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
    Furious Seven.
    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2.
    Pete's Dragon.
    The BFG ( current )

  • 3D Post Vis Artist

    Stirling Road Productions, Pukeko Pictures

    February 2014 - August 2014
    Wellington, New Zealand

    Thunderbirds Are Go ! TV series

  • Animator

    Oktobor

    October 2012 - November 2013
    New Zealand, Auckland

    Animator on Kung Fu Panda TV series

  • Senior Animator

    Lucasfilm Animation

    March 2012 - October 2012

    Animated Feature

  • Senior Animator

    Lucasfilm Animation

    January 2008 - February 2012

    Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series
    Season1
    Season2
    Season3
    Season4
    Season5

  • Character Animator

    Condor, Dubai, UAE

    December 2006 - December 2007
  • Character Animator

    Real Image Postproduction, Dubai, UAE

    September 2004 - December 2006
  • Student

    Vancouver Film School

    2003 - 2004
  • Motion Graphics Designer

    Ajman TV, Ajman, UAE

    June 2000 - November 2002
  • 3 D Animator

    Purple Pixel, Mumbai, India

    August 1997 - January 2000
Education
  • iAnimate

    July 2014 - August 2015
  • Animation Mentor

    2006 - 2008
  • Vancouver Film School

    2002 - 2003