Mícheál Kiely

Work History

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  Animation Supervisor

  Steamroller Studios

  July 2021 - Present
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  Animator

  Cinesite

  February 2021 - June 2021

  Remote
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  Animator

  MOLD3D, LLC

  August 2020 - December 2020

  Remote from home

• Animation Director

  TenSky Entertainment

  March 2017 - August 2020

  Santa Monica, CA

  Animation Director for Film & Games
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  Character Animator

  Encore VFX

  August 2016 - March 2017

  VFX Animator for The Flash, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow.
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  Animation Instructor

  iAnimate

  June 2010 - April 2016

  Remote

  I instruct basic and advanced body mechanics classes online to animation students all over the world.
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  Lead Character Animator

  Section Studios

  January 2015 - January 2016

  207 S Broadway St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

  Setting the style of animation for specific projects, choreography for fight sequences and game play, and also mentoring junior animators.
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  Senior Character Animator

  Stereo D

  December 2014 - January 2015

  Burbank, California

  Character animation.
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  Senior Cinematics Animator

  Blur Studio

  June 2014 - September 2014

  Culver city, California.

  Assassins creed.
  Halo.
  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8F7OgOCzph4
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  Senior Character Animator.

  DreamWorks Animation

  March 2014 - 2014

  Glendale Ca 91201

  Character animation for new tablet and web applications.
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  Postviz and fight choreography / Animation.

  Unit Eleven

  October 2013 - November 2013

  Santa Monica, California.

  Postviz and fight choreograph on the new Mutant Ninja Turtle movie for Bay Films.
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  Senior Character Animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  February 2013 - October 2013

  Burbank, Ca

  Frozen.

  
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  Overseas Consultant

  WildBrain

  January 2013 - June 2013

  Sherman Oaks, Ca

  As an animation consultant I check and make suggestions on work from an overseas studio for a new Disney TV show, I hold online classes for the lead animators at that studio, I do 'draw overs' and talk about silhouette, timing, acting etc on some of the shots to help improve the over all quality of the work.
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  Senior Character Animator

  DreamWorks Animation

  February 2007 - November 2012

  Glendale Ca 91201

  Bee movie.
  Kung Fu Panda.
  Kung Fu Panda Holiday special.
  Kung Fu Panda, Secrets of the Furious Five ( Short )
  Puss in boots.
  Shrek Forever After (4).
  How to Train your Dragon.
  Kung Fu Panda 2.
  The Croods.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Senior Character Animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  August 2004 - February 2007

  Burbank California.

  Meet the Robinsons.

  
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  Senior Character Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  2003 - 2004

  Culver City, Ca

  The Polar Express.
  Spiderman 2.

  

  
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  Senior Character Animator

  Wētā FX

  June 2003 - November 2003

  Wellington New Zealand

  Lord of the Rings, Return of the King.

  
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  Lead Animator

  Sony Computer Entertainment America

  2001 - 2003

  Culver City, California

  God Of War 1.
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  2D Character Animator / Layout Artist.

  Klasky Csupo

  1999 - 2001

  Hollywood, California

  Rug Rats in Paris.
  The Wild Thornberries.
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  Senior Character Animator ( 2D )

  Creative Capers Entertainment

  November 1993 - November 1998

  Glendale, California.

  The Tigger Movie
  Hercules (Video Game)
  Mr. Magoo ( Movie Credits)
  The Lion King: Timon and Pumba's Jungle Games (Video Game)
  Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (Video Game)
  Mulan (video Game)
  Gargoyles (Video Game)
  The Tigger Movie (Feature)
  101 Dalmatians (Video Game)
  Tarzan (Video Game)
  The Hunchback of Notre-dame (Video Game)

• Lead Animator

  Mark Zander Animation

  1993 - 1994

  New York, New York.

  Character animation, character design and story boarding for commercials and TV spots.

• Senior Character Animator ( 2D )

  Paramount ( Cool Productions ).

  1993 - 1993

  Los Angeles, California.

  Coolworld.

• Senior Character Animator ( 2D )

  Trickcompany, Hamburg Germany.

  1992 - 1993

  Der Kleene Punker.

• 2D Animator

  Film Graphics Productions

  1991 - 1992

  Crows Nest, Sydney, Australia

  Worked on TV spots and commercials.

• 2D Character Animator ( 2D )

  Disney Studios Australia

  November 1990 - November 1991

  Sydney, Australia.

  TV shows.
  Care Bears.
  Winnie the Poo.
  Darkwing Duck.

• Senior Character Animator ( 2D )

  Hahn film GMBH

  1990 - 1991

  Berlin, Germany

  Felidae (Feature)
  Werner Beinhard (Feature)

• Character Animator

  Murakami/Wolf Studios.

  1990 - 1990

  Dublin, Ireland.

  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV Series) (animator - 15 episodes)
  Once Upon a Time Machine
  The Turtles and the Hare
  Superhero for a Day.
  Menace Maestro, Please.
  Name That Toon.
  Planet of the Turtles.
  Rondo in New York.
  Turtle-maniac.
  Four Turtles and a Baby.
  Shredder's Mom.
  Peking Turtle.
  Michelangelo Toys Around.
  Turtles of the Jungle.
  Plan Six from Outer Space.
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  Clean up Artist / Assistant Animator / Animator

  Sullivan Bluth Studios

  1987 - 1990

  Dublin, Ireland

  Land before Time.
  All dogs go to Heaven.
  Rock a doodle.