Paul Newberry

Work History

• Animation Director

  Major Studio

  June 2021 - August 2023

  Los Angeles, California, United States
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  CoSA VFX

  November 2020 - May 2021

  Los Angeles, California, US

  
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  Senior Animator

  CoSA VFX

  2020 - 2021

  Los Angeles, California, United States

  Striving to create believable and seamless visual effects Animation for multiple studios, networks and streaming television services like LUCIFER. Principally animated Lucifer, Micheal & Rory in the ambitious fight sequences season 5 and 6.

  
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  Artist

  EA

  February 2020 - December 2020

  Los Angeles, CA
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  Senior 3D Animator

  Respawn Entertainment

  February 2020 - December 2020

  Los Angeles, California, United States

  MEDAL OF HONOR: ABOVE AND BEYOND’ VR OCULUS Rift Academy Award Winner for Best Short Film "Colette"
  Excited to contribute character , prop and weapon animation, for in game (AI) and cinematic story beats , keyframing and editing over motion captured Face and Body for hero sequences. Software : Maya, Shotgun, Unreal, Virtual Reality
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  Immersive Animation Supervisor

  The Third Floor

  2017 - January 2020

  Los Angeles

  3 Time THEA award winning Immersive Animation Supervisor: Managed creation and secured client and licensor (Nintendo & Illumination) approvals for cutting edge VR & AR animated creative content. Established finals quality animation standards and responsible for seeing that style through the entire production process for multiple theme park animated attractions for Super Nintendo World in Osaka, Japan. Talent recruitment, onboarding and artist guidance through dailies with digital drawovers. Testing of character rigs and established pose libraries. Personally delivered High Spec Game engine interactive animated content for multiple highly anticipated theme park attractions. Leveraged client creatives to reduce iterations and speed up approvals. Assisted with scheduling, budgets for additional work outside original bid scope. Tracked assets/tasks through both shotgun and JiRA.
  Senior Shot Creator : Creating animation for characters, props, effects and cameras. Exploring dynamic compositions, quick turnaround of creative Iterations to help A-list clients express their vision for their Film/AR/VR projects. Credits include: Avengers Endgame, Bumblebee, Jurassic World, Pets off Leash, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Flora and Ulysses, Venom, The Marvel Experience, Ben Hur, San Andreas, numerous Universal Theme Park Attractions. Software: Maya, Photoshop, Shotgun, Perforce, Unity, Jira, Unreal.

• Animation Director

  Self

  March 2018 - December 2019

  Los Angeles, CA
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  Immersive Animation Supervisor

  The Third Floor

  November 2013 - December 2019

  Los Angeles, CA

  Senior Shot Creator: creating animation for characters, props, effects and cameras. Exploring dynamic compositions, quick turnaround of creative Iterations to help A-list clients express their vision for a project. Projects included: Marvel Experience, Ben Hur, San Andreas .

  

  

  

  

  
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  Senior 3D Animator

  The Virtual Reality Company

  2018 - 2018

  Los Angeles , CA

  Character and Creature Animation on Jurassic World VR Expedition
  Software: Maya, Unreal, Photoshop, Perforce, Shotgun
  
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  Supervising Senior Animator

  Electronic Arts

  February 2012 - June 2017

  Playa Vista, CA

  MINIONS PARADISE: PETS UNLEASHED Animation Supervision, Previs, Asset Tracking, Licensor Approvals.
  MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER Previs, Layout, Data editing and final cut scene and in game animation using Maya , Photoshop , AfterEfx , Unity and Frostbite game engine.

  
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  Supervisory Animator

  Electronic Arts

  2012 - 2017

  Playa Vista, CA

  Supervisory Senior Animator, Playa Vista, CA
  Projects: ‘MINIONS PARADISE’ and ‘PETS UNLEASHED’ 2014-2017
  Establish and manage licensor (Illumination/Universal) approvals for game content: concept boards, animation and audio. Set up animation style and team. Recruit and lead animation talent, provide guidance draw-overs, conduct daily reviews with artists, run training classes, communicate detailed notes, and secure feedback. Leveraged licensor creatives to reduce iterations and speed up approvals. Increased licensor approval rate to over 90%. Managed external vendors and art asset tracking. Software: Maya, PIX, Photoshop, Shotgun, After Effects, Unity, Perforce and EA proprietary tools
  
  Other EA Project as Senior Animator: 'MADDEN 18' 'BATTLEFIELD 1' ‘MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER’ (2012)
  Previsualization, cameras & layout, character animation, vehicles in game and cinematic, working with motion capture and key frame. Software : Maya, MotionBuilder, ANT, Frostbite(EA game engine), Perforce, Shotgun
  
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  Lead Animator

  Wild Canary Animation

  2008 - 2014

  Mucinex commercials ‘COUGH-A-CABANA’ ‘EXPLODE’ ‘WHEEL OF MISERY’ ‘MIRROR’ ‘BODY SCAN’ ‘PEDIATRICS WEATHERMAN’ and 3 ‘Campbell’s NOODLE-Os’ soup commercials, previsualization, cameras, layout, hand drawn and digital character animation. Software: Maya, AfterEffects
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  Animator

  Wild Canary Animation

  2008 - 2014

  MUCINEX and CAMPBELLS SOUP TV SPOTS Hand-drawn & Maya Character Animation
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  Senior Animator

  Digital Domain

  2013 - 2013

  'Batman: Arkham Origins' game cinematics enhancing motion capture and keyframing hero shots on the iconic characters: Joker, Batman , Commissioner Gordon.
  Software: 3DS MAX, Perforce, Shotgun

  
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  Senior Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  2004 - 2013

  G-FORCE, MONSTER HOUSE (Animated the opening shot) , BEOWULF, I AM LEGEND, THE SMURFS 1 & THE SMURFS 2
  animated principal characters. Software: Maya

  

  

  

  
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  Animation

  Freelance

  2010 - 2012

  Recent projects : Playstation VITA E3, RESISTANCE 3 , SAW 3D , RED DAWN vfx and Playstation MOVE HEROES game cinematics Ratchet & Clank + Jak & Daxter. JUNGLE DTV.
  GANSITO Duck Commercials
  HELL & BACK Character Design and Expression Sheets
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  Senior Animator

  Animal Logic

  2010 - 2010

  LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS , Animating Owls. Software: XSI

  
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  Senior Animator

  CafeFX

  2007 - 2010

  Shot Previsualization, Character Layout and Lead Animator on 3 sequences with White Queen Horse and Soldiers on Tim Burton’s ‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’. Contributed to the HARRY POTTER ride for Universal Studios animating ‘dementors’,‘dragon’, the ‘snitch’ and participants. Other Projects: ‘G-FORCE’ music video and television ads. Vehicle and debris animation on the Wachowskis’ ‘SPEED RACER’ and cavalry animation lead on John Woo’s ‘RED CLIFF’. Software: Maya

  

  

  
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  Character Animator

  DreamWorks Animation

  2000 - 2004

  Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron, Sinbad (hand drawn and 3-D: Maya) and Sharktale (Seahorses) Software: Maya

  

  

  
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  Directing Animator

  20th Century Fox

  1995 - 2000

  ‘ANASTASIA’, ‘TITAN AE’ and ‘BARTOK THE MAGNIFICENT’. Leading a talented team animating all our principle characters. Member of review board, advisor responsible for evaluating new technology and vendor software, training and guidance of junior animators. Represented and recruited on behalf of Fox Animation at various industry events. Hand drawn animation.
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  Directing Animator

  20th Century Fox

  1995 - 2000

  Anastasia, Bartok Feature, Titan A.E.
  Lead character animator, scene planning, character design
  casting, artist review, artist training and supervision
  storyboard, layout and direction on commercials
  Studio Representative at recruiting events

  

• Directing Animator

  Don Bluth

  1986 - 1994

  Los Angeles & Dublin Ireland

  Land Before Time , All Dogs go to Heaven, Rock a Doodle and others
  Character animation , scene planning, clean up and hand drawn effects
  Portfolio review, artist training and supervision

• Animator / Directing Animator

  Don Bluth

  1986 - 1994

  Land Before Time , All Dogs go to Heaven, Rock a Doodle and others
  Character animation , scene planning, clean up and hand drawn effects
  Portfolio review, artist training and supervision

  
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  Animator

  Lightbox Animation Studios

  1986 - 1986

  TV commercials Disney Shreddies Burger King Thundercats TV Ontario
  Hand Drawn Character Animation and Efx
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  Animator

  Lightbox Animation Studios

  1986 - 1986

  TV commercials Disney Shreddies Burger King Thundercats TV Ontario
  Hand Drawn Character Animation and Efx