Paul Newberry

Paul Newberry

Animator who brings memorable characters to life

Supervisor Character Animator / 22 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Animation Director

Transformers: Earthspark (2022)

Animation Director

Transformers, Earthspark (2022)

CG Artist

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

Visualization Artist

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)

Animation Supervisor

Super Nintendo World (2021)

Visualization Artist

Flora and Ulysses (2021)

Senior Previs Artist

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Senior Animator

Jurassic World: A VR Experience (2018)

Senior Shot Creator

Bumblebee: The Movie (2018)

Senior Animator

Madden NFL 18: Longshot (2017)

Senior Animator CoSA VFX

Lucifer (2016)

Animation Director

Minions Paradise (2015)

Previs Artist

San Andreas (2015)

Character Animator

The Smurfs 2 (2013)

Senior Animator

Batman: Arkham Origins - Cold, Cold Heart (2013)

Senior Animator

Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)

Animator Sr

Red Dawn (2012)

Senior Animator

Medal of Honor: Warfighter (2012)

Character Animator

The Smurfs (2011)

Animator

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Animator

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

Senior Animator

Red Cliff (2009)

Senior Animator

G-Force (2009)

Animator

Speed Racer (2008)

Senior Animator

I Am Legend (2007)

Senior Animator

Beowulf (2007)

Senior Character Animator

Monster House (2006)

Previs Artists

Venom (2004)

Animator

Shrek 2 (2004)

Animator

Shark Tale (2004)

Previs Artist

Ben Hur (2003)

Character Animator

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

Assistant Animator

Eight Crazy Nights (2002)

Character Animator

Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron (2002)

Directing Animator

Titan A.E. (2000)

Directing Animator

Bartok The Magnificent (1999)

Character Animator

The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)

Character Animator

A Troll in Central Park (1994)

Character Animator

Thumbelina (1994)

Character Animator

Rock-A-Doodle (1992)

Animator

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

Animator

The Land Before Time (1988)

Senior Animator

Medal of Honor: Above & Beyond

Work History

  • Animation Director

    Major Studio

    June 2021 - August 2023
    Los Angeles, California, United States

  • CoSA VFX

    November 2020 - May 2021
    Los Angeles, California, US

  • 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.

  • Artist

    EA

    February 2020 - December 2020
    Los Angeles, CA

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 .

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Animator

    Wild Canary Animation

    2008 - 2014

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Senior Animator

    Animal Logic

    2010 - 2010

    LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS , Animating Owls. Software: XSI

  • 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

  • Character Animator

    DreamWorks Animation

    2000 - 2004

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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Animator

    Lightbox Animation Studios

    1986 - 1986

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

  • 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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Education

  • animation

    Sheridan College

    1982 - 1986