Pankaj Kumar

Work History

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  Senior Animator

  Double Negative

  June 2024 - Present

  I am currently working on non-disclosed project, where I have heavily animated quadrupeds for cinematic scenes.
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  Senior Animator

  Rising Sun Pictures

  April 2024 - December 2023

  Adelaide South Australia

  Been part of these great shows:
  
  • Mortal Kombat 2 - (VFX Film - Upcoming)
  • Cuckoo - (Horror VFX film - Upcoming)
  • Knuckles - (VFX Series - Upcoming)
  • Moogai - (Horror VFX film - Upcoming)
  • Godzilla and Titans – Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - (Released)
  • Loki: Season 2 - (VFX Series - Released)
  
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  Senior Animator

  FABLEfx

  March 2024 - May 2023

  Shows:
  1. Avatar: The last Airbender
  2. The Great Season 03
  
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  Digital Artist Animator

  Animal Logic

  November 2022 - March 2023

  Sydney, Australia

  Character animated on a CG Film "LEO"
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  Key Artist Animator

  MPC

  May 2022 - November 2022

  Adelaide, Australia

  Creating Photo-realistic animal VFX animation on "Strays"
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  Senior Animator

  SPIN VFX

  February 2022 - May 2022

  Un announced VFX Film - Worked on the high quality character animation.
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  Key Artist Animator

  MPC Bangalore

  November 2020 - January 2022

  Project - "Chip & Dale - Rescue Rangers"
  I worked on various range of characters with acting, lipsync, facial animation. animated hyper-realistic, a puppet on this VFX Film.

• Senior Creature Animator

  CINEGESTIX VFX

  April 2020 - May 2020

  Project: Rogue 2020 VFX Film - Lioness Animation.
  
  This project was really having tight deadline, I worked on Lioness creature character.
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  Senior/Lead Animator

  Polygon Pictures Inc.(SAPPI)

  December 2019 - April 2020

  Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

  Project: Transformers - Tv Series
  Stillwater - TV Series
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  Creature Animation Workshop 1

  iAnimate

  October 2019 - December 2019

  Montreal, Canada Area

  This was an amazing time learning at one of the best Institute with one of fabulous mentor MARCO FOGLIA. The way he teaches is one of the best I found. He really pushes the boundaries of the each and individual's animation skills. Thanks a lot to ianimate.net.
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  Senior 3D Animator

  Streamline Studios

  January 2018 - October 2019

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  Responsibilities :
  
  •Worked on realistic creature's(Horse, conceptual's Bull and others.), flying creature Animation, Maschine-Transformation.
  •Been also a part of creative story, Camera and complex key characters and cinematics animations.
  
  
  Projects:
  Samurai Shodown(AAA Game),
  
  2 Undisclosed project.
  
  Skills :
  Enjoyed working and learning Unreal Engine, Basic Rigging and skinning.
  
  
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  Gameplay/Cinematic Animator

  Rockstar Games

  July 2013 - December 2017

  Bangalore,India

  Responsibilities :
  
  •Given training on pipeline and mentored the assigned team to improve their quality in provided time.
  •Focused on realistic character's body animation.
  •Checked animation in house's game engine before sending to further departments.
  •Produced complex animation within the time.
  
  Project :
  Red Dead Redemption 2 (AAA)
  
  Skills :
  
  Experienced with Rockstar's Own Engine, Mocap data and required Keyframe Animation on Motion Builder,
  Perforce.
  
  Awards:
  Received Star Performer Award twice.
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  3D Character Animator

  Prana studio

  February 2010 - June 2013

  Mumbai Area, India

  The legend of dorothy's return (feature film)
  Saving santa(feature film)
  Postman Pat(feature film)
  Ek Thi Daayan(VFX film)
  Tinker Bell Never the Beast( Dvd for Disney)
  Leo's pad (I Pad - Game)
  
  Responsibilities :
  
  •Taken challenges and build the knowledge in character Animation.
  •Produced a range of cartoony to semi realistic animation.
  •Worked on Biped and quadruped keyable characters.
  
  Awards :
  Best Animator on Postman Pat & Tinkerbell and Legends of the Neverthebeast.