Carlos Contreras

Work History

• 

  Lead Rigging Artist

  Skydance Animation

  April 2020 - Present

  Madrid

  - Character rigging.
  - Setup Research & Development.
  
  
  * PROJECTS:
  - "Luck" by Peggy Holmes (film).
  - "Pookoo" by Nathan Greno (film).
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  Rigging Professor

  U-tad university

  November 2016 - Present

  Rigging Professor in "Master in Rigging and Character FX".

• Freelance Rigging TD / Tools Developer

  mothman-TD

  March 2014 - Present

  - Character rigging.
  - Pipeline and Tools Developer.
  - Technical assistance.
  
  
  - "Love, Death & Robots", S03 - Ep01. "Three Robots: Exit Strategies". (Netflix | Patrick Osborne | Blow Studio).
  - "Blue & Malone: Impossible Cases". (short film, Abraham Lopez | ESDIP).
  - "Love, death & Robots, Ep2: Three Robots". (TV series, Tim Miller | Headless | Blow Studio).
  - "Love, death & Robots, Ep6:: When the Yogurt Took Over". (Tim Miller | Headless | Blow Studio).
  - "Alleycats". (short film, Blow Studio).
  - "River Island x Jean-Pierre Braganza". (fashion film, Dvein | White Lodge | Blow Studio).
  - Tools for modelling. (tools, Jose Manuel Linares).
  - Tool for videogames. (tools, PlayStark).
  - "A monster calls". (film, Glassworks Barcelona).
  - U-tad Rigs. (educational, U-tad).
  - Fred. (educational, Arte y Animacion).
  - "Reconquer your home". (TV commercial, The Keenfolks).

  
• 

  Lead Rigging Artist

  Ilion Animation Studios

  February 2017 - April 2020

  - Character rigging.
  - Setup Research & Development.
  
  * PROJECTS:
  - "Good Luck, Bad Luck" by Alessandro Carloni (film, Skydance).
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  Rigging Artist

  Ilion Animation Studios

  October 2014 - February 2017

  - Character rigging.
  - Setup Research & Development.
  
  * PROJECTS:
  - "Amusement Park" by Dylan Brown (film, Paramount Animation).
  
• 

  Rigging TD / Tools Developer

  El Ranchito

  March 2014 - October 2014

  Barcelona, Spain
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  Lead Rigging TD

  Kotoc Produccions

  March 2011 - March 2014

  - Technical Direction.
  - Development of Modular Autorig Tool.
  - Rig Development for the TV animation series "Sendokai Champions".
  - Body Rig and FBX Exporter Tool for the videogame "Desafio Champions".
  - Pipeline Development and Tools for Modelling, Rigging, Animation and Lighting.
  - Technical assistance.
  
  * PROJECTS:
  - Sendokai Champions, (TV animation series, 52 x 12').
  - Final Copa del Rey 2014. (1 TV promo, TVE).
  - Formula-1 2014. (3 TV promos, Atresmedia).
  - Neox Kidz. (8 TV commercials, Atresmedia).
  - Laland (tv animation serie, Pilot Episode) .
  - Desafio Champions, (video game).
  - Champions League 2011-2012, (6 TV commercials, TVE).
• 

  Junior Rigging TD

  Kotoc Produccions

  March 2010 - March 2011

  Barcelona, Spain

  - Character Rigging.
  - Setup Research & Development.
  - Pipeline and Tools Developer.
  - Technical Assistance.
  
  * PROJECTS:
  - Jokebox, (TV animation series, 13 x 26').
  - Champions League Promos 2010-2011, (6 TV commercials, TVE).
  - Clash of Heroes, (TV commercial, Ubisoft).
  - Champions, (TV commercial, TVE).
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  Generalist TD

  Dantex Group

  September 2007 - July 2008

  - 3D Modelling.
  - Lighting and Rendering.
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  Assistant Professor

  Institut Quimic de Sarria (IQS)

  September 2004 - September 2006

  - Practical classes for subjects "Industrial Drawing" and "Graphic Expression".
  (AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop, Inventor, CATIA V5)