Derek Raymond

Work History

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  Senior Animator

  Encore VFX

  October 2012 - August 2023

  Animating Characters and Creatures for various TV series including Doom Patrol (MAX), The Flash (CW), Supergirl (CW), Under the Dome (CBS), Extant (CBS), Hawaii Five-O (ABC), Raising Hope (Fox), Banshee (Cinemax), NCIS (CBS), Lab Rats (Disney), and Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney)

  

  

  

  
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  Character/Creature Animator

  FuseFX

  August 2012 - September 2012

  Burbank, CA

  Animated creatures for the TV series American Horror Story on FX

  
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  Character/Creature Animator

  Zoic Studios

  February 2012 - July 2012

  Culver City, CA

  Character/Creature Animation for ABC's Once Upon A Time, TNT's Falling Skies, HBO's True Blood, and a video game cinematic.

  

  
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  Animator

  Frame Machine

  December 2011 - February 2012

  Santa Monica, CA

  Cinematics for Tomb Raider
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  Animator

  Shade VFX

  October 2011 - November 2011

  
  Animating objects for a commercial using Maya
  

• Character Animator

  Umbrella

  September 2011 - September 2011

  Budapest, Hungary

  
  Animating characters for a commercial using XSI
  
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  Freelance Animator

  Watson Design Group

  August 2011 - August 2011

  
  key frame animated AI cycles for an online video game for the movie, "The Thing" using 3dsmax
  

  
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  Animator

  Freelance

  May 2011 - August 2011

  Los Angeles, CA

  
  MoCap cleanup for a video game using MotionBuilder
  
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  Character Animator

  Encore VFX

  March 2011 - April 2011

  
  Animating creatures/characters for a TV show pilot using Maya
  

  

  

  
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  Character Animator

  CBS Digital

  October 2010 - February 2011

  
  Animating characters for promo spots for the Disney movie Mars Needs Moms
  

  
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  Character Animator

  FuseFX

  May 2010 - September 2010

  
  Animating the monster for the direct to video live action feature, "Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster" using 3ds max
  
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  Keyframe Animator

  House of Moves

  July 2009 - May 2010

  
  Keyframe character animation for in-game AI and in-game cinematics for God of War III (PS3)
  Keyframe animation and motion capture cleanup for cinematics for Halo Reach (XBox360)
  

  
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  Character Animator

  CBS Digital

  March 2009 - July 2009

  
  Animating characters on Promo spots for the Disney movie GForce
  
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  Character Animator

  Animation Lab

  September 2008 - November 2008

  
  Animating characters for the cg animated feature, "The Wild Bunch" using Maya
  
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  Keyframe Animator

  House of Moves

  June 2008 - August 2008

  
  keyframe animation for in-game AI character cycles
  
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  Animator

  CafeFX

  May 2008 - June 2008

  
  animating skeleton creatures for the movie "Mummy 3" using Maya
  
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  Computer Animation Instructor

  Laguna College of Art and Design

  March 2006 - May 2008

  
  Teaching Students the basic interface of Maya, how to navigate through the software, and how to apply their knowledge of animation principles toward a CG character.
  
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  Freelance Character Animator

  Motion Theory

  March 2008 - April 2008

  
  character animator for a commercial using Maya
  
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  Animator

  CafeFX

  January 2008 - February 2008

  
  animator for the movie "Speed Racer" using Maya
  

  
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  Character Animator

  Blur Studio

  September 2007 - December 2007

  
  animator for the "Halo Wars" video game cinematic using XSI
  

  

• Character Animator

  Red Eye Filmworks Animation

  June 2007 - September 2007

  
  Character animator for the Nickelodeon TV series, "Tak and the Power of Juju." Worked on episode 127 "This Bites"
  
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  CG Artist/Animator

  Brain Zoo Studios

  March 2007 - June 2007

  
  Previz and character animation for a video game cinematic
  
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  Character/Creature Animator

  CafeFX

  November 2006 - December 2006

  
  animating creatures and humans for live action short film
  
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  Character Animator

  Technicolor Interactive

  February 2006 - October 2006

  
  animating characters for "The Legend of Spyro," and "God of War II" video game cinematics
  
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  Character Animator

  Omation

  May 2004 - January 2006

  
  Character animator for the Nickelodeon/Paramount picture "Barnyard"
  

  

• Character Animator

  Threshold

  October 2005 - November 2005

  
  Character animator for the Lions Gate picture "Foodfight!"
  
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  Character Animator

  Stan Winston Studio

  July 2005 - October 2005

  
  animating Birds and seals for the live-action Disney feature, "Eight Below."
  
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  Multimedia Designer

  GES Exposition Services

  1998 - 2001

  
  Created 3D Virtual Fly-thrus of convention centers and deigned interactive Marketing and Sales tools
  

• Video Artist

  Casino Data Systems

  1997 - 1998

  
  Graphics and bonus screen animations for video slot and video poker games