Alfonso Sicilia

Alfonso Sicilia

Character Animator, Character TD and CGI artist.

Lead Animator / Lead Rigging Artist / 20 yrs

Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Lead Animator

Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)

Animator

Jungle Cruise (2021)

Animator

Malignant (2021)

Lead Animator

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Lead Animator

Captain Marvel (2019)

Rigging Supervisor

Love, Death & Robots (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Bumblebee: The Movie (2018)

Animator

Mortal Engines (2018)

Animator

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Animator / Creature Technical Director

The Repairman (2018)

Animator

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Animator

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Character Animator

Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)

Senior Animator/Previz Artist

Mortal Engines

Senior Animator

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

Senior Animator

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Senior Animator

The Great Wall (2017)

Senior Character Animator

Jurassic World (2015)

Lead Animator

Paddington (2015)

Senior/ lead animator

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Senior Character animator

47 Ronin (2013)

Senior Character animator

Gravity (2016)

Senior Animator

Pan (2015)

Previz Animator

World War Z (2013)

Senior Character Animator

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Character Animator

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)

Senior Character Animator

Clash of the Titans (2010)

Senior/Lead Animator

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Character Animator

Primeval (2008)

Senior Character/Creature Animator, with experience in creature and character development ,previz, with a background in rigging and animation tools development .
Work History
  • Lead Character and Creature Animator

    Framestore

    January 2023 - Present
  • Animation Supervisor

    Agora Studio

    September 2022 - January 2023
  • Lead character animator

    Industrial Light & Magic

    June 2018 - September 2022
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    -Jurassic World Dominion
    -Jungle Cruise
    -Terminator: Dark Fate
    -Captain Marvel

  • Lead Animator

    Industrial Light & Magic

    March 2017 - April 2021
    Vancouver
  • Rigging Supervisor

    pinkman.tv - Netflix

    January 2018 - April 2018
    United States ( Remote work )

    "The Witness" short film for the "Love, Death & Robots" Netflix tv show .
    Responsible for all the human characters rigs and animation tools used in production.

    Winner of the 71st Emmy Awards ( 2019 ) for
    -Outstanding short form Animated Program .


  • Senior Animator

    Wētā FX

    September 2016 - March 2017
    Wellington, New Zealand
  • Senior Character Animator

    Framestore

    June 2008 - September 2016
    London, United Kingdom

    Character animator :
    - " Jurassic World "
    -" The Great Wall "

  • Senior Character Animator

    Framestore

    June 2008 - January 2015

    Character animator :

    -'Full Tilt'.(Guardians of the Galaxy)
    - 'Aynik'. (Edge of Tomorrow)
    - 'Robocop'.
    - '47 Ronin'.
    - 'Lincoln'.
    - 'Thor 2' (pre production / animation pitch / character development)
    - 'Framestore Commercials' (Various character animation projects)
    - 'Gravity'
    - Character animator on 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'.part 1.
    - 'Clash of Titans' .
    - 'Your Highness'.
    - 'Nanny Mc Phee and the Big Bang'.
    - 'Where The Wild Things Are'.
    - 'Primeval 3' .(all of the episodes for series 3).

    Previz Animator :

    - "Jupiter Ascending "( Frame

  • Character Animator

    MPC

    January 2008 - June 2008

    Character Animator for various TVC projects in the commercial department.
    (Renault megane sport, Panasonic Viera, Foxes' Bisquits, Aids awareness campaigns, Pepsi )
    In various projects i was also entitled to develop the Characters and create the Rigs needed for the project .

  • Character Animator

    Framestore

    August 2007 - December 2007

    Character animator Primeval 2 .(all of the episodes for series 2)

  • Character TD/Animator

    Passion Pictures

    July 2007 - August 2007

    Freelance on various projects, and tvc pitches.

  • Senior Character Animator, Freelance

    Keytoon Animation Studios

    March 2007 - April 2007

    Helped the Keytoon Animation Team, (spain) , working as Character Animator senior , on "GMYS a veggie tales short film" , for Big Idea productions (usa).

  • Character Animator, Character TD

    Freelance on various animation studios projects

    March 2005 - September 2006

    CartoonOne : Character Animator , Rigger , for commercial Short Film "Skatenini" .(www.cartoonone.it )

    Cube3d/Art5: Character Animator , TV series "Ripples". (www.Art5.it , www.cube3d.it ,www.Filart.it)

    Toposodo : Character Animator and TD for animation promoTV series "Bird's Band" (www.toposodo.it)

    Fulmini e Leopardi/EllipseAnime : Character Animator on the TV series "Potlach" (www.potlach.tv)

    Fast Forward : Character Animator and Rigger on the TVC Short Film "Lowara 3".

  • Animator , 3d/2d Generalist

    Fabrica Art e Media

    September 2004 - February 2005

    Worked as Animator/3d Generalist on various Vfx and Animations for the national TV :
    "Speciale F1" for Nuvolari sat Channel,
    "Le indagini dell'incredibile", for Topo Gigio Show , Italia 1 tv Channel,
    "il processo di Biscardi" - La7 Channel

Education
  • Animation Mentor

    2006 - 2008
  • State Industrial and Technical Institute (ITIS)

    1995 - 2000